diff --git a/include/wx/fontutil.h b/include/wx/fontutil.h
index e2243613dc..56099b4758 100644
--- a/include/wx/fontutil.h
+++ b/include/wx/fontutil.h
@@ -136,9 +136,21 @@ public:
     wxNativeFontInfo() { Init(); }
 
 #if wxUSE_PANGO
-    wxNativeFontInfo(const wxNativeFontInfo& info);
-    ~wxNativeFontInfo();
-#endif
+private:
+    void Init(const wxNativeFontInfo& info);
+    void Free();
+
+public:
+    wxNativeFontInfo(const wxNativeFontInfo& info) { Init(info); }
+    ~wxNativeFontInfo() { Free(); }
+
+    wxNativeFontInfo& operator=(const wxNativeFontInfo& info)
+    {
+        Free();
+        Init(info);
+        return *this;
+    }
+#endif // wxUSE_PANGO
 
     // reset to the default state
     void Init();
diff --git a/src/unix/fontutil.cpp b/src/unix/fontutil.cpp
index 79f36b31dd..ddbf06d0cf 100644
--- a/src/unix/fontutil.cpp
+++ b/src/unix/fontutil.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ void wxNativeFontInfo::Init()
     description = NULL;
 }
 
-wxNativeFontInfo::wxNativeFontInfo(const wxNativeFontInfo& info)
+void
+wxNativeFontInfo::Init(const wxNativeFontInfo& info)
 {
     if (info.description)
         description = pango_font_description_copy(info.description);
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ wxNativeFontInfo::wxNativeFontInfo(const wxNativeFontInfo& info)
         description = NULL;            
 }
 
-wxNativeFontInfo::~wxNativeFontInfo()
+wxNativeFontInfo::Free()
 {
     if (description)
         pango_font_description_free(description);