diff --git a/src/gtk/textctrl.cpp b/src/gtk/textctrl.cpp
index d449dcfb75..59485017eb 100644
--- a/src/gtk/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/textctrl.cpp
@@ -552,8 +552,14 @@ void wxTextCtrl::WriteText( const wxString &text )
         wxCharBuffer buffer( wxConvUTF8.cWC2MB( wxConvLocal.cWX2WC( text ) ) );
 #endif
         GtkTextBuffer *text_buffer = gtk_text_view_get_buffer( GTK_TEXT_VIEW(m_text) );
+        
         // TODO: call wahtever is needed to delete the selection
         gtk_text_buffer_insert_at_cursor( text_buffer, buffer, strlen(buffer) );
+        
+        GtkTextIter iter;
+        gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_mark( text_buffer, &iter,
+                                         gtk_text_buffer_get_mark (text_buffer, "insert") );
+        gtk_text_view_scroll_to_iter( GTK_TEXT_VIEW(m_text), &iter, 0.0, FALSE, 0.0, 0.0 );
 
 #else // GTK 1.x
         // After cursor movements, gtk_text_get_point() is wrong by one.
diff --git a/src/gtk1/textctrl.cpp b/src/gtk1/textctrl.cpp
index d449dcfb75..59485017eb 100644
--- a/src/gtk1/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk1/textctrl.cpp
@@ -552,8 +552,14 @@ void wxTextCtrl::WriteText( const wxString &text )
         wxCharBuffer buffer( wxConvUTF8.cWC2MB( wxConvLocal.cWX2WC( text ) ) );
 #endif
         GtkTextBuffer *text_buffer = gtk_text_view_get_buffer( GTK_TEXT_VIEW(m_text) );
+        
         // TODO: call wahtever is needed to delete the selection
         gtk_text_buffer_insert_at_cursor( text_buffer, buffer, strlen(buffer) );
+        
+        GtkTextIter iter;
+        gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_mark( text_buffer, &iter,
+                                         gtk_text_buffer_get_mark (text_buffer, "insert") );
+        gtk_text_view_scroll_to_iter( GTK_TEXT_VIEW(m_text), &iter, 0.0, FALSE, 0.0, 0.0 );
 
 #else // GTK 1.x
         // After cursor movements, gtk_text_get_point() is wrong by one.