diff --git a/contrib/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp b/contrib/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
index 859a9eaa10..b16bbd70c1 100644
--- a/contrib/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
+++ b/contrib/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ void wxXmlResourceHandler::CreateChildren(wxObject *parent, bool this_hnd_only)
     while (n)
     {
         if (n->GetType() == wxXML_ELEMENT_NODE &&
-            n->GetName() == wxT("object"))
+           (n->GetName() == wxT("object") || n->GetName() == wxT("object_ref")))
         {
             if (this_hnd_only && CanHandle(n))
                 CreateResource(n, parent, NULL);
diff --git a/docs/tech/tn0014.txt b/docs/tech/tn0014.txt
index 21783d1812..08a9cfaf4c 100644
--- a/docs/tech/tn0014.txt
+++ b/docs/tech/tn0014.txt
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Example:
     </object>
     <object_ref name="bar" ref="foo">
         <value>bar</value>               <!-- override! -->
-    </object>
+    </object_ref>
 
 is identical to:    
 
diff --git a/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp b/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
index 859a9eaa10..b16bbd70c1 100644
--- a/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
+++ b/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ void wxXmlResourceHandler::CreateChildren(wxObject *parent, bool this_hnd_only)
     while (n)
     {
         if (n->GetType() == wxXML_ELEMENT_NODE &&
-            n->GetName() == wxT("object"))
+           (n->GetName() == wxT("object") || n->GetName() == wxT("object_ref")))
         {
             if (this_hnd_only && CanHandle(n))
                 CreateResource(n, parent, NULL);