diff --git a/wxPython/src/my_typemaps.i b/wxPython/src/my_typemaps.i
index 19d2fe76f0..46d7bfb7d2 100644
--- a/wxPython/src/my_typemaps.i
+++ b/wxPython/src/my_typemaps.i
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ MAKE_INT_ARRAY_TYPEMAPS(styles, styles_field)
 
 
 
+%typemap(out) wxCharBuffer {
+    $result = PyString_FromString((char*)$1.data());
+}
+
+
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Typemaps to convert Python sequence objects (tuples, etc.) to
 // wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect.