diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 2ff3c50211..6897d9d408 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ Mac:
 
 - Implement wxWindow::ShowWithEffect() in wxOSX/Cocoa.
 - Correct min/max pages display in the print dialog (Auria).
+- Fix wxDataViewColumn::GetWidth() in Cocoa (Neno Ganchev).
 
 MSW:
 
diff --git a/include/wx/osx/dataview.h b/include/wx/osx/dataview.h
index 3ed73d5965..c7f9433b68 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/dataview.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/dataview.h
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ public:
     virtual int GetMaxWidth() const { return m_maxWidth; }
     virtual int GetMinWidth() const { return m_minWidth; }
     virtual wxString GetTitle() const { return m_title; }
-    virtual int GetWidth() const { return m_width; }
+    virtual int GetWidth() const;
     virtual bool IsHidden() const { return false; } // TODO
     virtual bool IsSortOrderAscending() const { return m_ascending; }
     virtual bool IsSortKey() const;
@@ -423,6 +423,10 @@ public:
     }
 
     void SetNativeData(wxDataViewColumnNativeData* newNativeDataPtr); // class takes ownership of pointer
+    int GetWidthVariable() const
+    {
+        return m_width;
+    }
     void SetWidthVariable(int NewWidth)
     {
         m_width = NewWidth;
diff --git a/src/osx/carbon/dataview.cpp b/src/osx/carbon/dataview.cpp
index 30d3d20ef1..2e19bcd1e1 100644
--- a/src/osx/carbon/dataview.cpp
+++ b/src/osx/carbon/dataview.cpp
@@ -2476,6 +2476,13 @@ wxDataViewColumn::~wxDataViewColumn()
   delete m_NativeDataPtr;
 }
 
+int wxDataViewColumn::GetWidth() const
+{
+    // FIXME: This returns the last programatically set width and will not work if
+    //        the user changes the column's width by dragging it with the mouse.
+    return m_width;
+}
+
 bool wxDataViewColumn::IsSortKey() const
 {
     wxDataViewCtrl * const dataViewCtrlPtr(GetOwner());
diff --git a/src/osx/cocoa/dataview.mm b/src/osx/cocoa/dataview.mm
index de70d511ca..955b7bb1cb 100644
--- a/src/osx/cocoa/dataview.mm
+++ b/src/osx/cocoa/dataview.mm
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ NSTableColumn* CreateNativeColumn(const wxDataViewColumn *column)
     );
 
     // setting the size related parameters:
+    const int width = column->GetWidthVariable();
     if (column->IsResizeable())
     {
         [nativeColumn setResizingMask:NSTableColumnUserResizingMask];
@@ -267,10 +268,10 @@ NSTableColumn* CreateNativeColumn(const wxDataViewColumn *column)
     else
     {
         [nativeColumn setResizingMask:NSTableColumnNoResizing];
-        [nativeColumn setMinWidth:column->GetWidth()];
-        [nativeColumn setMaxWidth:column->GetWidth()];
+        [nativeColumn setMinWidth:width];
+        [nativeColumn setMaxWidth:width];
     }
-    [nativeColumn setWidth:column->GetWidth()];
+    [nativeColumn setWidth:width];
 
 #if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_5
     // setting the visibility:
@@ -2773,6 +2774,11 @@ wxDataViewColumn::~wxDataViewColumn()
     delete m_NativeDataPtr;
 }
 
+int wxDataViewColumn::GetWidth() const
+{
+    return [m_NativeDataPtr->GetNativeColumnPtr() width];
+}
+
 bool wxDataViewColumn::IsSortKey() const
 {
     NSTableColumn *nsCol = GetNativeData()->GetNativeColumnPtr();