diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
index d3ddf05bb..c1ede3ed3 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
@@ -124,15 +124,18 @@ GNU_DIR = $(GNU_DIR_$(VXWORKS_MAJOR_VERSION))
 
 #--------------------------------------------------
 # C++ host processing
+
+WORKBENCH_BIN = $(WIND_BASE)/workbench-$(WORKBENCH_VERSION)/$(WIND_HOST_TYPE)/bin
+
 NM_DIR_5 = $(GNU_BIN)
 NM_DIR_6.0 = $(GNU_BIN)
 NM_DIR_6.1 = $(GNU_BIN)
 NM_DIR_6.2 = $(GNU_BIN)
 NM_DIR_6.3 = $(GNU_BIN)
-NM_DIR_6.4 = $(GNU_BIN)
-NM_DIR_6.5 = $(GNU_BIN)
-NM_DIR_6.6 = $(WIND_BASE)/workbench-$(WORKBENCH_VERSION)/$(WIND_HOST_TYPE)/bin
-NM_DIR_6.7 = $(WIND_BASE)/workbench-$(WORKBENCH_VERSION)/$(WIND_HOST_TYPE)/bin
+NM_DIR_6.4 = $(WORKBENCH_BIN)
+NM_DIR_6.5 = $(WORKBENCH_BIN)
+NM_DIR_6.6 = $(WORKBENCH_BIN)
+NM_DIR_6.7 = $(WORKBENCH_BIN)
 NM_DIR_6 = $(NM_DIR_$(VXWORKS_VERSION))
 NM_DIR = $(NM_DIR_$(VXWORKS_MAJOR_VERSION))
 
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.vxWorksCommon b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.vxWorksCommon
index 08f5dc58c..6f40858ae 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.vxWorksCommon
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.vxWorksCommon
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ WIND_BASE = /usr/local/vw/tornado22-$(ARCH_CLASS)
 #WIND_BASE = /ade/vxWorks/$(VXWORKS_VERSION)
 
 
-# WorkBench Version number, used with vxWorks 6.6 and later
+# WorkBench Version number, required for vxWorks 6.x
 
+#WORKBENCH_VERSION = 2.6
 #WORKBENCH_VERSION = 3.0