diff --git a/include/wx/filedlgcustomize.h b/include/wx/filedlgcustomize.h
index 10ff297a9f..b088cce6a1 100644
--- a/include/wx/filedlgcustomize.h
+++ b/include/wx/filedlgcustomize.h
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ class wxFileDialogCustomizeImpl;
 
 // All these controls support a very limited set of functions, but use the same
 // names for the things that they do support as the corresponding "normal" wx
-// classes.
+// classes and also generate some (but not all) of the same events.
 
 // The base class for all wxFileDialog custom controls.
-class wxFileDialogCustomControl
+class wxFileDialogCustomControl : public wxEvtHandler
 {
 public:
     void Show(bool show = true);
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ protected:
     {
     }
 
+    // By default custom controls don't generate any events, but some of them
+    // override this function to allow connecting to the selected events.
+    virtual bool OnDynamicBind(wxDynamicEventTableEntry& entry) wxOVERRIDE;
+
+
     wxFileDialogCustomControlImpl* const m_impl;
 
     wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxFileDialogCustomControl);
@@ -57,6 +62,9 @@ public:
     // Ctor is only used by wxWidgets itself.
     explicit wxFileDialogButton(wxFileDialogButtonImpl* impl);
 
+protected:
+    virtual bool OnDynamicBind(wxDynamicEventTableEntry& entry) wxOVERRIDE;
+
 private:
     wxFileDialogButtonImpl* GetImpl() const;
 
@@ -73,6 +81,9 @@ public:
     // Ctor is only used by wxWidgets itself.
     explicit wxFileDialogCheckBox(wxFileDialogCheckBoxImpl* impl);
 
+protected:
+    virtual bool OnDynamicBind(wxDynamicEventTableEntry& entry) wxOVERRIDE;
+
 private:
     wxFileDialogCheckBoxImpl* GetImpl() const;
 
@@ -134,13 +145,13 @@ protected:
     {
     }
 
+    wxVector<wxFileDialogCustomControl*> m_controls;
+
 private:
     template <typename T> T* StoreAndReturn(T* control);
 
     wxFileDialogCustomizeImpl* const m_impl;
 
-    wxVector<wxFileDialogCustomControl*> m_controls;
-
     wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxFileDialogCustomize);
 };
 
diff --git a/samples/dialogs/dialogs.cpp b/samples/dialogs/dialogs.cpp
index cbab4f178a..e7d0f25011 100644
--- a/samples/dialogs/dialogs.cpp
+++ b/samples/dialogs/dialogs.cpp
@@ -1694,7 +1694,9 @@ public:
         customizer.AddStaticText("Just some extra text:");
         m_text = customizer.AddTextCtrl();
         m_cb = customizer.AddCheckBox("Enable Custom Button");
+        m_cb->Bind(wxEVT_CHECKBOX, &MyCustomizeHook::OnCheckBox, this);
         m_btn = customizer.AddButton("Custom Button");
+        m_btn->Bind(wxEVT_BUTTON, &MyCustomizeHook::OnButton, this);
         m_label = customizer.AddStaticText("Nothing selected");
     }
 
@@ -1721,6 +1723,17 @@ public:
     wxString GetInfo() const { return m_info; }
 
 private:
+    void OnCheckBox(wxCommandEvent& event)
+    {
+        m_btn->Enable(event.IsChecked());
+    }
+
+    void OnButton(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
+    {
+        wxMessageBox("Custom button pressed", "wxWidgets dialogs sample",
+                     wxOK | wxICON_INFORMATION, m_dialog);
+    }
+
     wxFileDialog* const m_dialog;
 
     wxFileDialogButton* m_btn;
diff --git a/src/common/fldlgcmn.cpp b/src/common/fldlgcmn.cpp
index 7fb3822864..6606ea8b8e 100644
--- a/src/common/fldlgcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/fldlgcmn.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ wxFileDialogCustomControlImpl::~wxFileDialogCustomControlImpl()
 {
 }
 
+bool wxFileDialogCustomControl::OnDynamicBind(wxDynamicEventTableEntry& entry)
+{
+    wxUnusedVar(entry); // Needed when debug is disabled.
+
+    wxFAIL_MSG(wxString::Format
+              (
+                "This custom control doesn't generate the event %d.",
+                entry.m_eventType
+              ));
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 void wxFileDialogCustomControl::Show(bool show)
 {
     return m_impl->Show(show);
@@ -72,6 +85,14 @@ wxFileDialogButton::wxFileDialogButton(wxFileDialogButtonImpl* impl)
 {
 }
 
