diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 7bb64bedf0..840d858e42 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ All:
 - Fixed a bug in UNC path testing.
 - Improved command line parser usage help.
 - Fixed race condition bugs in wxCondition.
+- Added wxT_2() for forward compatibility with wxWidgets 3. Use it in
+  initialization of wxCmdLineEntryDesc struct elements and (very few) other
+  places where wxT() is required currently but won't be allowed in v3.
 
 All (GUI):
 
diff --git a/include/wx/wxchar.h b/include/wx/wxchar.h
index a1f71fd70b..1332b562c0 100644
--- a/include/wx/wxchar.h
+++ b/include/wx/wxchar.h
@@ -237,6 +237,14 @@
     #define wxT(x) x
 #endif /* Unicode/!Unicode */
 
+/*
+    This macro is defined for forward compatibility with wxWidgets 3. It should
+    be used in the places where wxWidgets 2 API requires wxT() (in Unicode
+    build) but wxWidgets 3 doesn't accept it, e.g. wxCmdLineEntryDesc struct
+    elements initializers.
+ */
+#define wxT_2(x) wxT(x)
+
 /*
     We define _T() as a synonym of wxT() for backwards compatibility and also
     for the benefit of Windows programmers used to it. But this identifier is a