diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
index d189413dc..825bf8781 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ VX_GNU_VERSION_6.2 = 3.3.2
 VX_GNU_VERSION_6.3 = 3.4.4
 VX_GNU_VERSION = $(VX_GNU_VERSION_$(VXWORKS_VERSION))
 
+#--------------------------------------------------
+# Fix WIND_BASE for vxWorks 6.x on linux
+ifeq ($(VXWORKS_MAJOR_VERSION),6)
+  ifeq ($(WIND_HOST_TYPE),x86-linux)
+    WIND_HOST_TYPE = x86-linux2
+  endif
+endif
+
 #--------------------------------------------------
 # vxWorks directory definitions
 VX_DIR_5 = $(WIND_BASE)