diff --git a/src/qt/treectrl.cpp b/src/qt/treectrl.cpp
index b7bca683a6..16600c43a9 100644
--- a/src/qt/treectrl.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/treectrl.cpp
@@ -977,6 +977,8 @@ void wxTreeCtrl::Delete(const wxTreeItemId& item)
     QTreeWidgetItem *qTreeItem = wxQtConvertTreeItem(item);
     QTreeWidgetItem *parent = qTreeItem->parent();
 
+    DeleteChildren(qTreeItem);
+
     if ( parent != NULL )
     {
         parent->removeChild(qTreeItem);
diff --git a/tests/controls/treectrltest.cpp b/tests/controls/treectrltest.cpp
index 3d03a768eb..2b1cd2e2ed 100644
--- a/tests/controls/treectrltest.cpp
+++ b/tests/controls/treectrltest.cpp
@@ -279,9 +279,10 @@ void TreeCtrlTestCase::DeleteItem()
     EventCounter deleteitem(m_tree, wxEVT_TREE_DELETE_ITEM);
 
     wxTreeItemId todelete = m_tree->AppendItem(m_root, "deleteme");
+    m_tree->AppendItem(todelete, "deleteme2");
     m_tree->Delete(todelete);
 
-    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(1, deleteitem.GetCount());
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(2, deleteitem.GetCount());
 }
 
 void TreeCtrlTestCase::DeleteChildren()