diff --git a/src/common/graphcmn.cpp b/src/common/graphcmn.cpp
index 0cd27eca98..699929b060 100644
--- a/src/common/graphcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/graphcmn.cpp
@@ -116,10 +116,12 @@ wxObjectRefData* wxGraphicsObject::CloneRefData(const wxObjectRefData* data) con
 IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxGraphicsPen, wxGraphicsObject)
 IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxGraphicsBrush, wxGraphicsObject)
 IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxGraphicsFont, wxGraphicsObject)
+IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxGraphicsBitmap, wxGraphicsObject)
 
 WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_CORE(wxGraphicsPen) wxNullGraphicsPen;
 WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_CORE(wxGraphicsBrush) wxNullGraphicsBrush;
 WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_CORE(wxGraphicsFont) wxNullGraphicsFont;
+WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_CORE(wxGraphicsBitmap) wxNullGraphicsBitmap;
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // matrix
@@ -770,6 +772,16 @@ wxGraphicsFont wxGraphicsContext::CreateFont( const wxFont &font , const wxColou
     return GetRenderer()->CreateFont(font,col);
 }
 
+wxGraphicsBitmap wxGraphicsContext::CreateBitmap( const wxBitmap& bmp ) const
+{
+    return GetRenderer()->CreateBitmap(bmp);
+}
+
+wxGraphicsBitmap wxGraphicsContext::CreateSubBitmap( const wxGraphicsBitmap &bmp, wxDouble x, wxDouble y, wxDouble w, wxDouble h   ) const
+{
+    return GetRenderer()->CreateSubBitmap(bmp,x,y,w,h);
+}
+
 wxGraphicsContext* wxGraphicsContext::Create( const wxWindowDC& dc) 
 {
     return wxGraphicsRenderer::GetDefaultRenderer()->CreateContext(dc);