diff --git a/include/wx/filename.h b/include/wx/filename.h
index 76f9e2169e..67a153d895 100644
--- a/include/wx/filename.h
+++ b/include/wx/filename.h
@@ -224,12 +224,15 @@ public:
     wxString GetName() const                    { return m_name; }
     bool HasName() const                        { return !m_name.IsEmpty(); }
 
+    // full name is the file name + extension (but without the path)
+    void SetFullName(const wxString& fullname);
     wxString GetFullName() const;
 
     const wxArrayString &GetDirs() const        { return m_dirs; }
 
     // Construct path only - possibly with the trailing separator
-    wxString GetPath( bool add_separator = FALSE, wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE ) const;
+    wxString GetPath( bool add_separator = FALSE,
+                      wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE ) const;
 
     // more readable synonym
     wxString GetPathWithSep(wxPathFormat format = wxPATH_NATIVE ) const
diff --git a/src/common/filename.cpp b/src/common/filename.cpp
index e0c45c36ff..ef07caccef 100644
--- a/src/common/filename.cpp
+++ b/src/common/filename.cpp
@@ -432,6 +432,11 @@ void wxFileName::RemoveDir( int pos )
 // accessors
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+void wxFileName::SetFullName(const wxString& fullname)
+{
+    SplitPath(fullname, NULL /* no path */, &m_name, &m_ext);
+}
+
 wxString wxFileName::GetFullName() const
 {
     wxString fullname = m_name;