diff --git a/include/wx/webview.h b/include/wx/webview.h
index 7771f4797b..987f3bdb1f 100644
--- a/include/wx/webview.h
+++ b/include/wx/webview.h
@@ -270,9 +270,10 @@ public:
     wxWebViewEvent() {}
     wxWebViewEvent(wxEventType type, int id, const wxString& url,
                    const wxString target,
-                   wxWebViewNavigationActionFlags flags = wxWEBVIEW_NAV_ACTION_NONE)
+                   wxWebViewNavigationActionFlags flags = wxWEBVIEW_NAV_ACTION_NONE,
+                   const wxString& messageHandler = wxString())
         : wxNotifyEvent(type, id), m_url(url), m_target(target),
-          m_actionFlags(flags)
+          m_actionFlags(flags), m_messageHandler(messageHandler)
     {}
 
 
@@ -280,12 +281,14 @@ public:
     const wxString& GetTarget() const { return m_target; }
 
     wxWebViewNavigationActionFlags GetNavigationAction() const { return m_actionFlags; }
+    const wxString& GetMessageHandler() const { return m_messageHandler; }
 
     virtual wxEvent* Clone() const wxOVERRIDE { return new wxWebViewEvent(*this); }
 private:
     wxString m_url;
     wxString m_target;
     wxWebViewNavigationActionFlags m_actionFlags;
+    wxString m_messageHandler;
 
     wxDECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS_NO_ASSIGN(wxWebViewEvent);
 };
diff --git a/interface/wx/webview.h b/interface/wx/webview.h
index dced7e269a..942bcf845e 100644
--- a/interface/wx/webview.h
+++ b/interface/wx/webview.h
@@ -1111,7 +1111,8 @@ public:
     wxWebViewEvent();
     wxWebViewEvent(wxEventType type, int id, const wxString href,
                    const wxString target,
-                   wxWebViewNavigationActionFlags flags = wxWEBVIEW_NAV_ACTION_NONE);
+                   wxWebViewNavigationActionFlags flags = wxWEBVIEW_NAV_ACTION_NONE,
+                   const wxString& messageHandler = wxString());
 
     /**
         Get the name of the target frame which the url of this event
@@ -1132,6 +1133,14 @@ public:
         @since 3.1.2
     */
     wxWebViewNavigationActionFlags GetNavigationAction() const;
+
+    /**
+        Get the name of the script handler. Only valid for events of type
+        @c wxEVT_WEBVIEW_SCRIPT_MESSAGE_RECEIVED
+
+        @since 3.1.5
+    */
+    const wxString& GetMessageHandler() const;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/samples/webview/webview.cpp b/samples/webview/webview.cpp
index 792430b167..2084857801 100644
--- a/samples/webview/webview.cpp
+++ b/samples/webview/webview.cpp
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ void WebFrame::OnFullScreenChanged(wxWebViewEvent & evt)
 
 void WebFrame::OnScriptMessage(wxWebViewEvent& evt)
 {
-    wxLogMessage("Script message recieved; value = %s", evt.GetString());
+    wxLogMessage("Script message recieved; value = %s, handler = %s", evt.GetString(), evt.GetMessageHandler());
 }
 
 void WebFrame::OnSetPage(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(evt))
diff --git a/src/osx/webview_webkit.mm b/src/osx/webview_webkit.mm
index 56647b98ed..fe76d79883 100644
--- a/src/osx/webview_webkit.mm
+++ b/src/osx/webview_webkit.mm
@@ -923,7 +923,9 @@ WX_API_AVAILABLE_MACOS(10, 12)
     wxWebViewEvent event(wxEVT_WEBVIEW_SCRIPT_MESSAGE_RECEIVED,
                          webKitWindow->GetId(),
                          webKitWindow->GetCurrentURL(),
-                         "");
+                         "",
+                         wxWEBVIEW_NAV_ACTION_NONE,
+                         wxCFStringRef::AsString(message.name));
     if ([message.body isKindOfClass:NSString.class])
         event.SetString(wxCFStringRef::AsString(message.body));
     else if ([message.body isKindOfClass:NSNumber.class])