diff --git a/include/wx/gtk/webview_webkit.h b/include/wx/gtk/webview_webkit.h
index ed375d3a39..4a757b2112 100644
--- a/include/wx/gtk/webview_webkit.h
+++ b/include/wx/gtk/webview_webkit.h
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ public:
     virtual wxString GetPageText() const wxOVERRIDE;
     virtual void Print() wxOVERRIDE;
     virtual bool IsBusy() const wxOVERRIDE;
+    virtual void EnableAccessToDevTools(bool enable = true) wxOVERRIDE;
+    virtual bool IsAccessToDevToolsEnabled() const wxOVERRIDE;
 
     void SetZoomType(wxWebViewZoomType) wxOVERRIDE;
     wxWebViewZoomType GetZoomType() const wxOVERRIDE;
diff --git a/interface/wx/webview.h b/interface/wx/webview.h
index 942bcf845e..d7be072476 100644
--- a/interface/wx/webview.h
+++ b/interface/wx/webview.h
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ public:
         Enable or disable access to dev tools for the user.
 
         This is currently only implemented for the Edge (Chromium) backend
-        where the dev tools are enabled by default.
+        where the dev tools are enabled by default and the WebKit2GTK+ backend.
 
         @since 3.1.4
     */
diff --git a/src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp b/src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp
index da4aae46df..f1207bf072 100644
--- a/src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp
@@ -698,6 +698,18 @@ float wxWebViewWebKit::GetWebkitZoom() const
     return webkit_web_view_get_zoom_level(m_web_view);
 }
 
+void wxWebViewWebKit::EnableAccessToDevTools(bool enable)
+{
+    WebKitSettings* settings = webkit_web_view_get_settings(m_web_view);
+    webkit_settings_set_enable_developer_extras(settings, enable);
+}
+
+bool wxWebViewWebKit::IsAccessToDevToolsEnabled() const
+{
+    WebKitSettings* settings = webkit_web_view_get_settings(m_web_view);
+    return webkit_settings_get_enable_developer_extras(settings);
+}
+
 void wxWebViewWebKit::Stop()
 {
      webkit_web_view_stop_loading(m_web_view);