diff --git a/include/wx/object.h b/include/wx/object.h
index 4ec2bc457f..adc0c03ab1 100644
--- a/include/wx/object.h
+++ b/include/wx/object.h
@@ -436,6 +436,11 @@ public:
     // check if this object references the same data as the other one
     bool IsSameAs(const wxObject& o) const { return m_refData == o.m_refData; }
 
+    // RTTI information, usually declared by wxDECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS() or
+    // similar, but done manually for the hierarchy root. Note that it's public
+    // for compatibility reasons, but shouldn't be accessed directly.
+    static wxClassInfo ms_classInfo;
+
 protected:
     // ensure that our data is not shared with anybody else: if we have no
     // data, it is created using CreateRefData() below, if we have shared data
@@ -452,8 +457,6 @@ protected:
     virtual wxObjectRefData *CloneRefData(const wxObjectRefData *data) const;
 
     wxObjectRefData *m_refData;
-
-    static wxClassInfo ms_classInfo;
 };
 
 inline wxObject *wxCheckDynamicCast(wxObject *obj, wxClassInfo *classInfo)
diff --git a/tests/misc/misctests.cpp b/tests/misc/misctests.cpp
index c9edba216d..328c502f31 100644
--- a/tests/misc/misctests.cpp
+++ b/tests/misc/misctests.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,18 @@ void MiscTestCase::StaticCast()
 #endif // wxUSE_TARSTREAM
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("RTTI::ClassInfo", "[rtti]")
+{
+    wxObject obj;
+    CHECK( obj.GetClassInfo()->IsKindOf(wxCLASSINFO(wxObject)) );
+    CHECK( !obj.GetClassInfo()->IsKindOf(wxCLASSINFO(wxArchiveEntry)) );
+
+#if wxUSE_ZIPSTREAM
+    wxZipEntry zipEntry;
+    CHECK( zipEntry.GetClassInfo()->IsKindOf(wxCLASSINFO(wxArchiveEntry)) );
+#endif // wxUSE_ZIPSTREAM
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("wxCTZ", "[math]")
 {
     CHECK( wxCTZ(1) == 0 );