diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 73b5f43c11..6c0fca69bc 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ GTK:
 - wxRadioBox constructor uses default consistent with other ports now.
 - Partially implemented wxTextCtrl::GetStyle() (Igor Romanov).
 - Corrected themed border display.
+- Fix wxClipboard::GetData() for asymmetric wxDataObjects (Timothy Lee).
 
 Mac:
 
diff --git a/src/gtk/clipbrd.cpp b/src/gtk/clipbrd.cpp
index 8276951829..56fa9e1eb8 100644
--- a/src/gtk/clipbrd.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/clipbrd.cpp
@@ -674,10 +674,11 @@ bool wxClipboard::GetData( wxDataObject& data )
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( m_open, false, wxT("clipboard not open") );
 
-    // get all supported formats from wxDataObjects
-    const size_t count = data.GetFormatCount();
+    // get all supported formats from wxDataObjects: notice that we are setting
+    // the object data, so we need them in "Set" direction
+    const size_t count = data.GetFormatCount(wxDataObject::Set);
     wxDataFormatArray formats(new wxDataFormat[count]);
-    data.GetAllFormats(formats.get());
+    data.GetAllFormats(formats.get(), wxDataObject::Set);
 
     for ( size_t i = 0; i < count; i++ )
     {