diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index ff8af76198..45f8609b99 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ All (GUI):
 - Added support for gradient stops in wxGraphicsContext (Kit Bishop).
 - Added wxTransparentColour.
 - Added wxToolBar::GetToolByPos().
+- Added wxProgressDialog::Was{Cancelled,Skipped}() (Julien Weinzorn).
 
 GTK:
 
diff --git a/include/wx/generic/progdlgg.h b/include/wx/generic/progdlgg.h
index 4a296b6af9..5a90d1f1f4 100644
--- a/include/wx/generic/progdlgg.h
+++ b/include/wx/generic/progdlgg.h
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ public:
 
     void SetRange(int maximum);
 
+    // Return whether "Cancel" or "Skip" button was pressed, always return
+    // false if the corresponding button is not shown.
+    bool WasCancelled() const;
+    bool WasSkipped() const;
+
     // Must provide overload to avoid hiding it (and warnings about it)
     virtual void Update() { wxDialog::Update(); }
 
diff --git a/interface/wx/progdlg.h b/interface/wx/progdlg.h
index 7847a230c2..221f1edaf1 100644
--- a/interface/wx/progdlg.h
+++ b/interface/wx/progdlg.h
@@ -137,6 +137,32 @@ public:
     */
     void SetRange(int maximum);
 
+
+      /**
+         Returns true if the "Cancel" button was pressed.
+
+         Normally a Cancel button press is indicated by Update() returning
+         @false but sometimes it may be more convenient to check if the dialog
+         was cancelled from elsewhere in the code and this function allows to
+         do it.
+
+         It always returns @false if the Cancel button is not shown at all.
+
+         @since 2.9.1
+     */
+    bool WasCancelled() const;
+
+     /**
+         Returns true if the "Skip" button was pressed.
+
+         This is similar to WasCancelled() but returns @true if the "Skip"
+         button was pressed, not the "Cancel" one.
+
+         @since 2.9.1
+     */
+    bool WasSkipped() const;
+
+
     /**
         Updates the dialog, setting the progress bar to the new value and
         updating the message if new one is specified.
diff --git a/src/generic/progdlgg.cpp b/src/generic/progdlgg.cpp
index 443d354104..ef7b89b24e 100644
--- a/src/generic/progdlgg.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/progdlgg.cpp
@@ -538,6 +538,18 @@ void wxProgressDialog::SetRange(int maximum)
 #endif // __WXMSW__
 }
 
+
+bool wxProgressDialog::WasCancelled() const
+{
+    return m_hasAbortButton && m_state == Canceled;
+}
+
+bool wxProgressDialog::WasSkipped() const
+{
+    return m_hasSkipButton && m_skip;
+}
+
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // event handlers
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------