diff --git a/include/wx/html/htmlpars.h b/include/wx/html/htmlpars.h
index 7d1205ae61..0faf78d4dd 100644
--- a/include/wx/html/htmlpars.h
+++ b/include/wx/html/htmlpars.h
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ public:
 
     wxFileSystem* GetFS() const { return m_FS; }
 
+    // Returns TRUE if the parser is allowed to open given URL (may be forbidden
+    // for security reasons)    
+    virtual bool CanOpenURL(const wxString& url) const { return TRUE; }
+
     // You can simply call this method when you need parsed output.
     // This method does these things:
     // 1. call InitParser(source);
diff --git a/include/wx/html/htmlwin.h b/include/wx/html/htmlwin.h
index c58d244feb..22466f4856 100644
--- a/include/wx/html/htmlwin.h
+++ b/include/wx/html/htmlwin.h
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ public:
     // Called when user clicked on hypertext link. Default behavior is to
     // call LoadPage(loc)
     virtual void OnLinkClicked(const wxHtmlLinkInfo& link);
+    
+    // Called when wxHtmlWindow wants to fetch data from an URL (e.g. when loading
+    // a page or loading an image). The data are downloaded if and only if 
+    // OnOpeningURL returns TRUE.
+    virtual bool OnOpeningURL(const wxString& url) const { return TRUE; }
 
     // Returns a pointer to the parser.
     wxHtmlWinParser *GetParser() const { return m_Parser; }
diff --git a/include/wx/html/winpars.h b/include/wx/html/winpars.h
index 69f81a56a1..396526b92a 100644
--- a/include/wx/html/winpars.h
+++ b/include/wx/html/winpars.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "wx/html/htmlcell.h"
 #include "wx/encconv.h"
 
+class WXDLLEXPORT wxHtmlWindow;
 class WXDLLEXPORT wxHtmlWinParser;
 class WXDLLEXPORT wxHtmlWinTagHandler;
 class WXDLLEXPORT wxHtmlTagsModule;
@@ -40,13 +41,15 @@ class WXDLLEXPORT wxHtmlWinParser : public wxHtmlParser
     friend class wxHtmlWindow;
 
 public:
-    wxHtmlWinParser(wxWindow *wnd = NULL);
+    wxHtmlWinParser(wxHtmlWindow *wnd = NULL);
     ~wxHtmlWinParser();
 
     virtual void InitParser(const wxString& source);
     virtual void DoneParser();
     virtual wxObject* GetProduct();
 
+    virtual bool CanOpenURL(const wxString& url) const;
+
     // Set's the DC used for parsing. If SetDC() is not called,
     // parsing won't proceed
     virtual void SetDC(wxDC *dc, double pixel_scale = 1.0)
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@ public:
     // GetDC()->GetChar...()
 
     // returns associated wxWindow
-    wxWindow *GetWindow() {return m_Window;}
+    wxHtmlWindow *GetWindow() {return m_Window;}
 
     // sets fonts to be used when displaying HTML page.
     void SetFonts(wxString normal_face, wxString fixed_face, const int *sizes);
@@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ private:
     wxChar *m_tmpStrBuf;
     size_t  m_tmpStrBufSize;
         // temporary variables used by AddText
-    wxWindow *m_Window;
+    wxHtmlWindow *m_Window;
             // window we're parsing for
     double m_PixelScale;
     wxDC *m_DC;
diff --git a/src/html/htmlwin.cpp b/src/html/htmlwin.cpp
index 0eef9744f0..9625513f47 100644
--- a/src/html/htmlwin.cpp
+++ b/src/html/htmlwin.cpp
@@ -262,6 +262,12 @@ bool wxHtmlWindow::LoadPage(const wxString& location)
             m_RelatedFrame->SetStatusText(_("Connecting..."), m_RelatedStatusBar);
             Refresh(FALSE);
         }
+        
+        if ( !m_Parser->CanOpenURL(location) )
+        {
+            wxLogError(_("Access denied to document '%s'!"), location.c_str());
+            return FALSE;
+        }
 
         f = m_FS->OpenFile(location);
 
diff --git a/src/html/m_image.cpp b/src/html/m_image.cpp
index 4ab735e28a..5f5cc37d91 100644
--- a/src/html/m_image.cpp
+++ b/src/html/m_image.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "wx/html/forcelnk.h"
 #include "wx/html/m_templ.h"
+#include "wx/html/htmlwin.h"
 
