diff --git a/include/wx/dataview.h b/include/wx/dataview.h
index 298ab7f979..2aa4a60d7d 100644
--- a/include/wx/dataview.h
+++ b/include/wx/dataview.h
@@ -972,6 +972,7 @@ public:
     void InsertItem(  unsigned int row, const wxVector<wxVariant> &values, wxUIntPtr data = 0 );
     void DeleteItem( unsigned int pos );
     void DeleteAllItems();
+    void ClearColumns();
 
     unsigned int GetItemCount() const;
 
@@ -1040,6 +1041,7 @@ public:
     virtual bool PrependColumn( wxDataViewColumn *col );
     virtual bool InsertColumn( unsigned int pos, wxDataViewColumn *col );
     virtual bool AppendColumn( wxDataViewColumn *col );
+    virtual bool ClearColumns();
 
     wxDataViewColumn *AppendTextColumn( const wxString &label,
           wxDataViewCellMode mode = wxDATAVIEW_CELL_INERT,
diff --git a/src/common/datavcmn.cpp b/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
index f10f465ca2..fd7412117a 100644
--- a/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
@@ -1790,6 +1790,11 @@ void wxDataViewListStore::DeleteAllItems()
     Reset( 0 );
 }
 
+void wxDataViewListStore::ClearColumns()
+{
+    m_cols.clear();
+}
+
 void wxDataViewListStore::SetItemData( const wxDataViewItem& item, wxUIntPtr data )
 {
     wxDataViewListStoreLine* line = m_data[GetRow(item)];
@@ -1893,6 +1898,12 @@ bool wxDataViewListCtrl::AppendColumn( wxDataViewColumn *col )
     return AppendColumn( col, "string" );
 }
 
+bool wxDataViewListCtrl::ClearColumns()
+{
+    GetStore()->ClearColumns();
+    return wxDataViewCtrl::ClearColumns();
+}
+
 wxDataViewColumn *wxDataViewListCtrl::AppendTextColumn( const wxString &label,
           wxDataViewCellMode mode, int width, wxAlignment align, int flags )
 {