diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 9d1f434676..4810012c3f 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -91,13 +91,20 @@ Major new features in 2.8 release
 2.8.4
 -----
 
-All (Unix):
+All:
 
-- Handle socket shutdown by the peer correctly in wxSocket (Tim Kosse)
 - Fix bug in wxFileConfig when recreating a group (Steven Van Ingelgem)
 - Added wxString::char_str() and wchar_str() methods for forward
   compatiblity with wxWidgets 3
 
+All (Unix):
+
+- Handle socket shutdown by the peer correctly in wxSocket (Tim Kosse)
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Allow status bar children in XRC (Edmunt Pienkowski)
+
 wxMSW:
 
 - Corrected wxStaticBox label appearance when its foreground colour was set:
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);