 #include "wx/image.h"
 #include "wx/gifdecod.h"
@@ -547,6 +548,9 @@ TAG_HANDLER_BEGIN(IMG, "IMG,MAP,AREA")
                 wxFSFile *str;
                 wxString tmp = tag.GetParam(wxT("SRC"));
                 wxString mn = wxEmptyString;
+                
+                if ( !m_WParser->CanOpenURL(tmp) )
+                    return FALSE;
 
                 str = m_WParser->GetFS()->OpenFile(tmp);
                 if (tag.HasParam(wxT("WIDTH")))
diff --git a/src/html/winpars.cpp b/src/html/winpars.cpp
index 59b93e0692..479401d392 100644
--- a/src/html/winpars.cpp
+++ b/src/html/winpars.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 wxList wxHtmlWinParser::m_Modules;
 
-wxHtmlWinParser::wxHtmlWinParser(wxWindow *wnd) : wxHtmlParser()
+wxHtmlWinParser::wxHtmlWinParser(wxHtmlWindow *wnd) : wxHtmlParser()
 {
     m_tmpStrBuf = NULL;
     m_tmpStrBufSize = 0;
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ wxHtmlWinParser::wxHtmlWinParser(wxWindow *wnd) : wxHtmlParser()
     }
 }
 
-
 wxHtmlWinParser::~wxHtmlWinParser()
 {
     int i, j, k, l, m;
@@ -102,21 +101,16 @@ wxHtmlWinParser::~wxHtmlWinParser()
     delete[] m_tmpStrBuf;
 }
 
-
 void wxHtmlWinParser::AddModule(wxHtmlTagsModule *module)
 {
     m_Modules.Append(module);
 }
 
-
-
 void wxHtmlWinParser::RemoveModule(wxHtmlTagsModule *module)
 {
     m_Modules.DeleteObject(module);
 }
 
-
-
 void wxHtmlWinParser::SetFonts(wxString normal_face, wxString fixed_face, const int *sizes)
 {
     int i, j, k, l, m;
@@ -140,8 +134,6 @@ void wxHtmlWinParser::SetFonts(wxString normal_face, wxString fixed_face, const
                     }
 }
 
-
-
 void wxHtmlWinParser::InitParser(const wxString& source)
 {
     wxHtmlParser::InitParser(source);
@@ -169,8 +161,6 @@ void wxHtmlWinParser::InitParser(const wxString& source)
     m_Container->InsertCell(new wxHtmlFontCell(CreateCurrentFont()));
 }
 
-
-
 void wxHtmlWinParser::DoneParser()
 {
     m_Container = NULL;
@@ -178,8 +168,6 @@ void wxHtmlWinParser::DoneParser()
     wxHtmlParser::DoneParser();
 }
 
-
-
 wxObject* wxHtmlWinParser::GetProduct()
 {
     wxHtmlContainerCell *top;
@@ -192,6 +180,15 @@ wxObject* wxHtmlWinParser::GetProduct()
     return top;
 }
 
+bool wxHtmlWinParser::CanOpenURL(const wxString& url) const
+{
+    // FIXME - normalize the URL to full path before passing to
+    //         OnOpeningURL!!
+    if ( m_Window )
+        return m_Window->OnOpeningURL(url);
+    else
+        return TRUE;
+}
 
 void wxHtmlWinParser::AddText(const wxChar* txt)
 {