diff --git a/include/wx/propgrid/propgriddefs.h b/include/wx/propgrid/propgriddefs.h
index 6eebf00177..91ee22a8c5 100644
--- a/include/wx/propgrid/propgriddefs.h
+++ b/include/wx/propgrid/propgriddefs.h
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 #include "wx/longlong.h"
 #include "wx/clntdata.h"
 
+#if wxUSE_STD_CONTAINERS
+#include <numeric>
+#endif // wxUSE_STD_CONTAINERS
+
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 //
@@ -760,6 +764,20 @@ inline void wxPGRemoveItemFromVector(wxVector<T>& vector, const T& item)
 #endif // wxUSE_STL/!wxUSE_STL
 }
 
+// Utility to calaculate sum of all elements of the vector.
+template<typename T>
+inline T wxPGGetSumVectorItems(const wxVector<T>& vector, T init)
+{
+#if wxUSE_STD_CONTAINERS
+    return std::accumulate(vector.begin(), vector.end(), init);
+#else
+    for (typename wxVector<T>::const_iterator it = vector.begin(); it != vector.end(); ++it)
+        init += *it;
+
+    return init;
+#endif // wxUSE_STD_CONTAINERS/!wxUSE_STD_CONTAINERS
+}
+
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #endif // wxUSE_PROPGRID
diff --git a/src/propgrid/propgridpagestate.cpp b/src/propgrid/propgridpagestate.cpp
index f894b6fd0c..d53e1ac4de 100644
--- a/src/propgrid/propgridpagestate.cpp
+++ b/src/propgrid/propgridpagestate.cpp
@@ -1015,9 +1015,7 @@ void wxPropertyGridPageState::CheckColumnWidths( int widthChange )
                m_width, clientWidth);
 
 
-    int colsWidth = pg->GetMarginWidth();
-    for (wxVector<int>::const_iterator it = m_colWidths.begin(); it != m_colWidths.end(); ++it)
-        colsWidth += *it;
+    int colsWidth = wxPGGetSumVectorItems<int>(m_colWidths, pg->GetMarginWidth());
 
     wxLogTrace("propgrid",
                wxS("  HasVirtualWidth: %i  colsWidth: %i"),
@@ -1144,9 +1142,7 @@ void wxPropertyGridPageState::CheckColumnWidths( int widthChange )
 void wxPropertyGridPageState::ResetColumnSizes( int setSplitterFlags )
 {
     // Calculate sum of proportions
-    int psum = 0;
-    for (wxVector<int>::const_iterator it = m_columnProportions.begin(); it != m_columnProportions.end(); ++it)
-        psum += *it;
+    int psum = wxPGGetSumVectorItems<int>(m_columnProportions, 0);
     int puwid = (m_pPropGrid->m_width*256) / psum;
     int cpos = 0;