diff --git a/include/wx/osx/webview_webkit.h b/include/wx/osx/webview_webkit.h
index 6bd6da02f3..8b31ffdd34 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/webview_webkit.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/webview_webkit.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ public:
     virtual bool IsEditable() const wxOVERRIDE;
 
     bool RunScript(const wxString& javascript, wxString* output = NULL) const wxOVERRIDE;
+    virtual void AddScriptMessageHandler(const wxString& name) wxOVERRIDE;
 
     //Virtual Filesystem Support
     virtual void RegisterHandler(wxSharedPtr<wxWebViewHandler> handler) wxOVERRIDE;
diff --git a/include/wx/webview.h b/include/wx/webview.h
index 24a96045eb..14f7970919 100644
--- a/include/wx/webview.h
+++ b/include/wx/webview.h
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ public:
     virtual void RegisterHandler(wxSharedPtr<wxWebViewHandler> handler) = 0;
     virtual void Reload(wxWebViewReloadFlags flags = wxWEBVIEW_RELOAD_DEFAULT) = 0;
     virtual bool RunScript(const wxString& javascript, wxString* output = NULL) const = 0;
+    virtual void AddScriptMessageHandler(const wxString& name) { }
     virtual void SetEditable(bool enable = true) = 0;
     void SetPage(const wxString& html, const wxString& baseUrl)
     {
diff --git a/samples/webview/webview.cpp b/samples/webview/webview.cpp
index ac9512ed89..653bd56a6c 100644
--- a/samples/webview/webview.cpp
+++ b/samples/webview/webview.cpp
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ WebFrame::WebFrame(const wxString& url) :
     m_browser->RegisterHandler(wxSharedPtr<wxWebViewHandler>(new wxWebViewFSHandler("memory")));
 #endif
     m_browser->Create(this, wxID_ANY, url, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize);
+    m_browser->AddScriptMessageHandler("wx");
     topsizer->Add(m_browser, wxSizerFlags().Expand().Proportion(1));
 
 #ifndef __WXMAC__
diff --git a/src/osx/webview_webkit.mm b/src/osx/webview_webkit.mm
index a788f8c4a3..56647b98ed 100644
--- a/src/osx/webview_webkit.mm
+++ b/src/osx/webview_webkit.mm
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ wxEND_EVENT_TABLE()
 @end
 #endif // macOS 10.13+
 
+@interface WebViewScriptMessageHandler: NSObject<WKScriptMessageHandler>
+{
+    wxWebViewWebKit* webKitWindow;
+}
+
+- (id)initWithWxWindow: (wxWebViewWebKit*)inWindow;
+
+@end
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxWebViewFactoryWebKit
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -385,6 +394,12 @@ bool wxWebViewWebKit::RunScript(const wxString& javascript, wxString* output) co
     return true;
 }
 
+void wxWebViewWebKit::AddScriptMessageHandler(const wxString& name)
+{
+    [m_webView.configuration.userContentController addScriptMessageHandler:
+        [[WebViewScriptMessageHandler alloc] initWithWxWindow:this] name:wxCFStringRef(name).AsNSString()];
+}
+
 void wxWebViewWebKit::LoadURL(const wxString& url)
 {
     [m_webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:
@@ -891,4 +906,43 @@ WX_API_AVAILABLE_MACOS(10, 12)
 
 @end
 
+@implementation WebViewScriptMessageHandler
+
+- (id)initWithWxWindow: (wxWebViewWebKit*)inWindow
+{
+    if (self = [super init])
+    {
+        webKitWindow = inWindow;    // non retained
+    }
+    return self;
+}
+
+- (void)userContentController:(nonnull WKUserContentController *)userContentController
+      didReceiveScriptMessage:(nonnull WKScriptMessage *)message
+{
+    wxWebViewEvent event(wxEVT_WEBVIEW_SCRIPT_MESSAGE_RECEIVED,
+                         webKitWindow->GetId(),
+                         webKitWindow->GetCurrentURL(),
+                         "");
+    if ([message.body isKindOfClass:NSString.class])
+        event.SetString(wxCFStringRef::AsString(message.body));
+    else if ([message.body isKindOfClass:NSNumber.class])
+        event.SetString(wxCFStringRef::AsString(((NSNumber*)message.body).stringValue));
+    else if ([message.body isKindOfClass:NSDate.class])
+        event.SetString(wxCFStringRef::AsString(((NSDate*)message.body).description));
+    else if ([message.body isKindOfClass:NSNull.class])
+        event.SetString("null");
+    else if ([message.body isKindOfClass:NSDictionary.class] || [message.body isKindOfClass:NSArray.class])
+    {
+        NSError* error = nil;
+        NSData* jsonData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:message.body options:0 error:&error];
+        NSString *jsonString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:jsonData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+        event.SetString(wxCFStringRef::AsString(jsonString));
+    }
+
+    webKitWindow->ProcessWindowEvent(event);
+}
+
+@end
+
 #endif //wxUSE_WEBVIEW && wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT