diff --git a/build/bakefiles/config.bkl b/build/bakefiles/config.bkl
index e6926ce37f..99efd7b1f2 100644
--- a/build/bakefiles/config.bkl
+++ b/build/bakefiles/config.bkl
@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@ to run the tests, include CppUnit library here.
         <option name="SAMPLES_RPATH_FLAG"/>
         <option name="SAMPLES_RPATH_POSTLINK"/>
 
+        <!-- see configure.in; it's required by some samples on Mac OS X -->
+        <option name="HEADER_PAD_OPTION"/>
+
         <set var="TOP_SRCDIR">$(top_srcdir)/</set>
         <set var="RUNTIME_LIBS">dynamic</set>
         <set var="WXTOPDIR"/> <!-- to be overriden on bakefile cmd line -->
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2576e949e8..4771a88446 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Id: configure.in 57523 2008-12-24 01:28:55Z VZ .
+# From configure.in Id: configure.in 57597 2008-12-27 14:58:12Z FM .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for wxWidgets 2.9.0.
 #
@@ -756,6 +756,7 @@ TOOLKIT_LOWERCASE
 TOOLKIT_VERSION
 SAMPLES_RPATH_FLAG
 SAMPLES_RPATH_POSTLINK
+HEADER_PAD_OPTION
 HOST_SUFFIX
 CPPUNIT_CFLAGS
 CPPUNIT_LIBS
@@ -33896,6 +33897,8 @@ done
 EOF
             chmod +x change-install-names
         fi
+
+                                        HEADER_PAD_OPTION="-headerpad_max_install_names"
       ;;
 
       *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw32* )
@@ -47419,6 +47422,7 @@ fi
 
 
 
+
 case "$TOOLKIT" in
     GTK)
         TOOLKIT_DESC="GTK+"
@@ -51945,6 +51949,7 @@ TOOLKIT_LOWERCASE!$TOOLKIT_LOWERCASE$ac_delim
 TOOLKIT_VERSION!$TOOLKIT_VERSION$ac_delim
 SAMPLES_RPATH_FLAG!$SAMPLES_RPATH_FLAG$ac_delim
 SAMPLES_RPATH_POSTLINK!$SAMPLES_RPATH_POSTLINK$ac_delim
+HEADER_PAD_OPTION!$HEADER_PAD_OPTION$ac_delim
 HOST_SUFFIX!$HOST_SUFFIX$ac_delim
 CPPUNIT_CFLAGS!$CPPUNIT_CFLAGS$ac_delim
 CPPUNIT_LIBS!$CPPUNIT_LIBS$ac_delim
@@ -51998,7 +52003,6 @@ REZ!$REZ$ac_delim
 SETFILE!$SETFILE$ac_delim
 OBJCXXFLAGS!$OBJCXXFLAGS$ac_delim
 GCC_PCH!$GCC_PCH$ac_delim
-ICC_PCH!$ICC_PCH$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
   if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 97; then
@@ -52040,6 +52044,7 @@ _ACEOF
 ac_delim='%!_!# '
 for ac_last_try in false false false false false :; do
   cat >conf$$subs.sed <<_ACEOF
+ICC_PCH!$ICC_PCH$ac_delim
 ICC_PCH_CREATE_SWITCH!$ICC_PCH_CREATE_SWITCH$ac_delim
 ICC_PCH_USE_SWITCH!$ICC_PCH_USE_SWITCH$ac_delim
 BK_MAKE_PCH!$BK_MAKE_PCH$ac_delim
@@ -52136,7 +52141,6 @@ COND_SHARED_0_TOOLKIT_PM_WXUNIV_0!$COND_SHARED_0_TOOLKIT_PM_WXUNIV_0$ac_delim
 COND_SHARED_0_USE_GUI_1_USE_OPENGL_1!$COND_SHARED_0_USE_GUI_1_USE_OPENGL_1$ac_delim
 COND_SHARED_0_USE_GUI_1_wxUSE_LIBJPEG_builtin!$COND_SHARED_0_USE_GUI_1_wxUSE_LIBJPEG_builtin$ac_delim
 COND_SHARED_0_USE_GUI_1_wxUSE_LIBPNG_builtin!$COND_SHARED_0_USE_GUI_1_wxUSE_LIBPNG_builtin$ac_delim
-COND_SHARED_0_USE_GUI_1_wxUSE_LIBTIFF_builtin!$COND_SHARED_0_USE_GUI_1_wxUSE_LIBTIFF_builtin$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
   if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 97; then
@@ -52178,6 +52182,7 @@ _ACEOF
 ac_delim='%!_!# '
 for ac_last_try in false false false false false :; do
   cat >conf$$subs.sed <<_ACEOF
+COND_SHARED_0_USE_GUI_1_wxUSE_LIBTIFF_builtin!$COND_SHARED_0_USE_GUI_1_wxUSE_LIBTIFF_builtin$ac_delim
 COND_SHARED_0_USE_STC_1!$COND_SHARED_0_USE_STC_1$ac_delim
 COND_SHARED_0_wxUSE_EXPAT_builtin!$COND_SHARED_0_wxUSE_EXPAT_builtin$ac_delim
 COND_SHARED_0_wxUSE_REGEX_builtin!$COND_SHARED_0_wxUSE_REGEX_builtin$ac_delim
@@ -52274,7 +52279,6 @@ WX_LIBRARY_BASENAME_NOGUI!$WX_LIBRARY_BASENAME_NOGUI$ac_delim
 WX_LIBRARY_BASENAME_GUI!$WX_LIBRARY_BASENAME_GUI$ac_delim
 USE_GUI!$USE_GUI$ac_delim
 AFMINSTALL!$AFMINSTALL$ac_delim
-WIN32INSTALL!$WIN32INSTALL$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
   if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 97; then
@@ -52316,6 +52320,7 @@ _ACEOF
 ac_delim='%!_!# '
 for ac_last_try in false false false false false :; do
   cat >conf$$subs.sed <<_ACEOF
+WIN32INSTALL!$WIN32INSTALL$ac_delim
 TOOLKIT!$TOOLKIT$ac_delim
 TOOLKIT_DIR!$TOOLKIT_DIR$ac_delim
 TOOLCHAIN_NAME!$TOOLCHAIN_NAME$ac_delim
@@ -52356,7 +52361,7 @@ LIBOBJS!$LIBOBJS$ac_delim
 LTLIBOBJS!$LTLIBOBJS$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
-  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 38; then
+  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 39; then
     break
   elif $ac_last_try; then
     { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: could not make $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index adb40eb93f..078d229273 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3820,6 +3820,12 @@ done
 EOF
             chmod +x change-install-names
         fi
+
+        dnl the HEADER_PAD_OPTION is required by some wx samples to avoid the error:
+        dnl "install_name_tool: changing install names can't be redone for: the_exe_name
+        dnl (for architecture ppc) because larger updated load commands do not fit
+        dnl (the program must be relinked)"
+        HEADER_PAD_OPTION="-headerpad_max_install_names"
       ;;
 
