diff --git a/include/wx/filedlgcustomize.h b/include/wx/filedlgcustomize.h
index b088cce6a1..7898b3dcc2 100644
--- a/include/wx/filedlgcustomize.h
+++ b/include/wx/filedlgcustomize.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class wxFileDialogCustomize
 public:
     wxFileDialogButton* AddButton(const wxString& label);
     wxFileDialogCheckBox* AddCheckBox(const wxString& label);
-    wxFileDialogTextCtrl* AddTextCtrl();
+    wxFileDialogTextCtrl* AddTextCtrl(const wxString& label = wxString());
     wxFileDialogStaticText* AddStaticText(const wxString& label);
 
     ~wxFileDialogCustomize();
diff --git a/include/wx/private/filedlgcustomize.h b/include/wx/private/filedlgcustomize.h
index d7c222951d..4523941842 100644
--- a/include/wx/private/filedlgcustomize.h
+++ b/include/wx/private/filedlgcustomize.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class wxFileDialogCustomizeImpl
 public:
     virtual wxFileDialogButtonImpl* AddButton(const wxString& label) = 0;
     virtual wxFileDialogCheckBoxImpl* AddCheckBox(const wxString& label) = 0;
-    virtual wxFileDialogTextCtrlImpl* AddTextCtrl() = 0;
+    virtual wxFileDialogTextCtrlImpl* AddTextCtrl(const wxString& label) = 0;
     virtual wxFileDialogStaticTextImpl* AddStaticText(const wxString& label) = 0;
 
     virtual ~wxFileDialogCustomizeImpl();
diff --git a/samples/dialogs/dialogs.cpp b/samples/dialogs/dialogs.cpp
index e7d0f25011..8886eb0ae9 100644
--- a/samples/dialogs/dialogs.cpp
+++ b/samples/dialogs/dialogs.cpp
@@ -1691,8 +1691,7 @@ public:
         // Note: all the pointers created here cease to be valid once
         // ShowModal() returns, TransferDataFromCustomControls() is the latest
         // moment when they can still be used.
-        customizer.AddStaticText("Just some extra text:");
-        m_text = customizer.AddTextCtrl();
+        m_text = customizer.AddTextCtrl("Just some extra text:");
         m_cb = customizer.AddCheckBox("Enable Custom Button");
         m_cb->Bind(wxEVT_CHECKBOX, &MyCustomizeHook::OnCheckBox, this);
         m_btn = customizer.AddButton("Custom Button");
diff --git a/src/common/fldlgcmn.cpp b/src/common/fldlgcmn.cpp
index 6606ea8b8e..5dfc24f0d8 100644
--- a/src/common/fldlgcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/fldlgcmn.cpp
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ wxFileDialogCustomize::AddCheckBox(const wxString& label)
 }
 
 wxFileDialogTextCtrl*
-wxFileDialogCustomize::AddTextCtrl()
+wxFileDialogCustomize::AddTextCtrl(const wxString& label)
 {
-    return StoreAndReturn(new wxFileDialogTextCtrl(m_impl->AddTextCtrl()));
+    return StoreAndReturn(new wxFileDialogTextCtrl(m_impl->AddTextCtrl(label)));
 }
 
 wxFileDialogStaticText*
diff --git a/src/msw/filedlg.cpp b/src/msw/filedlg.cpp
index 57bbdc21f6..94edf19a05 100644
--- a/src/msw/filedlg.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/filedlg.cpp
@@ -378,7 +378,8 @@ public:
     wxFileDialogCustomizeFDC()
         : wxFileDialogCustomize(this)
     {
-        m_lastId = 0;
+        m_lastId =
+        m_lastAuxId = 0;
     }
 
     bool Initialize(IFileDialog* fileDialog)
@@ -433,15 +434,31 @@ public:
         return new wxFileDialogCheckBoxImplFDC(m_fdc, m_lastId);
     }
 
-    wxFileDialogTextCtrlImpl* AddTextCtrl() wxOVERRIDE
+    wxFileDialogTextCtrlImpl* AddTextCtrl(const wxString& label) wxOVERRIDE
     {
-        HRESULT hr = m_fdc->AddEditBox(++m_lastId, L"");
+        HRESULT hr;
+
+        if ( !label.empty() )
+        {
+            hr = m_fdc->StartVisualGroup(--m_lastAuxId, label.wc_str());
+            if ( FAILED(hr) )
+                wxLogApiError(wxS("IFileDialogCustomize::StartVisualGroup"), hr);
+        }
+
+        hr = m_fdc->AddEditBox(++m_lastId, L"");
         if ( FAILED(hr) )
         {
             wxLogApiError(wxS("IFileDialogCustomize::AddEditBox"), hr);
             return NULL;
         }
 
+        if ( !label.empty() )
+        {
+            hr = m_fdc->EndVisualGroup();
+            if ( FAILED(hr) )
+                wxLogApiError(wxS("IFileDialogCustomize::EndVisualGroup"), hr);
+        }
+
         return new wxFileDialogTextCtrlImplFDC(m_fdc, m_lastId);
     }
 
@@ -459,7 +476,15 @@ public:
 
 private:
     wxCOMPtr<IFileDialogCustomize> m_fdc;
+
+    // IDs used for the custom controls returned from the public AddXXX()
+    // functions: they are positive and must be consecutive in order to allow
+    // accessing the correspond element of m_controls later, see FindControl().
     DWORD m_lastId;
+
+    // IDs used for any other controls, they're negative (which means they
+    // decrement from USHORT_MAX down).
+    DWORD m_lastAuxId;
 };
 
 #endif // wxUSE_IFILEOPENDIALOG