diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/htparser.tex b/docs/latex/wx/htparser.tex
index f198bb9887..c9595b05e6 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/htparser.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/htparser.tex
@@ -256,3 +256,11 @@ Sets the virtual file system that will be used to request additional
 files. (For example {\tt <IMG>} tag handler requests wxFSFile with the
 image data.)
 
+\membersection{wxHtmlParser::StopParsing}\label{wxhtmlparserstopparsing}
+
+\func{void}{StopParsing}{\void}
+
+Call this function to interrupt parsing from a tag handler. No more tags
+will be parsed afterward. This function may only be called from
+\helpref{wxHtmlParser::Parse}{wxhtmlparserparse} or any function called
+by it (i.e. from tag handlers).
diff --git a/include/wx/html/htmlpars.h b/include/wx/html/htmlpars.h
index 4ddc3fda66..58f2f2bcc0 100644
--- a/include/wx/html/htmlpars.h
+++ b/include/wx/html/htmlpars.h
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ public:
     virtual void InitParser(const wxString& source);
     // This must be called after Parse().
     virtual void DoneParser();
+    
+    // May be called during parsing to immediately return from Parse().
+    virtual void StopParsing() { m_stopParsing = TRUE; }
 
     // Parses the m_Source from begin_pos to end_pos-1.
     // (in noparams version it parses whole m_Source)
@@ -178,6 +181,9 @@ protected:
     
     // entity parse
     wxHtmlEntitiesParser *m_entitiesParser;
+    
+    // flag indicating that the parser should stop
+    bool m_stopParsing;
 };