diff --git a/include/wx/dynarray.h b/include/wx/dynarray.h
index e6d5178f73..84a65cbce6 100644
--- a/include/wx/dynarray.h
+++ b/include/wx/dynarray.h
@@ -111,12 +111,7 @@ public:
 
     void Shrink()
     {
-#if !wxUSE_STD_CONTAINERS || __cplusplus >= 201103L || wxCHECK_VISUALC_VERSION(10)
-        this->shrink_to_fit();
-#else
-        base_vec tmp(*this);
-        this->swap(tmp);
-#endif
+        wxShrinkToFit(*this);
     }
 
     size_t GetCount() const { return this->size(); }
diff --git a/include/wx/vector.h b/include/wx/vector.h
index 8a7ae1b228..113157875c 100644
--- a/include/wx/vector.h
+++ b/include/wx/vector.h
@@ -669,6 +669,19 @@ void wxVectorSort(wxVector<T>& v)
 
 #endif // wxUSE_STD_CONTAINERS/!wxUSE_STD_CONTAINERS
 
+// Define vector::shrink_to_fit() equivalent which can be always used, even
+// when using pre-C++11 std::vector.
+template<typename T>
+inline void wxShrinkToFit(wxVector<T>& v)
+{
+#if !wxUSE_STD_CONTAINERS || __cplusplus >= 201103L || wxCHECK_VISUALC_VERSION(10)
+    v.shrink_to_fit();
+#else
+    wxVector<T> tmp(v);
+    v.swap(tmp);
+#endif
+}
+
 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_8
     #define WX_DECLARE_VECTORBASE(obj, cls) typedef wxVector<obj> cls
     #define _WX_DECLARE_VECTOR(obj, cls, exp) WX_DECLARE_VECTORBASE(obj, cls)