diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index cbcc6b5012..fe91400fc3 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ All (GUI):
 - Add wxHtmlWindow::SetDefaultHTMLCursor() (Jeff A. Marr).
 - Add default ctor and Create() to wxContextHelpButton (Hanmac).
 
+wxGTK:
+
+- Don't intercept accelerators in wxTextValidator.
+
 wxMSW:
 
 - Make wxFILTER_INCLUDE_LIST in wxTextValidator actually usable.
diff --git a/src/common/valtext.cpp b/src/common/valtext.cpp
index 70bf904009..717902d269 100644
--- a/src/common/valtext.cpp
+++ b/src/common/valtext.cpp
@@ -308,6 +308,11 @@ void wxTextValidator::OnChar(wxKeyEvent& event)
     if (!m_validatorWindow)
         return;
 
+    // Don't process the accelerators, i.e. any keys with any modifiers except
+    // for Shift.
+    if ( event.GetModifiers() & ~wxMOD_SHIFT )
+        return;
+
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
     // We only filter normal, printable characters.
     int keyCode = event.GetUnicodeKey();