       *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw32* )
@@ -7650,6 +7656,7 @@ AC_SUBST(TOOLKIT_LOWERCASE)
 AC_SUBST(TOOLKIT_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(SAMPLES_RPATH_FLAG)
 AC_SUBST(SAMPLES_RPATH_POSTLINK)
+AC_SUBST(HEADER_PAD_OPTION)
 AC_SUBST(HOST_SUFFIX)
 AC_SUBST(CPPUNIT_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(CPPUNIT_LIBS)
diff --git a/utils/screenshotgen/src/Makefile.in b/utils/screenshotgen/src/Makefile.in
index 649a9034d0..e6434e8c6c 100644
--- a/utils/screenshotgen/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/utils/screenshotgen/src/Makefile.in
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ CXXWARNINGS = @CXXWARNINGS@
 HOST_SUFFIX = @HOST_SUFFIX@
 SAMPLES_RPATH_FLAG = @SAMPLES_RPATH_FLAG@
 SAMPLES_RPATH_POSTLINK = @SAMPLES_RPATH_POSTLINK@
+HEADER_PAD_OPTION = @HEADER_PAD_OPTION@
 wx_top_builddir = @wx_top_builddir@
 
 ### Variables: ###
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ distclean: clean
 	rm -f config.cache config.log config.status bk-deps bk-make-pch shared-ld-sh Makefile
 
 screenshotgen$(EXEEXT): $(SCREENSHOTGEN_OBJECTS) $(__screenshotgen___win32rc)
-	$(CXX) -o $@ $(SCREENSHOTGEN_OBJECTS)    -L$(LIBDIRNAME) $(LDFLAGS_GUI) $(SAMPLES_RPATH_FLAG) $(LDFLAGS)  $(__WXLIB_AUI_p)  $(__WXLIB_ADV_p) $(PLUGIN_ADV_EXTRALIBS) $(__WXLIB_RICHTEXT_p)  $(__WXLIB_HTML_p) $(EXTRALIBS_HTML) $(__WXLIB_XML_p) $(EXTRALIBS_XML) $(__WXLIB_CORE_p)  $(__WXLIB_BASE_p)  $(__WXLIB_MONO_p) $(__LIB_TIFF_p) $(__LIB_JPEG_p) $(__LIB_PNG_p) $(EXTRALIBS_FOR_GUI) $(__LIB_ZLIB_p) $(__LIB_REGEX_p) $(__LIB_EXPAT_p) $(EXTRALIBS_FOR_BASE) $(LIBS)
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $(SCREENSHOTGEN_OBJECTS)    -L$(LIBDIRNAME) $(LDFLAGS_GUI) $(HEADER_PAD_OPTION) $(SAMPLES_RPATH_FLAG) $(LDFLAGS)  $(__WXLIB_AUI_p)  $(__WXLIB_ADV_p) $(PLUGIN_ADV_EXTRALIBS) $(__WXLIB_RICHTEXT_p)  $(__WXLIB_HTML_p) $(EXTRALIBS_HTML) $(__WXLIB_XML_p) $(EXTRALIBS_XML) $(__WXLIB_CORE_p)  $(__WXLIB_BASE_p)  $(__WXLIB_MONO_p) $(__LIB_TIFF_p) $(__LIB_JPEG_p) $(__LIB_PNG_p) $(EXTRALIBS_FOR_GUI) $(__LIB_ZLIB_p) $(__LIB_REGEX_p) $(__LIB_EXPAT_p) $(EXTRALIBS_FOR_BASE) $(LIBS)
 	
 	$(__screenshotgen___mac_setfilecmd)
 	$(__screenshotgen___os2_emxbindcmd)
diff --git a/utils/screenshotgen/src/screenshotgen.bkl b/utils/screenshotgen/src/screenshotgen.bkl
index 1e32b9aeda..b907ebdb01 100644
--- a/utils/screenshotgen/src/screenshotgen.bkl
+++ b/utils/screenshotgen/src/screenshotgen.bkl
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
     <exe id="screenshotgen" template="wx_util" template_append="wx_append">
         <if cond="FORMAT=='autoconf'">
+            <!-- we need this for correct install_name_tool operations on Mac: -->
+            <ldflags>$(HEADER_PAD_OPTION)</ldflags>
+
             <wx-mac-app-bundle/>
             <ldflags>$(SAMPLES_RPATH_FLAG)</ldflags>
             <postlink-command>$(SAMPLES_RPATH_POSTLINK)</postlink-command>