diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 0c711a8f7c..c9906dde09 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ Major new features in 2.8 release
 2.8.11:
 -------
 
+All:
+
+- Added several functions forward compatible with wxWidgets 3.0 (troelsk):
+  wxDC::SetDeviceClippingRegion(), wxShowEvent::IsShown(),
+  wxIconizeEvent::IsIconized(), wxFileName::StripExtension().
+
 All (GUI):
 
 - Add wxBU_EXACTFIT support to wxToggleButton XRC handler (Ronny Krueger).
diff --git a/include/wx/filename.h b/include/wx/filename.h
index 24b4447f16..c2f51c460f 100644
--- a/include/wx/filename.h
+++ b/include/wx/filename.h
@@ -481,6 +481,12 @@ public:
                             wxString *path,
                             wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE);
 
+#if wxABI_VERSION >= 20811
+        // strip the file extension
+    static wxString StripExtension(const wxString& fullpath);
+#endif // wxABI_VERSION >= 20811
+
+
     // Filesize
 
         // returns the size of the given filename
diff --git a/src/common/filename.cpp b/src/common/filename.cpp
index 548c7f594d..a7abfeed86 100644
--- a/src/common/filename.cpp
+++ b/src/common/filename.cpp
@@ -2139,6 +2139,14 @@ void wxFileName::SplitPath(const wxString& fullpath,
     }
 }
 
+/* static */
+wxString wxFileName::StripExtension(const wxString& fullpath)
+{
+    wxFileName fn(fullpath);
+    fn.SetExt("");
+    return fn.GetFullPath();
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // time functions
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------