diff --git a/include/wx/variant.h b/include/wx/variant.h
index 9d8a681912..bee2b4a646 100644
--- a/include/wx/variant.h
+++ b/include/wx/variant.h
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ private:
  * wxVariant can store any kind of data, but has some basic types
  * built in.
  */
+ 
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxVariant;
+
+WX_DECLARE_LIST_WITH_DECL(wxVariant, wxVariantList, class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE);
 
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxVariant: public wxObject
 {
diff --git a/src/common/variant.cpp b/src/common/variant.cpp
index b0053916cf..f30f580dbb 100644
--- a/src/common/variant.cpp
+++ b/src/common/variant.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ using namespace std ;
 wxVariant WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxNullVariant;
 
 
+#include "wx/listimpl.cpp"
+WX_DEFINE_LIST(wxVariantList);
+
 /*
  * wxVariant
  */