diff --git a/src/gtk/anybutton.cpp b/src/gtk/anybutton.cpp
index 878946c4c8..cbf60116c7 100644
--- a/src/gtk/anybutton.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/anybutton.cpp
@@ -186,7 +186,10 @@ void wxAnyButton::GTKDoShowBitmap(const wxBitmap& bitmap)
 {
     wxCHECK_RET(bitmap.IsOk(), "invalid bitmap");
 
-    GtkWidget* const image = gtk_button_get_image(GTK_BUTTON(m_widget));
+    GtkWidget* image = gtk_button_get_image(GTK_BUTTON(m_widget));
+    if (image == NULL)
+        image = gtk_bin_get_child(GTK_BIN(m_widget));
+
     wxCHECK_RET(WX_GTK_IS_IMAGE(image), "must have image widget");
 
     WX_GTK_IMAGE(image)->Set(bitmap);