diff --git a/include/wx/html/htmlcell.h b/include/wx/html/htmlcell.h
index e3adf20e6e..d95fe95a2e 100644
--- a/include/wx/html/htmlcell.h
+++ b/include/wx/html/htmlcell.h
@@ -329,7 +329,12 @@ public:
     // Returns absolute position of the cell on HTML canvas.
     // If rootCell is provided, then it's considered to be the root of the
     // hierarchy and the returned value is relative to it.
-    wxPoint GetAbsPos(wxHtmlCell *rootCell = NULL) const;
+    wxPoint GetAbsPos(const wxHtmlCell *rootCell = NULL) const;
+
+    // Returns minimum bounding rectangle of this cell in coordinates, relative
+    // to the rootCell, if it is provided, or relative to the result of
+    // GetRootCell() if the rootCell is NULL.
+    wxRect GetRect(const wxHtmlCell *rootCell = NULL) const;
 
     // Returns root cell of the hierarchy (i.e. grand-grand-...-parent that
     // doesn't have a parent itself)
diff --git a/src/html/htmlcell.cpp b/src/html/htmlcell.cpp
index 0ce3a3e8a3..a559df99f2 100644
--- a/src/html/htmlcell.cpp
+++ b/src/html/htmlcell.cpp
@@ -221,10 +221,10 @@ wxHtmlCell *wxHtmlCell::FindCellByPos(wxCoord x, wxCoord y,
 }
 
 
-wxPoint wxHtmlCell::GetAbsPos(wxHtmlCell *rootCell) const
+wxPoint wxHtmlCell::GetAbsPos(const wxHtmlCell *rootCell) const
 {
     wxPoint p(m_PosX, m_PosY);
-    for (wxHtmlCell *parent = m_Parent; parent && parent != rootCell;
+    for (const wxHtmlCell *parent = m_Parent; parent && parent != rootCell;
          parent = parent->m_Parent)
     {
         p.x += parent->m_PosX;
@@ -233,6 +233,11 @@ wxPoint wxHtmlCell::GetAbsPos(wxHtmlCell *rootCell) const
     return p;
 }
 
+wxRect wxHtmlCell::GetRect(const wxHtmlCell* rootCell) const
+{
+    return wxRect(GetAbsPos(rootCell), wxSize(m_Width, m_Height));
+}
+
 wxHtmlCell *wxHtmlCell::GetRootCell() const
 {
     wxHtmlCell *c = wxConstCast(this, wxHtmlCell);