diff --git a/include/wx/gdicmn.h b/include/wx/gdicmn.h
index 2d8685e25f..898dce7642 100644
--- a/include/wx/gdicmn.h
+++ b/include/wx/gdicmn.h
@@ -493,6 +493,76 @@ inline wxPoint operator-(const wxPoint& p)
     return wxPoint(-p.x, -p.y);
 }
 
+inline wxPoint operator/(const wxPoint& s, int i)
+{
+    return wxPoint(s.x / i, s.y / i);
+}
+
+inline wxPoint operator*(const wxPoint& s, int i)
+{
+    return wxPoint(s.x * i, s.y * i);
+}
+
+inline wxPoint operator*(int i, const wxPoint& s)
+{
+    return wxPoint(s.x * i, s.y * i);
+}
+
+inline wxPoint operator/(const wxPoint& s, unsigned int i)
+{
+    return wxPoint(s.x / i, s.y / i);
+}
+
+inline wxPoint operator*(const wxPoint& s, unsigned int i)
+{
+    return wxPoint(s.x * i, s.y * i);
+}
+
+inline wxPoint operator*(unsigned int i, const wxPoint& s)
+{
+    return wxPoint(s.x * i, s.y * i);
+}
+
+inline wxPoint operator/(const wxPoint& s, long i)
+{
+    return wxPoint(s.x / i, s.y / i);
+}
+
+inline wxPoint operator*(const wxPoint& s, long i)
+{
+    return wxPoint(s.x * i, s.y * i);
+}
+
+inline wxPoint operator*(long i, const wxPoint& s)
+{
+    return wxPoint(s.x * i, s.y * i);
+}
+
+inline wxPoint operator/(const wxPoint& s, unsigned long i)
+{
+    return wxPoint(s.x / i, s.y / i);
+}
+
+inline wxPoint operator*(const wxPoint& s, unsigned long i)
+{
+    return wxPoint(s.x * i, s.y * i);
+}
+
+inline wxPoint operator*(unsigned long i, const wxPoint& s)
+{
+    return wxPoint(s.x * i, s.y * i);
+}
+
+inline wxPoint operator*(const wxPoint& s, double i)
+{
+    return wxPoint(int(s.x * i), int(s.y * i));
+}
+
+inline wxPoint operator*(double i, const wxPoint& s)
+{
+    return wxPoint(int(s.x * i), int(s.y * i));
+}
+
 WX_DECLARE_LIST_WITH_DECL(wxPoint, wxPointList, class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE);
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/interface/wx/gdicmn.h b/interface/wx/gdicmn.h
index 2c5d6a7994..192a6b6bd2 100644
--- a/interface/wx/gdicmn.h
+++ b/interface/wx/gdicmn.h
@@ -500,6 +500,13 @@ public:
 
     /**
         @name Miscellaneous operators
+        
+        Note that these operators are documented as class members
+        (to make them easier to find) but, as their prototype shows,
+        they are implemented as global operators; note that this is
+        transparent to the user but it helps to understand why the
+        following functions are documented to take the wxPoint they
+        operate on as an explicit argument.
     */
     //@{
     wxPoint& operator=(const wxPoint& pt);
@@ -520,6 +527,12 @@ public:
 
     wxPoint& operator +=(const wxSize& sz);
     wxPoint& operator -=(const wxSize& sz);
+    
+    wxSize operator /(const wxPoint& sz, int factor);
+    wxSize operator *(const wxPoint& sz, int factor);
+    wxSize operator *(int factor, const wxSize& sz);
+    wxSize& operator /=(int factor);
+    wxSize& operator *=(int factor);
     //@}
     
     /**
@@ -806,6 +819,13 @@ public:
     
     /**
         @name Miscellaneous operators
+        
+        Note that these operators are documented as class members
+        (to make them easier to find) but, as their prototype shows,
+        they are implemented as global operators; note that this is
+        transparent to the user but it helps to understand why the
+        following functions are documented to take the wxSize they
+        operate on as an explicit argument.
     */
     //@{
     wxSize& operator=(const wxSize& sz);