diff --git a/include/wx/osx/webview_webkit.h b/include/wx/osx/webview_webkit.h
index 438e532f90..d7890a9795 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/webview_webkit.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/webview_webkit.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ public:
     void OnMouseEvents(wxMouseEvent &event);
 
     bool m_busy;
+    bool m_nextNavigationIsNewWindow;
 
 protected:
     virtual void DoSetPage(const wxString& html, const wxString& baseUrl);
diff --git a/src/osx/webview_webkit.mm b/src/osx/webview_webkit.mm
index 1ac60fe376..9f2efd4e57 100644
--- a/src/osx/webview_webkit.mm
+++ b/src/osx/webview_webkit.mm
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ bool wxWebViewWebKit::Create(wxWindow *parent,
                                  const wxString& name)
 {
     m_busy = false;
+    m_nextNavigationIsNewWindow = false;
 
     DontCreatePeer();
     wxControl::Create(parent, winID, pos, size, style, wxDefaultValidator, name);
@@ -1212,8 +1213,26 @@ wxString nsErrorToWxHtmlError(NSError* error, wxWebViewNavigationError* out)
 {
     wxUnusedVar(frame);
 
-    webKitWindow->m_busy = true;
     NSString *url = [[request URL] absoluteString];
+    if (webKitWindow->m_nextNavigationIsNewWindow)
+    {
+        // This navigation has been marked as a new window
+        // cancel the request here and send an apropriate event
+        // to the application code
+        webKitWindow->m_nextNavigationIsNewWindow = false;
+
+        wxWebViewEvent event(wxEVT_WEBVIEW_NEWWINDOW,
+                             webKitWindow->GetId(),
+                             wxCFStringRef::AsString( url ), "");
+
+        if (webKitWindow && webKitWindow->GetEventHandler())
+            webKitWindow->GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+
+        [listener ignore];
+        return;
+    }
+
+    webKitWindow->m_busy = true;
     wxString target = wxStringWithNSString([frame name]);
     wxWebViewEvent event(wxEVT_WEBVIEW_NAVIGATING,
                          webKitWindow->GetId(),
@@ -1342,6 +1361,15 @@ wxString nsErrorToWxHtmlError(NSError* error, wxWebViewNavigationError* out)
     return self;
 }
 
+- (WebView *)webView:(WebView *)sender createWebViewWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request
+{
+    // This method is called when window.open() is used in javascript with a target != _self
+    // request is always nil, so it can't be used for event generation
+    // Mark the next navigation as "new window"
+    webKitWindow->m_nextNavigationIsNewWindow = true;
+    return sender;
+}
+
 - (void)webView:(WebView *)sender printFrameView:(WebFrameView *)frameView
 {
     wxUnusedVar(sender);