diff --git a/include/wx/private/fdiodispatcher.h b/include/wx/private/fdiodispatcher.h
index bc372926dd..e3fad1cc79 100644
--- a/include/wx/private/fdiodispatcher.h
+++ b/include/wx/private/fdiodispatcher.h
@@ -12,27 +12,7 @@
 #define _WX_PRIVATE_FDIODISPATCHER_H_
 
 #include "wx/hashmap.h"
-
-// handler used to process events on descriptors
-class wxFDIOHandler
-{
-public:
-    // called when descriptor is available for non-blocking read
-    virtual void OnReadWaiting() = 0;
-
-    // called when descriptor is available  for non-blocking write
-    virtual void OnWriteWaiting() = 0;
-
-    // called when there is exception on descriptor
-    virtual void OnExceptionWaiting() = 0;
-
-    // called to check if the handler is still valid, only used by
-    // wxSocketImplUnix currently
-    virtual bool IsOk() const { return true; }
-
-    // virtual dtor for the base class
-    virtual ~wxFDIOHandler() { }
-};
+#include "wx/private/fdiohandler.h"
 
 // those flags describes sets where descriptor should be added
 enum wxFDIODispatcherEntryFlags
diff --git a/include/wx/private/fdiohandler.h b/include/wx/private/fdiohandler.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e24c43786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/wx/private/fdiohandler.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Name:        wx/private/fdiohandler.h
+// Purpose:     declares wxFDIOHandler class
+// Author:      Vadim Zeitlin
+// Created:     2009-08-17
+// RCS-ID:      $Id: wxhead.h,v 1.11 2009-06-29 10:23:04 zeitlin Exp $
+// Copyright:   (c) 2009 Vadim Zeitlin <vadim@wxwidgets.org>
+// Licence:     wxWindows licence
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifndef _WX_PRIVATE_FDIOHANDLER_H_
+#define _WX_PRIVATE_FDIOHANDLER_H_
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxFDIOHandler: interface used to process events on file descriptors
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class wxFDIOHandler
+{
+public:
+    // called when descriptor is available for non-blocking read
+    virtual void OnReadWaiting() = 0;
+
+    // called when descriptor is available  for non-blocking write
+    virtual void OnWriteWaiting() = 0;
+
+    // called when there is exception on descriptor
+    virtual void OnExceptionWaiting() = 0;
+
+    // called to check if the handler is still valid, only used by
+    // wxSocketImplUnix currently
+    virtual bool IsOk() const { return true; }
+
+    // virtual dtor for the base class
+    virtual ~wxFDIOHandler() { }
+};
+
+#endif // _WX_PRIVATE_FDIOHANDLER_H_
+