diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 2157b8be5e..a294f521c3 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ All (GUI):
 - Add wxAddRemoveCtrl.
 - Add wxAppProgressIndicator for MSW (Chaobin Zhang) and OS X (Tobias Taschner).
 - Add wxEVT_MAGNIFY mouse event (Joost Nieuwenhuijse).
+- Add wxProcess::Activate().
 - Make results of wxDC::DrawEllipticArc() consistent across all platforms.
 - XRC handler for wxAuiToolBar added (Kinaou Hervé, David Hart).
 - Add wxCursor::GetHotSpot().
diff --git a/include/wx/process.h b/include/wx/process.h
index 73df968a55..3278829776 100644
--- a/include/wx/process.h
+++ b/include/wx/process.h
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ public:
     // before the process it started terminates
     void Detach();
 
+    // Activates a GUI process by bringing its (main) window to the front.
+    //
+    // Currently only implemented in wxMSW, simply returns false under the
+    // other platforms.
+    bool Activate() const;
+
 #if wxUSE_STREAMS
     // Pipe handling
     wxInputStream *GetInputStream() const { return m_inputStream; }
diff --git a/interface/wx/process.h b/interface/wx/process.h
index 69573bf362..5484338f63 100644
--- a/interface/wx/process.h
+++ b/interface/wx/process.h
@@ -80,6 +80,20 @@ public:
     */
     virtual ~wxProcess();
 
+    /**
+        Activates a GUI process by bringing up its main window to the front.
+
+        This is a convenient method which tries to bring this process to the
+        users attention.
+
+        Currently this is implemented in wxMSW only and simply returns @false
+        under the other platforms. Notice that this function can also return
+        @false under MSW if, for example, the process doesn't have any windows.
+
+        @since 3.1.0
+     */
+    bool Activate() const;
+
     /**
         Closes the output stream (the one connected to the stdin of the child
         process).
diff --git a/src/common/process.cpp b/src/common/process.cpp
index ca19db0fa6..4c4bbc8bfd 100644
--- a/src/common/process.cpp
+++ b/src/common/process.cpp
@@ -176,6 +176,18 @@ bool wxProcess::Exists(int pid)
     }
 }
 
+bool wxProcess::Activate() const
+{
+#ifdef __WINDOWS__
+    // This function is defined in src/msw/utils.cpp.
+    extern bool wxMSWActivatePID(long pid);
+
+    return wxMSWActivatePID(m_pid);
+#else
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 void wxProcess::SetPriority(unsigned priority)
 {
     wxCHECK_RET( priority <= wxPRIORITY_MAX,
diff --git a/src/msw/utils.cpp b/src/msw/utils.cpp
index 482a9b9e0f..89afce850e 100644
--- a/src/msw/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/utils.cpp
@@ -795,6 +795,28 @@ int wxKill(long pid, wxSignal sig, wxKillError *krc, int flags)
     return 0;
 }
 
+// This is used by wxProcess::Activate().
+extern
+bool wxMSWActivatePID(long pid)
+{
+    wxFindByPidParams params;
+    params.pid = (DWORD)pid;
+
+    if ( ::EnumWindows(wxEnumFindByPidProc, (LPARAM)&params) != 0 )
+    {
+        // No windows corresponding to this PID were found.
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if ( !::BringWindowToTop(params.hwnd) )
+    {
+        wxLogLastError(wxS("BringWindowToTop"));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 // By John Skiff
 int wxKillAllChildren(long pid, wxSignal sig, wxKillError *krc)
 {