diff --git a/include/wx/persist/dataview.h b/include/wx/persist/dataview.h
index 52afdc1bdc..1394ec7289 100644
--- a/include/wx/persist/dataview.h
+++ b/include/wx/persist/dataview.h
@@ -19,11 +19,32 @@
 
 #define wxPERSIST_DVLC_KIND "DataViewList"
 
-#define wxPERSIST_DVLC_COL_PREFIX "Column"
+#define wxPERSIST_DVLC_COLUMNS "Columns"
 
+#define wxPERSIST_DVLC_HIDDEN "Hidden"
+#define wxPERSIST_DVLC_POS "Position"
+#define wxPERSIST_DVLC_TITLE "Title"
 #define wxPERSIST_DVLC_WIDTH "Width"
-#define wxPERSIST_DVLC_SORT_KEY "SortKey"
-#define wxPERSIST_DVLC_SORT_ASC "SortAsc"
+
+#define wxPERSIST_DVLC_SORT_KEY "Sorting/Column"
+#define wxPERSIST_DVLC_SORT_ASC "Sorting/Asc"
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Helper function to search for a column by its title.
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+wxDataViewColumn* GetColumnByTitle(wxDataViewCtrl* control, 
+                                    const wxString& name)
+{
+    wxASSERT(control);
+    
+    for ( unsigned int col = 0; col < control->GetColumnCount(); col++)
+    {
+        if ( control->GetColumn(col)->GetTitle() == name)
+            return control->GetColumn(col);
+    }
+    
+    return NULL;
+}
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxPersistentDataViewListCtrl: Saves and restores user modified column widths
@@ -33,34 +54,39 @@
 // has changed it and multicolumn sorts.
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-class wxPersistentDataViewListCtrl : 
-                                public wxPersistentWindow<wxDataViewListCtrl>
+class wxPersistentDataViewCtrl : public wxPersistentWindow<wxDataViewCtrl>
 {
 public:
-    wxPersistentDataViewListCtrl(wxDataViewListCtrl* control)
-        : wxPersistentWindow<wxDataViewListCtrl>(control)
+    wxPersistentDataViewCtrl(wxDataViewCtrl* control)
+        : wxPersistentWindow<wxDataViewCtrl>(control)
     {
     }
 
     virtual void Save() const wxOVERRIDE
     {
-        wxDataViewListCtrl* const control = Get();
+        wxDataViewCtrl* const control = Get();
         
-        int sortColumn = -1;
+        wxDataViewColumn* sortColumn = NULL;
         
         for ( unsigned int col = 0; col < control->GetColumnCount(); col++ )
         {
+            wxDataViewColumn* column = control->GetColumn(col);
+            wxASSERT(column);
+
             // Create a prefix string to identify each column.
             wxString columnPrefix;
-            columnPrefix.Printf("%s%d", wxPERSIST_DVLC_COL_PREFIX, col);
+            columnPrefix.Printf("/%s/%s/", wxPERSIST_DVLC_COLUMNS, 
+                                                        column->GetTitle());
+
+            // Save the column attributes.
+            SaveValue(columnPrefix + wxPERSIST_DVLC_HIDDEN, column->IsHidden());
+            SaveValue(columnPrefix + wxPERSIST_DVLC_POS, 
+                                            control->GetColumnPosition(column));
+            SaveValue(columnPrefix + wxPERSIST_DVLC_WIDTH, column->GetWidth());
 
-            // Save the width of each column.
-            int width = control->GetColumn(col)->GetWidth();
-            SaveValue(columnPrefix + wxPERSIST_DVLC_WIDTH, width);
-            
             // Check if this column is the current sort key.
-            if ( control->GetColumn(col)->IsSortKey() )
-                sortColumn = col;
+            if ( column->IsSortKey() )
+                sortColumn = column;
         }
 
         // Note: The current implementation does not save and restore multi-
@@ -68,45 +94,59 @@ public:
         if (control->IsMultiColumnSortAllowed())
             return;
 
-        // Save the current sort key.
-        SaveValue(wxPERSIST_DVLC_SORT_KEY, sortColumn);
-        
-        // Save the sort direction.
-        if ( sortColumn > -1 )
+        // Save the sort key and direction if there is a valid sort.
+        if ( sortColumn )
         {
-            bool sortAsc = 
-                        control->GetColumn(sortColumn)->IsSortOrderAscending();
-            SaveValue(wxPERSIST_DVLC_SORT_ASC, sortAsc);
+            SaveValue(wxPERSIST_DVLC_SORT_KEY, sortColumn->GetTitle());
+            SaveValue(wxPERSIST_DVLC_SORT_ASC, 
+                                    sortColumn->IsSortOrderAscending());
         }
     }
 
     virtual bool Restore() wxOVERRIDE
     {
-        wxDataViewListCtrl* const control = Get();
+        wxDataViewCtrl* const control = Get();
+        wxDataViewColumn* column;
 
         for ( unsigned int col = 0; col < control->GetColumnCount(); col++ )
         {
-            // Create a prefix string to identify each column.
-            wxString columnPrefix = 
-                    wxString::Format("%s%d", wxPERSIST_DVLC_COL_PREFIX, col);
-                    
+            column = control->GetColumn(col);
+            wxASSERT(column);
+
+            // Create a prefix string to identify each column within the
+            // persistence store (columns are stored by title). The persistence
+            // store benignly handles cases where the title is not found.
+            wxString columnPrefix;
+            columnPrefix.Printf("/%s/%s/", wxPERSIST_DVLC_COLUMNS, 
+                                                        column->GetTitle());
+
+            // Restore column hidden status.
+            bool hidden;
+            if ( RestoreValue(columnPrefix + wxPERSIST_DVLC_HIDDEN, &hidden) )
+                column->SetHidden(hidden);
+
             // Restore the column width.
             int width;
             if ( RestoreValue(columnPrefix + wxPERSIST_DVLC_WIDTH, &width) )
-                control->GetColumn(col)->SetWidth(width);
+                column->SetWidth(width);
+                
+            // TODO: Set the column's view position.
         }
         
         // Restore the sort key and order.
-        int sortColumn;
+        wxString sortColumn;
         if ( RestoreValue(wxPERSIST_DVLC_SORT_KEY, &sortColumn) && 
-                    sortColumn > -1 &&
-                    sortColumn < (int)control->GetColumnCount() )
+                    sortColumn != "" )
         {
             bool sortAsc = true;
+            column = GetColumnByTitle(control, sortColumn);
             
-            RestoreValue(wxPERSIST_DVLC_SORT_ASC, &sortAsc);
-            control->GetColumn(sortColumn)->SetSortOrder(sortAsc);
-            control->GetModel()->Resort();
+            if ( column )
+            {
+                RestoreValue(wxPERSIST_DVLC_SORT_ASC, &sortAsc);
+                column->SetSortOrder(sortAsc);
+                control->GetModel()->Resort();
+            }
         }
         return true;
     }
@@ -117,9 +157,9 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
-inline wxPersistentObject *wxCreatePersistentObject(wxDataViewListCtrl* control)
+inline wxPersistentObject *wxCreatePersistentObject(wxDataViewCtrl* control)
 {
-    return new wxPersistentDataViewListCtrl(control);
+    return new wxPersistentDataViewCtrl(control);
 }
 
 #endif // _WX_PERSIST_DATAVIEW_H_