diff --git a/include/wx/graphics.h b/include/wx/graphics.h
index bcdcdb00eb..6bb970a9c9 100644
--- a/include/wx/graphics.h
+++ b/include/wx/graphics.h
@@ -870,6 +870,10 @@ public:
     // create a subimage from a native image representation
     virtual wxGraphicsBitmap CreateSubBitmap( const wxGraphicsBitmap &bitmap, wxDouble x, wxDouble y, wxDouble w, wxDouble h  ) = 0;
 
+    virtual wxString GetName() const = 0;
+    virtual void
+    GetVersion(int* major, int* minor = NULL, int* micro = NULL) const = 0;
+
 private:
     wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxGraphicsRenderer);
     DECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxGraphicsRenderer)
diff --git a/interface/wx/graphics.h b/interface/wx/graphics.h
index 8e2113bea6..74d8ff3be7 100644
--- a/interface/wx/graphics.h
+++ b/interface/wx/graphics.h
@@ -1211,6 +1211,34 @@ public:
                                              wxDouble x, wxDouble y,
                                              wxDouble w, wxDouble h) = 0;
 
+    /**
+        Returns the name of the technology used by the renderer.
+
+        Currently this function returns "gdiplus" for Windows GDI+ implementation,
+        "cairo" for Cairo implementation and "cg" for OS X CoreGraphics
+        implementation.
+
+        Note: the string returned by this method is not user-readable and is
+        expected to be used internally by the program only.
+
+        @since 3.1.0
+     */
+    virtual wxString GetName() const = 0;
+
+    /**
+        Returns the version major, minor and micro/build of the technology used
+        by the renderer.
+
+        Currently this function returns the OS major and minor versions in
+        the parameters with the matching names and sets @a micro to 0 for
+        the GDI+ and CoreGraphics engines which are considered to be parts of
+        their respective OS.
+
+        For Cairo, this is the major,minor,micro version of the Cairo library
+        which is returned.
+     */
+    virtual void GetVersion(int* major, int* minor = NULL, int* micro=NULL) const = 0;
+
     /**
         Returns the default renderer on this platform. On OS X this is the Core
         Graphics (a.k.a. Quartz 2D) renderer, on MSW the GDIPlus renderer, and
diff --git a/src/generic/graphicc.cpp b/src/generic/graphicc.cpp
index e43ec60cde..b2de5585f6 100644
--- a/src/generic/graphicc.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/graphicc.cpp
@@ -2398,6 +2398,9 @@ public :
     // create a subimage from a native image representation
     virtual wxGraphicsBitmap CreateSubBitmap( const wxGraphicsBitmap &bitmap, wxDouble x, wxDouble y, wxDouble w, wxDouble h  );
 
+    virtual wxString GetName() const wxOVERRIDE;
+    virtual void GetVersion(int *major, int *minor, int *micro) const wxOVERRIDE;
+
     DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS_NO_COPY(wxCairoRenderer)
 } ;
 
@@ -2651,6 +2654,20 @@ wxCairoRenderer::CreateSubBitmap(const wxGraphicsBitmap& WXUNUSED(bitmap),
     return p;
 }
 
+wxString wxCairoRenderer::GetName() const
+{
+    return "cairo";
+}
+
+void wxCairoRenderer::GetVersion(int *major, int *minor, int *micro) const
+{
+    int dummy;
+    sscanf(cairo_version_string(), "%d.%d.%d",
+           major ? major : &dummy,
+           minor ? minor : &dummy,
+           micro ? micro : &dummy);
+}
+
 wxGraphicsRenderer* wxGraphicsRenderer::GetCairoRenderer()
 {
     return &gs_cairoGraphicsRenderer;
diff --git a/src/msw/graphics.cpp b/src/msw/graphics.cpp
index 3a4865dd19..ee3c83f235 100644
--- a/src/msw/graphics.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/graphics.cpp
@@ -587,6 +587,9 @@ public :
     // create a subimage from a native image representation
     virtual wxGraphicsBitmap CreateSubBitmap( const wxGraphicsBitmap &bitmap, wxDouble x, wxDouble y, wxDouble w, wxDouble h  );
 
+    virtual wxString GetName() const wxOVERRIDE;
+    virtual void GetVersion(int *major, int *minor, int *micro) const wxOVERRIDE;
+
 protected :
     bool EnsureIsLoaded();
     void Load();
@@ -2295,6 +2298,21 @@ wxGraphicsBitmap wxGDIPlusRenderer::CreateSubBitmap( const wxGraphicsBitmap &bit
         return wxNullGraphicsBitmap;
 }
 
+wxString wxGDIPlusRenderer::GetName() const
+{
+    return "gdiplus";
+}
+
+void wxGDIPlusRenderer::GetVersion(int *major, int *minor, int *micro) const
+{
+    if ( major )
+        *major = wxPlatformInfo::Get().GetOSMajorVersion();
+    if ( minor )
+        *minor = wxPlatformInfo::Get().GetOSMinorVersion();
+    if ( micro )
+        *micro = 0;
+}
+
 // Shutdown GDI+ at app exit, before possible dll unload
 class wxGDIPlusRendererModule : public wxModule
 {
diff --git a/src/osx/carbon/graphics.cpp b/src/osx/carbon/graphics.cpp
index 7ff9c32d54..fabb331e74 100644
--- a/src/osx/carbon/graphics.cpp
+++ b/src/osx/carbon/graphics.cpp
@@ -2654,6 +2654,10 @@ public :
 
     // create a native bitmap representation
     virtual wxGraphicsBitmap CreateSubBitmap( const wxGraphicsBitmap &bitmap, wxDouble x, wxDouble y, wxDouble w, wxDouble h  ) wxOVERRIDE ;
+
+    virtual wxString GetName() const wxOVERRIDE;
+    virtual void GetVersion(int *major, int *minor, int *micro) const wxOVERRIDE;
+
 private :
     DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS_NO_COPY(wxMacCoreGraphicsRenderer)
 } ;
@@ -2875,6 +2879,21 @@ wxGraphicsBitmap wxMacCoreGraphicsRenderer::CreateSubBitmap( const wxGraphicsBit
         return wxNullGraphicsBitmap;
 }
 
+wxString wxMacCoreGraphicsRenderer::GetName() const
+{
+    return "cg";
+}
+
+void wxMacCoreGraphicsRenderer::GetVersion(int *major, int *minor, int *micro) const
+{
+    if ( major )
+        *major = wxPlatformInfo::Get().GetOSMajorVersion();
+    if ( minor )
+        *minor = wxPlatformInfo::Get().GetOSMinorVersion();
+    if ( micro )
+        *micro = 0;
+}
+
 wxGraphicsBrush
 wxMacCoreGraphicsRenderer::CreateLinearGradientBrush(wxDouble x1, wxDouble y1,
                                                      wxDouble x2, wxDouble y2,