diff --git a/descrip.mms b/descrip.mms
index 91baaad732..72f7eeb533 100644
--- a/descrip.mms
+++ b/descrip.mms
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ gtk : setup.h
 	$(MMS)$(MMSQUALIFIERS)/macro=(__WXGTK__=1)
 	set default [--.demos.bombs]
 	$(MMS)$(MMSQUALIFIERS)/macro=(__WXGTK__=1)
-	set default [--.samples.minimal]
+	set default [--.samples.caret]
+	$(MMS)$(MMSQUALIFIERS)/macro=(__WXGTK__=1)
+	set default [-.minimal]
 	$(MMS)$(MMSQUALIFIERS)/macro=(__WXGTK__=1)
 
 motif : setup.h
diff --git a/samples/caret/descrip.mms b/samples/caret/descrip.mms
index 56acfb3d33..78972c1e90 100644
--- a/samples/caret/descrip.mms
+++ b/samples/caret/descrip.mms
@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@
 .ifdef __WXMOTIF__
 CXX_DEFINE = /define=(__WXMOTIF__=1)
 .else
+.ifdef __WXGTK__
+CXX_DEFINE = /define=(__WXGTK__=1)/float=ieee/name=(as_is,short)/ieee=denorm\
+	   /assume=(nostdnew,noglobal_array_new)
+.else
 CXX_DEFINE =
 .endif
+.endif
 
 .suffixes : .cpp
 
@@ -20,11 +25,22 @@ CXX_DEFINE =
 	cxx $(CXXFLAGS)$(CXX_DEFINE) $(MMS$TARGET_NAME).cpp
 
 all :
-	$(MMS)$(MMSQUALIFIERS) caret.exe
-
-caret.exe : caret.obj
 .ifdef __WXMOTIF__
+	$(MMS)$(MMSQUALIFIERS) caret.exe
+.else
+.ifdef __WXGTK__
+	$(MMS)$(MMSQUALIFIERS) caret_gtk.exe
+.endif
+.endif
+
+.ifdef __WXMOTIF__
+caret.exe : caret.obj
 	cxxlink caret,[--.lib]vms/opt
+.else
+.ifdef __WXGTK__
+caret_gtk.exe : caret.obj
+	cxxlink/exec=caret_gtk.exe caret,[--.lib]vms_gtk/opt
+.endif
 .endif
 
 caret.obj : caret.cpp