diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index bce3da07e6..631cf86d87 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ wxBase
 - compilation with wxUSE_ODBC=1 fixed (dbkeyg.h file was missing in the archive)
 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
 - fixed bug in wxArray::Shrink() (Seth Manley)
+- fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
 
 wxGTK:
 
diff --git a/src/common/dynarray.cpp b/src/common/dynarray.cpp
index 25a80d3860..24df3c7ecd 100644
--- a/src/common/dynarray.cpp
+++ b/src/common/dynarray.cpp
@@ -248,7 +248,10 @@ int name::Index(T lItem, CMPFUNC fnCompare) const                           \
 {                                                                           \
     size_t n = IndexForInsert(lItem, fnCompare);                            \
                                                                             \
-    return n < m_nCount && m_pItems[n] == lItem ? (int)n : wxNOT_FOUND;     \
+    return n < m_nCount &&                                                  \
+           (*fnCompare)((const void *)(long)lItem,                          \
+                        ((const void *)(long)m_pItems[n])) ? (int)n         \
+                                                           : wxNOT_FOUND;   \
 }                                                                           \
                                                                             \
 /* add item at the end */                                                   \