diff --git a/include/wx/arrstr.h b/include/wx/arrstr.h
index 70bddf1737..18d7651c4f 100644
--- a/include/wx/arrstr.h
+++ b/include/wx/arrstr.h
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ public:
     void Sort(bool reverseOrder = false);
     void Sort(CompareFunction function);
     void Sort(CMPFUNCwxString function) { wxArrayStringBase::Sort(function); }
+
+    size_t Add(const wxString& string, size_t copies = 1)
+    {
+        wxArrayStringBase::Add(string, copies);
+        return size() - copies;
+    }
 };
 
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxSortedArrayString : public wxSortedArrayStringBase
diff --git a/tests/arrays/arrays.cpp b/tests/arrays/arrays.cpp
index 79c3b97f72..049fbf09ae 100644
--- a/tests/arrays/arrays.cpp
+++ b/tests/arrays/arrays.cpp
@@ -274,6 +274,16 @@ void ArraysTestCase::wxStringArrayTest()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT( a1.Index( _T("condor") ) == 2 );
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT( a1.Index( _T("thermit") ) == 3 );
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT( a1.Index( _T("alligator") ) == 4 );
+
+    wxArrayString a5;
+
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT( a5.Add( _T("x"), 1 ) == 0 );
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT( a5.Add( _T("a"), 3 ) == 1 );
+
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT( COMPARE_4_VALUES( a5, _T("x") ,
+                                          _T("a") ,
+                                          _T("a") ,
+                                          _T("a") ) );
 }
 
 void ArraysTestCase::wxObjArrayTest()