diff --git a/Modules/FindwxWidgets.cmake b/Modules/FindwxWidgets.cmake
index e08afe4..e21ec38 100644
--- a/Modules/FindwxWidgets.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindwxWidgets.cmake
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@
     #-----------------------------------------------------------------
     # Support cross-compiling, only search in the target platform.
     find_program(wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE
-      NAMES wx-config wx-config-3.1 wx-config-3.0 wx-config-2.9 wx-config-2.8
+      NAMES $ENV{WX_CONFIG} wx-config wx-config-3.1 wx-config-3.0 wx-config-2.9 wx-config-2.8
       DOC "Location of wxWidgets library configuration provider binary (wx-config)."
       ONLY_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
       )
@@ -964,8 +964,9 @@
 #=====================================================================
 
 # Resource file compiler.
-find_program(wxWidgets_wxrc_EXECUTABLE wxrc
-  ${wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR}/utils/wxrc/vc_msw
+find_program(wxWidgets_wxrc_EXECUTABLE
+  NAMES $ENV{WXRC_CMD} wxrc
+  PATHS ${wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR}/utils/wxrc/vc_msw
   DOC "Location of wxWidgets resource file compiler binary (wxrc)"
   )
 
diff --git a/Modules/FindwxWindows.cmake b/Modules/FindwxWindows.cmake
index 054a1bf..115cdc6 100644
--- a/Modules/FindwxWindows.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindwxWindows.cmake
@@ -617,7 +617,8 @@
 
     # wx-config should be in your path anyhow, usually no need to set WXWIN or
     # search in ../wx or ../../wx
-    find_program(CMAKE_WXWINDOWS_WXCONFIG_EXECUTABLE wx-config
+    find_program(CMAKE_WXWINDOWS_WXCONFIG_EXECUTABLE
+      NAMES $ENV{WX_CONFIG} wx-config
       HINTS
         ENV WXWIN
         $ENV{WXWIN}/bin