diff --git a/include/wx/event.h b/include/wx/event.h
index 4563a36f16..b46c8fe8f0 100644
--- a/include/wx/event.h
+++ b/include/wx/event.h
@@ -2813,8 +2813,21 @@ typedef void (wxEvtHandler::*wxMouseCaptureChangedEventFunction)(wxMouseCaptureC
     EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE(winid, func) \
     EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_CHANGED(winid, func)
 
-// this is the old name of this event, to be deprecated in 2.8
-#define wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED
+// compatibility macros for the old name, to be deprecated in 2.8
+//
+// note that simply #defines suffice for the macro names as they're only
+// present in the source code and macros are enough to maintain source
+// backwards compatibility, but that we have to ensure that we also have
+// wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL inside the library for binary backwards compatibility
+// and this can't be done with a macro
+#if wxCHECK_VERSION(2, 7, 0)
+    // replace the line below with simply
+    //      #define wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED
+    // in 2.7
+    #error "Remove wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL binary compatibility hack, not needed"
+#endif
+extern WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE const wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL;
+
 #define EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_CHANGED
 #define EVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED
 
diff --git a/src/common/event.cpp b/src/common/event.cpp
index ae6acd1979..7af4275db2 100644
--- a/src/common/event.cpp
+++ b/src/common/event.cpp
@@ -247,6 +247,12 @@ DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE(wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK)
 DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE(wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE)
 DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE(wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED)
 
+// see comments in wx/event.h, near wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL declaration
+#if wxCHECK_VERSION(2, 7, 0)
+    #error "Remove the line below, not needed any more"
+#endif
+const wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL = wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED;
+
 // Scroll events from wxWindow
 DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE(wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_TOP)
 DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE(wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_BOTTOM)