diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 6ec696493f..2958c1de90 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ All:
 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
+- fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
 
 wxBase:
 
diff --git a/src/common/fileconf.cpp b/src/common/fileconf.cpp
index 44a683f407..dfb2a735f8 100644
--- a/src/common/fileconf.cpp
+++ b/src/common/fileconf.cpp
@@ -565,8 +565,17 @@ void wxFileConfig::Parse(wxTextBuffer& buffer, bool bLocal)
 
     // add the line to linked list
     if ( bLocal )
+    {
       LineListAppend(strLine);
 
+      // let the root group have it start line as well
+      if ( !n )
+      {
+        m_pCurrentGroup->SetLine(m_linesTail);
+      }
+    }
+
+
     // skip leading spaces
     for ( pStart = strLine; wxIsspace(*pStart); pStart++ )
       ;