diff --git a/samples/widgets/combobox.cpp b/samples/widgets/combobox.cpp
index f5ef0d5127..a36f3a0085 100644
--- a/samples/widgets/combobox.cpp
+++ b/samples/widgets/combobox.cpp
@@ -672,6 +672,12 @@ void ComboboxWidgetsPage::OnComboBox(wxCommandEvent& event)
     wxLogMessage(wxT("Combobox item %ld selected"), sel);
 
     wxLogMessage(wxT("Combobox GetValue(): %s"), m_combobox->GetValue().c_str() );
+
+    if ( event.GetString() != m_combobox->GetValue() )
+    {
+        wxLogMessage("ERROR: Event has different string \"%s\"",
+                     event.GetString());
+    }
 }
 
 void ComboboxWidgetsPage::OnCheckOrRadioBox(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
diff --git a/src/osx/cocoa/combobox.mm b/src/osx/cocoa/combobox.mm
index 379027674c..f0d4ea6677 100644
--- a/src/osx/cocoa/combobox.mm
+++ b/src/osx/cocoa/combobox.mm
@@ -76,11 +76,14 @@
     wxWidgetCocoaImpl* impl = (wxWidgetCocoaImpl* ) wxWidgetImpl::FindFromWXWidget( self );
     if ( impl && impl->ShouldSendEvents())
     {
-        wxWindow* wxpeer = (wxWindow*) impl->GetWXPeer();
+        wxComboBox* wxpeer = static_cast<wxComboBox*>(impl->GetWXPeer());
         if ( wxpeer ) {
+            const int sel = wxpeer->GetSelection();
+
             wxCommandEvent event(wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED, wxpeer->GetId());
             event.SetEventObject( wxpeer );
-            event.SetInt( static_cast<wxComboBox*>(wxpeer)->GetSelection() );
+            event.SetInt( sel );
+            event.SetString( wxpeer->GetString(sel) );
             // For some reason, wxComboBox::GetValue will not return the newly selected item 
             // while we're inside this callback, so use AddPendingEvent to make sure
             // GetValue() returns the right value.