diff --git a/src/common/arrstr.cpp b/src/common/arrstr.cpp
index 862519fe33..be461cc639 100644
--- a/src/common/arrstr.cpp
+++ b/src/common/arrstr.cpp
@@ -345,6 +345,14 @@ wxArrayString::insert(iterator it, const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
     }
 }
 
+void wxArrayString::resize(size_type n, value_type v)
+{
+  if ( n < m_nCount )
+      m_nCount = n;
+  else if ( n > m_nCount )
+      Add(v, n - m_nCount);
+}
+
 // expand the array
 void wxArrayString::SetCount(size_t count)
 {
diff --git a/tests/arrays/arrays.cpp b/tests/arrays/arrays.cpp
index ed74c94835..4d276963db 100644
--- a/tests/arrays/arrays.cpp
+++ b/tests/arrays/arrays.cpp
@@ -327,6 +327,17 @@ void ArraysTestCase::wxStringArrayTest()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( WXSIZEOF(months), a5.size() );
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT( COMPARE_3_VALUES(a5, "Jan", "Feb", "Mar") );
 #endif // wxHAS_VECTOR_TEMPLATE_ASSIGN
+
+    a5.clear();
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( 0, a5.size() );
+
+    a5.resize(7, "Foo");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( 7, a5.size() );
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( "Foo", a5[3] );
+
+    a5.resize(3);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( 3, a5.size() );
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( "Foo", a5[2] );
 }
 
 void ArraysTestCase::wxStringArraySplitTest()