diff --git a/include/wx/osx/carbon/evtloop.h b/include/wx/osx/carbon/evtloop.h
index 9db46aa1da..8a80fef3fa 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/carbon/evtloop.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/carbon/evtloop.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxGUIEventLoop : public wxCFEventLoop
 public:
     wxGUIEventLoop();
 
+    virtual void WakeUp();
+
 protected:
     virtual int DoDispatchTimeout(unsigned long timeout);
 
diff --git a/src/osx/carbon/evtloop.cpp b/src/osx/carbon/evtloop.cpp
index 255c08f0f2..d263effec7 100644
--- a/src/osx/carbon/evtloop.cpp
+++ b/src/osx/carbon/evtloop.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@ int wxGUIEventLoop::DoDispatchTimeout(unsigned long timeout)
     }
 }
 
+void wxGUIEventLoop::WakeUp()
+{
+    OSStatus err = noErr;
+    wxMacCarbonEvent wakeupEvent;
+    wakeupEvent.Create( 'WXMC', 'WXMC', GetCurrentEventTime(),
+                        kEventAttributeNone );
+    err = PostEventToQueue(GetMainEventQueue(), wakeupEvent,
+                            kEventPriorityHigh );
+}
+
 void wxGUIEventLoop::DoRun()
 {
     wxMacAutoreleasePool autoreleasepool;