diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 332809ff58..d97e915390 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ All (GUI):
 - Support wxGRID_AUTOSIZE in wxGrid::SetRow/ColLabelSize() (Evgeniy Tarassov).
 - Ensure that wxGrid::AutoSizeColumn/Row() never sets column/row size
   smaller than the minimal size.
+- Added <scrollrate> parameter to wxScrolledWindow XRC handler.
 
 All (Unix):
 
diff --git a/docs/tech/tn0014.txt b/docs/tech/tn0014.txt
index c09c907939..6d5d2e5f5d 100644
--- a/docs/tech/tn0014.txt
+++ b/docs/tech/tn0014.txt
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ wxScrolledWindow
 pos                        Position                -1,-1
 size                       Size                    -1,-1
 style                      Style[wxScrolledWindow] wxHSCROLL | wxVSCROLL
+scrollrate                 Size                    0,0
 
 wxScolledWindow may have children objects.
 
diff --git a/src/xrc/xh_scwin.cpp b/src/xrc/xh_scwin.cpp
index 156a3c970b..78b70ce059 100644
--- a/src/xrc/xh_scwin.cpp
+++ b/src/xrc/xh_scwin.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ wxObject *wxScrolledWindowXmlHandler::DoCreateResource()
     SetupWindow(control);
     CreateChildren(control);
 
+    if ( HasParam(wxT("scrollrate")) )
+    {
+        wxSize rate = GetSize(wxT("scrollrate"));
+        control->SetScrollRate(rate.x, rate.y);
+    }
+
     return control;
 }