diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f68e7297cf..edd9fc0ac4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug,
     [enable_debug=yes],
     [])
 
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(unicode, 
-    AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-unicode],
-                   [enable building the manager with unicode support]),
-    [enable_unicode=yes],
-    [])
-
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(server, 
     AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-server],
                    [disable building the scheduling server]),
@@ -35,6 +29,12 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(client,
     [],
     [enable_client=yes])
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(unicode, 
+    AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-unicode],
+                   [disable building the manager with unicode support]),
+    [],
+    [enable_unicode=yes])
+
 m4_divert_once([HELP_ENABLE],
   AS_HELP_STRING([], [Default: --enable-server --enable-client: 
                       builds both server and client]))
@@ -473,31 +473,38 @@ AM_OPTIONS_WXCONFIG
 dnl check for wxWidgets
 
 if test "${enable_client_release}" = yes ; then
-   echo 'Portable client-build: checking for  *static* wx-libs ...'
     if test "${enable_debug}" = yes ; then
         if test "${enable_unicode}" = yes ; then
+            echo 'Portable client-build: checking for debug unicode wx-libs ...'
             AM_PATH_WXCONFIG([2.6.0], [wxWin=1], [wxWin=0], --static=yes --unicode=yes --debug=yes)
         else
+            echo 'Portable client-build: checking for debug wx-libs ...'
             AM_PATH_WXCONFIG([2.6.0], [wxWin=1], [wxWin=0], --static=yes --unicode=no --debug=yes)
         fi
     else
         if test "${enable_unicode}" = yes ; then
+            echo 'Portable client-build: checking for unicode wx-libs ...'
             AM_PATH_WXCONFIG([2.6.0], [wxWin=1], [wxWin=0], --static=yes --unicode=yes --debug=no)
         else
+            echo 'Portable client-build: checking for wx-libs ...'
             AM_PATH_WXCONFIG([2.6.0], [wxWin=1], [wxWin=0], --static=yes --unicode=no --debug=no)
         fi
     fi
 else
     if test "${enable_debug}" = yes ; then
         if test "${enable_unicode}" = yes ; then
+            echo 'checking for debug unicode wx-libs ...'
             AM_PATH_WXCONFIG([2.6.0], [wxWin=1], [wxWin=0], --unicode=yes --debug=yes)
         else
+            echo 'checking for debug wx-libs ...'
             AM_PATH_WXCONFIG([2.6.0], [wxWin=1], [wxWin=0], --unicode=no --debug=yes)
         fi
     else
         if test "${enable_unicode}" = yes ; then
+            echo 'checking for unicode wx-libs ...'
             AM_PATH_WXCONFIG([2.6.0], [wxWin=1], [wxWin=0], --unicode=yes --debug=no)
         else
+            echo 'checking for wx-libs ...'
             AM_PATH_WXCONFIG([2.6.0], [wxWin=1], [wxWin=0], --unicode=no --debug=no)
         fi
     fi