diff --git a/include/wx/dataview.h b/include/wx/dataview.h
index d7811f9513..6a8ede95ba 100644
--- a/include/wx/dataview.h
+++ b/include/wx/dataview.h
@@ -484,7 +484,8 @@ public:
     virtual void SelectAll() = 0;
     virtual void UnselectAll() = 0;
 
-    virtual void EnsureVisible( const wxDataViewItem & item ) = 0;
+    virtual void EnsureVisible( const wxDataViewItem & item,
+                                wxDataViewColumn *column = NULL ) = 0;
 
 protected:
     virtual void DoSetExpanderColumn() = 0 ;
diff --git a/include/wx/generic/dataview.h b/include/wx/generic/dataview.h
index 6d28f1c6c0..083d4b1cfb 100644
--- a/include/wx/generic/dataview.h
+++ b/include/wx/generic/dataview.h
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ public:
     virtual void UnselectAll();
 
     virtual void EnsureVisible( int row );
-    virtual void EnsureVisible( const wxDataViewItem & item );
+    virtual void EnsureVisible( const wxDataViewItem & item, wxDataViewColumn *column = NULL );
 
     virtual wxDataViewItem GetItemByRow( unsigned int row ) const;
     virtual int GetRowByItem( const wxDataViewItem & item ) const;
diff --git a/include/wx/gtk/dataview.h b/include/wx/gtk/dataview.h
index 82b5e001a7..d98ec0fb10 100644
--- a/include/wx/gtk/dataview.h
+++ b/include/wx/gtk/dataview.h
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ public:
     virtual void SelectAll();
     virtual void UnselectAll();
 
-    virtual void EnsureVisible( const wxDataViewItem & item );
+    virtual void EnsureVisible( const wxDataViewItem & item, wxDataViewColumn *column = NULL );
 
     static wxVisualAttributes
     GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindowVariant variant = wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL);
diff --git a/src/generic/datavgen.cpp b/src/generic/datavgen.cpp
index 2fb1c5b35a..0f609572ed 100644
--- a/src/generic/datavgen.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/datavgen.cpp
@@ -3622,7 +3622,7 @@ void wxDataViewCtrl::EnsureVisible( int row )
     m_clientArea->ScrollTo( row );
 }
 
-void wxDataViewCtrl::EnsureVisible( const wxDataViewItem & item )
+void wxDataViewCtrl::EnsureVisible( const wxDataViewItem & item, wxDataViewColumn *column )
 {
     int row = m_clientArea->GetRowByItem(item);
     if( row >= 0 )
diff --git a/src/gtk/dataview.cpp b/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
index dd8038be46..a56518a0b9 100644
--- a/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
@@ -3033,8 +3033,13 @@ void wxDataViewCtrl::UnselectAll()
 {
 }
 
-void wxDataViewCtrl::EnsureVisible( const wxDataViewItem & item )
+void wxDataViewCtrl::EnsureVisible( const wxDataViewItem & item, wxDataViewColumn *column )
 {
+    GtkTreeIter iter;
+    iter.user_data = (gpointer) item.GetID();
+    GtkTreePath *path = m_internal->get_path( &iter );
+    gtk_tree_view_scroll_to_cell( GTK_TREE_VIEW(m_treeview), path, NULL, false, 0.0, 0.0 );
+    gtk_tree_path_free( path );
 }
 
 void wxDataViewCtrl::DoSetExpanderColumn()