diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 78998f8100b..74541e3d981 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ add_engine touche "Touche: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer" yes
 add_engine tsage "Ringworld: Revenge Of The Patriarch" no
 add_engine tucker "Bud Tucker in Double Trouble" yes
 
-
 #
 # Default settings
 #
@@ -2065,6 +2064,7 @@ if test -n "$_host"; then
 		gamecube)
 			_backend="wii"
 			_build_scalers=no
+			_vkeybd=yes
 			_mt32emu=no
 			_port_mk="backends/platform/wii/wii.mk"
 			add_line_to_config_mk 'GAMECUBE = 1'
@@ -2279,6 +2279,7 @@ if test -n "$_host"; then
 		wii)
 			_backend="wii"
 			_build_scalers=no
+			_vkeybd=yes
 			_port_mk="backends/platform/wii/wii.mk"
 			add_line_to_config_mk 'GAMECUBE = 0'
 			add_line_to_config_h '#define AUDIO_REVERSE_STEREO'