diff --git a/include/wx/msw/private.h b/include/wx/msw/private.h
index a1bdd9d5f4..61197650e7 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/private.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/private.h
@@ -965,6 +965,13 @@ extern const wxCursor *wxGetGlobalCursor(); // from msw/cursor.cpp
 // GetCursorPos can fail without populating the POINT. This falls back to GetMessagePos.
 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE void wxGetCursorPosMSW(POINT* pt);
 
+#if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_3_0
+wxDEPRECATED_MSG("Use wxNativeFontInfo::lf directly instead of this private function")
+WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE void wxFillLogFont(LOGFONT *logFont, const wxFont *font);
+wxDEPRECATED_MSG("Use wxNativeFontInfo(LOGFONT) ctor instead of this private function")
+WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxFont wxCreateFontFromLogFont(const LOGFONT *logFont);
+#endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_3_0
+
 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE void wxGetCharSize(WXHWND wnd, int *x, int *y, const wxFont& the_font);
 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxFontEncoding wxGetFontEncFromCharSet(int charset);
 
diff --git a/src/msw/fontutil.cpp b/src/msw/fontutil.cpp
index 975ba52a02..b55222a874 100644
--- a/src/msw/fontutil.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/fontutil.cpp
@@ -264,3 +264,21 @@ wxFontEncoding wxGetFontEncFromCharSet(int cs)
 
     return fontEncoding;
 }
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Deprecated wxFont <-> LOGFONT conversion functions
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_3_0
+
+void wxFillLogFont(LOGFONT *logFont, const wxFont *font)
+{
+    *logFont = font->GetNativeFontInfo()->lf;
+}
+
+wxFont wxCreateFontFromLogFont(const LOGFONT *logFont)
+{
+    return wxFont(wxNativeFontInfo(*logFont));
+}
+
+#endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_3_0