diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 3258b885d6..f03013b0c6 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -140,10 +140,17 @@ wxX11:
 2.8.4
 -----
 
+All:
+
+- Fix bug in wxFileConfig when recreating a group (Steven Van Ingelgem)
+
 All (Unix):
 
 - Handle socket shutdown by the peer correctly in wxSocket (Tim Kosse)
-- Fix bug in wxFileConfig when recreating a group (Steven Van Ingelgem)
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Allow status bar children in XRC (Edmunt Pienkowski)
 
 wxMSW:
 
diff --git a/src/xrc/xh_statbar.cpp b/src/xrc/xh_statbar.cpp
index fc701a23f7..c982570ded 100644
--- a/src/xrc/xh_statbar.cpp
+++ b/src/xrc/xh_statbar.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ wxObject *wxStatusBarXmlHandler::DoCreateResource()
         delete [] style;
     }
 
+    CreateChildren(statbar);
+
     if (m_parentAsWindow)
     {
         wxFrame *parentFrame = wxDynamicCast(m_parent, wxFrame);