diff --git c/src/common/appbase.cpp w/src/common/appbase.cpp
index 186d845..5b5727a 100644
--- c/src/common/appbase.cpp
+++ w/src/common/appbase.cpp
@@ -850,6 +850,26 @@ bool wxAppConsoleBase::CheckBuildOptions(const char *optionsSignature,
         msg.Printf(wxT("Mismatch between the program and library build versions detected.\nThe library used %s,\nand %s used %s."),
                    lib.c_str(), progName.c_str(), prog.c_str());
 
+	int l_off = lib.Find("compiler with C++ ABI ");
+	int p_off = prog.Find("compiler with C++ ABI ");
+	if (l_off != wxNOT_FOUND && p_off != wxNOT_FOUND) {
+	    int space;
+	    space = lib.find(',', l_off + 22);
+	    lib.erase(l_off, space - l_off);
+	    space = prog.find(',', p_off + 22);
+	    prog.erase(p_off, space - p_off);
+	    if (lib == prog) {
+		// The only difference is the ABI version, which apparently only
+		// affect obscure cases.  We used to warn here, so at least
+		// there was an indication of what's up if there is a problem
+		// due to ABI incompatibilities, but wxLogWarning() can result
+		// in a pop up dialog with some applications, which is just too
+		// intrusive, so just quietly ignore instead.
+		//wxLogWarning(msg.c_str());
+		return false;
+	    }
+	}
+
         wxLogFatalError(msg.c_str());
 
         // normally wxLogFatalError doesn't return