diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 72059b89cd..6c2029a5cf 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ All:
 - Add support for loading dynamic lexer in wxStyledTextCtrl (New Pagodi).
 - Handle strings with embedded NULs in wxDataStream (Nitch).
 - Don't crash in wxTextFile::GetLastLine() if the file is empty (crohr).
+- Add wxString::cbegin() and cend() method (Lauri Nurmi).
 
 All (GUI):
 
diff --git a/include/wx/string.h b/include/wx/string.h
index 0f702d7ccb..0d9fc48ecb 100644
--- a/include/wx/string.h
+++ b/include/wx/string.h
@@ -1282,20 +1282,26 @@ public:
   // first valid index position
   const_iterator begin() const { return const_iterator(this, m_impl.begin()); }
   iterator begin() { return iterator(this, m_impl.begin()); }
+  const_iterator cbegin() const { return const_iterator(this, m_impl.begin()); }
   // position one after the last valid one
   const_iterator end() const { return const_iterator(this, m_impl.end()); }
   iterator end() { return iterator(this, m_impl.end()); }
+  const_iterator cend() const { return const_iterator(this, m_impl.end()); }
 
   // first element of the reversed string
   const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const
     { return const_reverse_iterator(end()); }
   reverse_iterator rbegin()
     { return reverse_iterator(end()); }
+  const_reverse_iterator crbegin() const
+    { return const_reverse_iterator(end()); }
   // one beyond the end of the reversed string
   const_reverse_iterator rend() const
     { return const_reverse_iterator(begin()); }
   reverse_iterator rend()
     { return reverse_iterator(begin()); }
+  const_reverse_iterator crend() const
+    { return const_reverse_iterator(begin()); }
 
   // std::string methods:
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8
diff --git a/interface/wx/string.h b/interface/wx/string.h
index 59fe620c29..d2f449c405 100644
--- a/interface/wx/string.h
+++ b/interface/wx/string.h
@@ -1574,13 +1574,17 @@ public:
 
     const_iterator begin() const;
     iterator begin();
+    const_iterator cbegin() const;
     const_iterator end() const;
     iterator end();
+    const_iterator cend() const;
 
     const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const;
     reverse_iterator rbegin();
+    const_reverse_iterator crbegin() const;
     const_reverse_iterator rend() const;
     reverse_iterator rend();
+    const_reverse_iterator crend() const;
 
     //@}