diff --git a/src/generic/grid.cpp b/src/generic/grid.cpp
index 6bd231ea0b..771f35032e 100644
--- a/src/generic/grid.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/grid.cpp
@@ -8163,12 +8163,9 @@ void wxGrid::SetRowSize( int row, int height )
         return;
 
     // The value of -1 is special and means to fit the height to the row label.
-    if ( height == -1 )
+    // As with the columns, ignore attempts to auto-size the hidden rows.
+    if ( height == -1 && GetRowHeight(row) != 0 )
     {
-        // As with the columns, ignore attempts to auto-size the hidden rows.
-        if ( GetRowHeight(row) == 0 )
-            return;
-
         long w, h;
         wxArrayString lines;
         wxClientDC dc(m_rowLabelWin);
@@ -8239,14 +8236,13 @@ void wxGrid::SetColSize( int col, int width )
         return;
 
     // The value of -1 is special and means to fit the width to the column label.
-    if ( width == -1 )
+    //
+    // Notice that we currently don't support auto-sizing hidden columns (we
+    // could, but it's not clear whether this is really needed and it would
+    // make the code more complex), and for them passing -1 simply means to
+    // show the column back using its old size.
+    if ( width == -1 && GetColWidth(col) != 0 )
     {
-        // We currently don't support auto-sizing hidden columns. We could, but
-        // it's not clear whether this is really needed and it would make the
-        // code more complex.
-        if ( GetColWidth(col) == 0 )
-            return;
-
         long w, h;
         wxArrayString lines;
         wxClientDC dc(m_colWindow);
diff --git a/tests/controls/gridtest.cpp b/tests/controls/gridtest.cpp
index 3e94e92c4b..8012b51429 100644
--- a/tests/controls/gridtest.cpp
+++ b/tests/controls/gridtest.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ private:
         CPPUNIT_TEST( Selection );
         CPPUNIT_TEST( AddRowCol );
         CPPUNIT_TEST( ColumnOrder );
+        CPPUNIT_TEST( ColumnVisibility );
         CPPUNIT_TEST( LineFormatting );
         CPPUNIT_TEST( SortSupport );
         CPPUNIT_TEST( Labels );
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ private:
     void Selection();
     void AddRowCol();
     void ColumnOrder();
+    void ColumnVisibility();
     void LineFormatting();
     void SortSupport();
     void Labels();
@@ -526,6 +528,19 @@ void GridTestCase::ColumnOrder()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(3, m_grid->GetColPos(3));
 }
 
+void GridTestCase::ColumnVisibility()
+{
+    m_grid->AppendCols(3);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT( m_grid->IsColShown(1) );
+
+    m_grid->HideCol(1);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT( !m_grid->IsColShown(1) );
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT( m_grid->IsColShown(2) );
+
+    m_grid->ShowCol(1);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT( m_grid->IsColShown(1) );
+}
+
 void GridTestCase::LineFormatting()
 {
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(m_grid->GridLinesEnabled());