diff --git a/interface/wx/dataview.h b/interface/wx/dataview.h
index 2abf7e778b..76266e4126 100644
--- a/interface/wx/dataview.h
+++ b/interface/wx/dataview.h
@@ -1675,6 +1675,9 @@ public:
 
     /**
         Sets the selection to the array of wxDataViewItems.
+
+        Note that if @a sel contains any invalid items, they are simply
+        ignored.
     */
     virtual void SetSelections(const wxDataViewItemArray& sel);
 
diff --git a/tests/controls/dataviewctrltest.cpp b/tests/controls/dataviewctrltest.cpp
index 04d0876b33..1f400c8182 100644
--- a/tests/controls/dataviewctrltest.cpp
+++ b/tests/controls/dataviewctrltest.cpp
@@ -146,6 +146,30 @@ MultiColumnsDataViewCtrlTestCase::~MultiColumnsDataViewCtrlTestCase()
 // the tests themselves
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+TEST_CASE_METHOD(MultiSelectDataViewCtrlTestCase,
+                 "wxDVC::Selection",
+                 "[wxDataViewCtrl][select]")
+{
+    // Check selection round-trip.
+    wxDataViewItemArray sel;
+    sel.push_back(m_child1);
+    sel.push_back(m_grandchild);
+    REQUIRE_NOTHROW( m_dvc->SetSelections(sel) );
+
+    wxDataViewItemArray sel2;
+    CHECK( m_dvc->GetSelections(sel2) == sel.size() );
+
+    CHECK( sel2 == sel );
+
+    // Invalid items in GetSelections() input are supposed to be just skipped.
+    sel.clear();
+    sel.push_back(wxDataViewItem());
+    REQUIRE_NOTHROW( m_dvc->SetSelections(sel) );
+
+    CHECK( m_dvc->GetSelections(sel2) == 0 );
+    CHECK( sel2.empty() );
+}
+
 TEST_CASE_METHOD(MultiSelectDataViewCtrlTestCase,
                  "wxDVC::DeleteSelected",
                  "[wxDataViewCtrl][delete]")