diff --git a/src/gtk/notebook.cpp b/src/gtk/notebook.cpp
index 0f141cfe8e..93878cceb6 100644
--- a/src/gtk/notebook.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/notebook.cpp
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ wxNotebook::wxNotebook( wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
 
 wxNotebook::~wxNotebook()
 {
+    // Ensure that we don't generate page changing events during the
+    // destruction, this is unexpected and may reference the already (half)
+    // destroyed parent window, for example. So make sure our switch_page
+    // callback is not called from inside DeleteAllPages() by disconnecting all
+    // the callbacks associated with this widget.
+    GTKDisconnect(m_widget);
+
     DeleteAllPages();
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/controls/notebooktest.cpp b/tests/controls/notebooktest.cpp
index d8a6fb44a0..5471dda4ce 100644
--- a/tests/controls/notebooktest.cpp
+++ b/tests/controls/notebooktest.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 class NotebookTestCase : public BookCtrlBaseTestCase, public CppUnit::TestCase
 {
 public:
-    NotebookTestCase() { }
+    NotebookTestCase() { m_notebook = NULL; m_numPageChanges = 0; }
 
     virtual void setUp();
     virtual void tearDown();
@@ -44,12 +44,18 @@ private:
         wxBOOK_CTRL_BASE_TESTS();
         CPPUNIT_TEST( Image );
         CPPUNIT_TEST( RowCount );
+        CPPUNIT_TEST( NoEventsOnDestruction );
     CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
 
     void RowCount();
+    void NoEventsOnDestruction();
+
+    void OnPageChanged(wxNotebookEvent&) { m_numPageChanges++; }
 
     wxNotebook *m_notebook;
 
+    int m_numPageChanges;
+
     wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(NotebookTestCase);
 };
 
@@ -90,4 +96,26 @@ void NotebookTestCase::RowCount()
 #endif
 }
 
+void NotebookTestCase::NoEventsOnDestruction()
+{
+    // We can't use EventCounter helper here as it doesn't deal with the window
+    // it's connected to being destroyed during its life-time, so do it
+    // manually.
+    m_notebook->Bind(wxEVT_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED,
+                     &NotebookTestCase::OnPageChanged, this);
+
+    // Normally deleting a page before the selected one results in page
+    // selection changing and the corresponding event.
+    m_notebook->DeletePage(0);
+    CHECK( m_numPageChanges == 1 );
+
+    // But deleting the entire control shouldn't generate any events, yet it
+    // used to do under GTK+ 3 when a page different from the first one was
+    // selected.
+    m_notebook->ChangeSelection(1);
+    m_notebook->Destroy();
+    m_notebook = NULL;
+    CHECK( m_numPageChanges == 1 );
+}
+
 #endif //wxUSE_NOTEBOOK