diff --git a/include/wx/graphics.h b/include/wx/graphics.h
index 51c3e22150..86a4444fb0 100644
--- a/include/wx/graphics.h
+++ b/include/wx/graphics.h
@@ -876,6 +876,8 @@ public:
 #endif
 #endif
 
+    wxGraphicsContext* CreateContextFromUnknownDC(const wxDC& dc);
+
     virtual wxGraphicsContext * CreateContextFromNativeContext( void * context ) = 0;
 
     virtual wxGraphicsContext * CreateContextFromNativeWindow( void * window ) = 0;
diff --git a/interface/wx/graphics.h b/interface/wx/graphics.h
index 27facf596b..78932c0f98 100644
--- a/interface/wx/graphics.h
+++ b/interface/wx/graphics.h
@@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ public:
         with wxDC and doesn't known its exact type. Use Create() instead if
         you know that the DC is e.g. wxWindowDC.
 
+        @see wxGraphicsRenderer::CreateContextFromUnknownDC()
+
         @since 3.1.1
      */
     static wxGraphicsContext* CreateFromUnknownDC(wxDC& dc);
@@ -1341,6 +1343,24 @@ public:
     */
     virtual wxGraphicsContext* CreateContext(const wxEnhMetaFileDC& metaFileDC) = 0;
 
+    /**
+        Creates a wxGraphicsContext from a DC of unknown specific type.
+
+        Creates a wxGraphicsContext if @a dc is a supported type (i.e. has a
+        corresponding CreateContext() method, e.g. wxWindowDC or wxMemoryDC).
+        Returns @NULL if the DC is unsupported.
+
+        This method is only useful as a helper in generic code that operates
+        with wxDC and doesn't known its exact type. Use the appropriate
+        CreateContext() overload instead if you know that the DC is e.g.
+        wxWindowDC.
+
+        @see wxGraphicsContext::CreateFromUnknownDC()
+
+        @since 3.1.3
+     */
+    static wxGraphicsContext* CreateContextFromUnknownDC(wxDC& dc);
+
     /**
         Creates a wxGraphicsContext associated with a wxImage.
 
diff --git a/src/common/graphcmn.cpp b/src/common/graphcmn.cpp
index 42cde7cc79..a602720327 100644
--- a/src/common/graphcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/graphcmn.cpp
@@ -988,22 +988,27 @@ wxGraphicsBitmap wxGraphicsContext::CreateSubBitmap( const wxGraphicsBitmap &bmp
 #endif
 
 wxGraphicsContext* wxGraphicsContext::CreateFromUnknownDC(const wxDC& dc)
+{
+    return wxGraphicsRenderer::GetDefaultRenderer()->CreateContextFromUnknownDC(dc);
+}
+
+wxGraphicsContext* wxGraphicsRenderer::CreateContextFromUnknownDC(const wxDC& dc)
 {
     if ( const wxWindowDC *windc = wxDynamicCast(&dc, wxWindowDC) )
-        return Create(*windc);
+        return CreateContext(*windc);
 
     if ( const wxMemoryDC *memdc = wxDynamicCast(&dc, wxMemoryDC) )
-        return Create(*memdc);
+        return CreateContext(*memdc);
 
 #if wxUSE_PRINTING_ARCHITECTURE
     if ( const wxPrinterDC *printdc = wxDynamicCast(&dc, wxPrinterDC) )
-        return Create(*printdc);
+        return CreateContext(*printdc);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __WXMSW__
 #if wxUSE_ENH_METAFILE
     if ( const wxEnhMetaFileDC *mfdc = wxDynamicCast(&dc, wxEnhMetaFileDC) )
-        return Create(*mfdc);
+        return CreateContext(*mfdc);
 #endif
 #endif