diff --git a/include/wx/event.h b/include/wx/event.h
index b73289934f..f052255bed 100644
--- a/include/wx/event.h
+++ b/include/wx/event.h
@@ -1661,7 +1661,12 @@ class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxKeyEvent : public wxEvent,
 {
 public:
     wxKeyEvent(wxEventType keyType = wxEVT_NULL);
+
+    // Normal copy ctor and a ctor creating a new event for the same key as the
+    // given one but a different event type (this is used in implementation
+    // code only, do not use outside of the library).
     wxKeyEvent(const wxKeyEvent& evt);
+    wxKeyEvent(wxEventType eventType, const wxKeyEvent& evt);
 
     // get the key code: an ASCII7 char or an element of wxKeyCode enum
     int GetKeyCode() const { return (int)m_keyCode; }
diff --git a/src/common/event.cpp b/src/common/event.cpp
index 7db770744c..088e5fdbfc 100644
--- a/src/common/event.cpp
+++ b/src/common/event.cpp
@@ -744,6 +744,15 @@ wxKeyEvent::wxKeyEvent(const wxKeyEvent& evt)
     DoAssignMembers(evt);
 }
 
+wxKeyEvent::wxKeyEvent(wxEventType eventType, const wxKeyEvent& evt)
+          : wxEvent(evt),
+            wxKeyboardState(evt)
+{
+    DoAssignMembers(evt);
+
+    m_eventType = eventType;
+}
+
 bool wxKeyEvent::IsKeyInCategory(int category) const
 {
     switch ( GetKeyCode() )