diff --git a/wxPython/src/_vscroll.i b/wxPython/src/_vscroll.i
index 90b84d9012..b8b7546831 100644
--- a/wxPython/src/_vscroll.i
+++ b/wxPython/src/_vscroll.i
@@ -508,6 +508,10 @@ public:
     void RefreshAll();
     void SetItemCount(size_t count);
 
+    // retrieve the file system used by the wxHtmlWinParser: if you use
+    // relative paths in your HTML, you should use its ChangePathTo() method
+    wxFileSystem& GetFileSystem();
+    const wxFileSystem& GetFileSystem();
 };