diff --git a/include/wx/gtk/window.h b/include/wx/gtk/window.h
index f3639f2c8c..fb342e9a0b 100644
--- a/include/wx/gtk/window.h
+++ b/include/wx/gtk/window.h
@@ -363,6 +363,12 @@ protected:
     // should be called from OnInternalIdle() if it's overridden
     void GTKUpdateCursor();
 
+    // Connect the given function to the specified signal on m_widget.
+    //
+    // This is just a wrapper for g_signal_connect() and returns the handler id
+    // just as it does.
+    gulong GTKConnectWidget(const char *signal, void (*callback)());
+
     // Return true from here if PostCreation() should connect to size_request
     // signal: this is done by default but doesn't work for some native
     // controls which override this function to return false
diff --git a/src/gtk/window.cpp b/src/gtk/window.cpp
index e73b3ebb82..3a4ec1ae2a 100644
--- a/src/gtk/window.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/window.cpp
@@ -2382,6 +2382,11 @@ void wxWindowGTK::PostCreation()
         gtk_widget_show( m_widget );
 }
 
+gulong wxWindowGTK::GTKConnectWidget(const char *signal, void (*callback)())
+{
+    return g_signal_connect(m_widget, signal, callback, this);
+}
+
 void wxWindowGTK::ConnectWidget( GtkWidget *widget )
 {
     g_signal_connect (widget, "key_press_event",