diff --git a/hawk/configure b/hawk/configure
index af6cd114..aeebc511 100755
--- a/hawk/configure
+++ b/hawk/configure
@@ -18371,7 +18371,7 @@ else
 
 fi
 
-if test "${enable_unicode}" = "yes:4"
+if test "${enable_unicode}" = "yes:4" -o "${enable_unicode}" = "yes:4w"
 then
 
 $as_echo "#define HAWK_UNICODE_SIZE 4" >>confdefs.h
@@ -18390,7 +18390,14 @@ $as_echo "#define HAWK_ENABLE_UNICODE 1" >>confdefs.h
 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-short-wchar"
 		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fno-short-wchar"
 	fi
-elif test "${enable_unicode}" = "yes:2" -o "${enable_unicode}" = "yes"
+	if test "${enable_unicode}" = "yes:4w"
+	then
+
+$as_echo "#define HAWK_PREFER_PREFIX_L 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+	fi
+
+elif test "${enable_unicode}" = "yes:2" -o "${enable_unicode}" = "yes:2w" -o "${enable_unicode}" = "yes"
 then
 
 $as_echo "#define HAWK_UNICODE_SIZE 2" >>confdefs.h
@@ -18408,7 +18415,14 @@ $as_echo "#define HAWK_ENABLE_UNICODE 1" >>confdefs.h
 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fshort-wchar"
 		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fshort-wchar"
 	fi
-elif test "${enable_unicode}" = "no:4"
+	if test "${enable_unicode}" = "yes:2w"
+	then
+
+$as_echo "#define HAWK_PREFER_PREFIX_L 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+	fi
+
+elif test "${enable_unicode}" = "no:4" -o test "${enable_unicode}" = "no:4w"
 then
 
 $as_echo "#define HAWK_UNICODE_SIZE 4" >>confdefs.h
@@ -18419,6 +18433,13 @@ $as_echo "#define HAWK_UNICODE_SIZE 4" >>confdefs.h
 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-short-wchar"
 		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fno-short-wchar"
 	fi
+
+	if test "${enable_unicode}" = "no:4w"
+	then
+
+$as_echo "#define HAWK_PREFER_PREFIX_L 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+	fi
 else
 
 $as_echo "#define HAWK_UNICODE_SIZE 2" >>confdefs.h
@@ -18429,6 +18450,13 @@ $as_echo "#define HAWK_UNICODE_SIZE 2" >>confdefs.h
 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fshort-wchar"
 		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fshort-wchar"
 	fi
+
+	if test "${enable_unicode}" = "no:2w"
+	then
+
+$as_echo "#define HAWK_PREFER_PREFIX_L 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+	fi
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/hawk/configure.ac b/hawk/configure.ac
index 79d78139..0bd22ee5 100644
--- a/hawk/configure.ac
+++ b/hawk/configure.ac
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([unicode],
 	enable_unicode=$enableval,
 	enable_unicode=yes
 )
-if test "${enable_unicode}" = "yes:4"
+if test "${enable_unicode}" = "yes:4" -o "${enable_unicode}" = "yes:4w"
 then
 	AC_DEFINE([HAWK_UNICODE_SIZE],[4],[Unicode character type size])
 	AC_DEFINE([HAWK_ENABLE_UNICODE],[1],[Use the unicode character type as the default character type])
@@ -114,7 +114,12 @@ then
 		[CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-short-wchar"]
 		[CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fno-short-wchar"]
 	fi
-elif test "${enable_unicode}" = "yes:2" -o "${enable_unicode}" = "yes"
+	if test "${enable_unicode}" = "yes:4w"
+	then
+		AC_DEFINE([HAWK_PREFER_PREFIX_L],[1],[Prefix unicode literals with L])
+	fi
+
+elif test "${enable_unicode}" = "yes:2" -o "${enable_unicode}" = "yes:2w" -o "${enable_unicode}" = "yes"
 then
 	AC_DEFINE([HAWK_UNICODE_SIZE],[2],[Unicode character type size])
 	AC_DEFINE([HAWK_ENABLE_UNICODE],[1],[Use the unicode character type as the default character type])
@@ -128,7 +133,12 @@ then
 		[CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fshort-wchar"]
 		[CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fshort-wchar"]
 	fi
-elif test "${enable_unicode}" = "no:4"
+	if test "${enable_unicode}" = "yes:2w"
+	then
+		AC_DEFINE([HAWK_PREFER_PREFIX_L],[1],[Prefix unicode literals with L])
+	fi
+
+elif test "${enable_unicode}" = "no:4" -o test "${enable_unicode}" = "no:4w"
 then
 	AC_DEFINE([HAWK_UNICODE_SIZE],[4],[Unicode character type size])
 
@@ -137,8 +147,13 @@ then
 		[CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-short-wchar"]
 		[CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fno-short-wchar"]
 	fi
+
+	if test "${enable_unicode}" = "no:4w"
+	then
+		AC_DEFINE([HAWK_PREFER_PREFIX_L],[1],[Prefix unicode literals with L])
+	fi
 else
-	dnl no:2, no, or anything else
+	dnl no:2, no:2w, no, or anything else
 	AC_DEFINE([HAWK_UNICODE_SIZE],[2],[Unicode character type size])
 
 	if test "${ac_cv_cflags__fshort_wchar}" = "yes"
@@ -146,6 +161,11 @@ else
 		[CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fshort-wchar"]
 		[CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fshort-wchar"]
 	fi
+
+	if test "${enable_unicode}" = "no:2w"
+	then
+		AC_DEFINE([HAWK_PREFER_PREFIX_L],[1],[Prefix unicode literals with L])
+	fi
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/hawk/lib/hawk-cfg.h.in b/hawk/lib/hawk-cfg.h.in
index fa1caca0..53ba8e19 100644
--- a/hawk/lib/hawk-cfg.h.in
+++ b/hawk/lib/hawk-cfg.h.in
@@ -747,6 +747,9 @@
 /* PATH_MAX */
 #undef HAWK_PATH_MAX
 
+/* Prefix unicode literals with L */
+#undef HAWK_PREFER_PREFIX_L
+
 /* Define if pthread_cond_t is signed */
 #undef HAWK_PTHREAD_MUTEX_T_IS_SIGNED