diff --git a/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp b/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp
index f05af51e45..61f918d554 100644
--- a/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp
@@ -1451,6 +1451,7 @@ void wxTextCtrl::WriteText(const wxString& str)
         val.Remove( start , end - start ) ;
         val.insert( start , str ) ;
         SetValue( val ) ;
+        SetInsertionPoint( start + str.Length() ) ;
     #endif
     #endif
     }