diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 86c8f32d54..f134a15a01 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ All:
 
 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
+- added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
 
 All (GUI):
 
diff --git a/include/wx/txtstrm.h b/include/wx/txtstrm.h
index 12381fa37c..014136cb74 100644
--- a/include/wx/txtstrm.h
+++ b/include/wx/txtstrm.h
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ public:
     // Operators
     wxTextInputStream& operator>>(wxString& word);
     wxTextInputStream& operator>>(char& c);
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE && wxWCHAR_T_IS_REAL_TYPE
+    wxTextInputStream& operator>>(wchar_t& wc);
+#endif // wxUSE_UNICODE
     wxTextInputStream& operator>>(wxInt16& i);
     wxTextInputStream& operator>>(wxInt32& i);
     wxTextInputStream& operator>>(wxUint16& i);