diff --git a/interface/wx/intl.h b/interface/wx/intl.h
index 0f537d4dc0..c655db5e04 100644
--- a/interface/wx/intl.h
+++ b/interface/wx/intl.h
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ enum wxLanguage
 
 /**
     This is the layout direction stored in wxLanguageInfo and returned by
-    wxApp::GetLayoutDirection() for RTL (right-to-left) languages support.
+    wxApp::GetLayoutDirection(), wxWindow::GetLayoutDirection(),
+    wxDC::GetLayoutDirection() for RTL (right-to-left) languages support.
 */
 enum wxLayoutDirection
 {
diff --git a/interface/wx/window.h b/interface/wx/window.h
index 82f484cb5b..83577f96e3 100644
--- a/interface/wx/window.h
+++ b/interface/wx/window.h
@@ -2327,6 +2327,12 @@ public:
     */
     virtual wxString GetLabel() const;
 
+    /**
+        Returns the layout direction for this window,
+        Note that @c wxLayout_Default is returned if layout direction is not supported.
+    */
+    virtual wxLayoutDirection GetLayoutDirection() const;
+
     /**
         Returns the window's name.
 
@@ -2365,6 +2371,11 @@ public:
     */
     virtual void SetLabel(const wxString& label);
 
+    /**
+        Sets the layout direction for this window.
+    */
+    virtual void SetLayoutDirection(wxLayoutDirection dir);
+
     /**
         Sets the window's name.
 
@@ -2385,7 +2396,6 @@ public:
     */
     void SetWindowVariant(wxWindowVariant variant);
 
-
     /**
         Gets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
     */