diff --git a/wxPython/src/controls2.i b/wxPython/src/controls2.i
index 77ae496ebc..42a787dbe0 100644
--- a/wxPython/src/controls2.i
+++ b/wxPython/src/controls2.i
@@ -299,6 +299,15 @@ public:
             self->GetItem(*info);
             return info;
         }
+    }  // The OOR typemaps don't know what to do with the %new, so fix it up.
+    %pragma(python) addtoclass = "
+    def GetItem(self, *_args, **_kwargs):
+        val = apply(controls2c.wxListCtrl_GetItem,(self,) + _args, _kwargs)
+        val.thisown = 1
+        return val
+    "
+
+    %addmethods {
         %new wxPoint* GetItemPosition(long item) {
             wxPoint* pos = new wxPoint;
             self->GetItemPosition(item, *pos);
diff --git a/wxPython/src/msw/controls2.py b/wxPython/src/msw/controls2.py
index c7490103de..46c97a51f1 100644
--- a/wxPython/src/msw/controls2.py
+++ b/wxPython/src/msw/controls2.py
@@ -480,6 +480,12 @@ class wxListCtrlPtr(wxControlPtr):
         return val
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<C wxListCtrl instance at %s>" % (self.this,)
+    
+    def GetItem(self, *_args, **_kwargs):
+        val = apply(controls2c.wxListCtrl_GetItem,(self,) + _args, _kwargs)
+        val.thisown = 1
+        return val
+    
 class wxListCtrl(wxListCtrlPtr):
     def __init__(self,*_args,**_kwargs):
         self.this = apply(controls2c.new_wxListCtrl,_args,_kwargs)