+bool wxFileDialogButton::OnDynamicBind(wxDynamicEventTableEntry& entry)
+{
+    if ( entry.m_eventType == wxEVT_BUTTON )
+        return true;
+
+    return wxFileDialogCustomControl::OnDynamicBind(entry);
+}
+
 wxFileDialogButtonImpl* wxFileDialogButton::GetImpl() const
 {
     return static_cast<wxFileDialogButtonImpl*>(m_impl);
@@ -82,6 +103,14 @@ wxFileDialogCheckBox::wxFileDialogCheckBox(wxFileDialogCheckBoxImpl* impl)
 {
 }
 
+bool wxFileDialogCheckBox::OnDynamicBind(wxDynamicEventTableEntry& entry)
+{
+    if ( entry.m_eventType == wxEVT_CHECKBOX )
+        return true;
+
+    return wxFileDialogCustomControl::OnDynamicBind(entry);
+}
+
 wxFileDialogCheckBoxImpl* wxFileDialogCheckBox::GetImpl() const
 {
     return static_cast<wxFileDialogCheckBoxImpl*>(m_impl);
diff --git a/src/msw/filedlg.cpp b/src/msw/filedlg.cpp
index a742220ada..57bbdc21f6 100644
--- a/src/msw/filedlg.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/filedlg.cpp
@@ -397,6 +397,18 @@ public:
         return true;
     }
 
+    wxFileDialogCustomControl* FindControl(DWORD id) const
+    {
+        // Currently there is 1-to-1 correspondence between IDs and the
+        // controls we create, except that we start assigning IDs with 1.
+        if ( id < 1 || id > m_controls.size() )
+            return NULL;
+
+        return m_controls[id - 1];
+    }
+
+
+    // Implement wxFileDialogCustomizeImpl pure virtual methods.
     wxFileDialogButtonImpl* AddButton(const wxString& label) wxOVERRIDE
     {
         HRESULT hr = m_fdc->AddPushButton(++m_lastId, label.wc_str());
@@ -460,7 +472,8 @@ private:
 
 class wxFileDialogMSWData
 #if wxUSE_IFILEOPENDIALOG
-    : public IFileDialogEvents
+    : public IFileDialogEvents,
+      public IFileDialogControlEvents
 #endif // wxUSE_IFILEOPENDIALOG
 {
 public:
@@ -492,7 +505,14 @@ public:
     {
         if ( iid == IID_IUnknown || iid == IID_IFileDialogEvents )
         {
-            *ppv = this;
+            // The cast is unnecessary, but do it for clarity and symmetry.
+            *ppv = static_cast<IFileDialogEvents*>(this);
+        }
+        else if ( iid == IID_IFileDialogControlEvents )
+        {
+            // Here the case is necessary to return the pointer of correct
+            // type.
+            *ppv = static_cast<IFileDialogControlEvents*>(this);
         }
         else
         {
@@ -576,6 +596,57 @@ public:
     wxSTDMETHODIMP OnOverwrite(IFileDialog*, IShellItem*, FDE_OVERWRITE_RESPONSE*) wxOVERRIDE { return E_NOTIMPL; }
 
 
+    // IFileDialogControlEvents
+
+    wxSTDMETHODIMP
+    OnItemSelected(IFileDialogCustomize*,
+                   DWORD WXUNUSED(dwIDCtl),
+                   DWORD WXUNUSED(dwIDItem)) wxOVERRIDE
+    {
+        return S_OK;
+    }
+
+    wxSTDMETHODIMP
+    OnButtonClicked(IFileDialogCustomize*, DWORD dwIDCtl) wxOVERRIDE
+    {
+        if ( wxFileDialogCustomControl* const
+                control = m_customize.FindControl(dwIDCtl) )
+        {
+            wxCommandEvent event(wxEVT_BUTTON, dwIDCtl);
+            event.SetEventObject(control);
+
+            control->SafelyProcessEvent(event);
+        }
+
+        return S_OK;
+    }
+
+    wxSTDMETHODIMP
+    OnCheckButtonToggled(IFileDialogCustomize*,
+                         DWORD dwIDCtl,
+                         BOOL bChecked) wxOVERRIDE
+    {
+        if ( wxFileDialogCustomControl* const
+                control = m_customize.FindControl(dwIDCtl) )
+        {
+            wxCommandEvent event(wxEVT_CHECKBOX, dwIDCtl);
+            event.SetEventObject(control);
+            event.SetInt(bChecked); // This is for wxCommandEvent::IsChecked().
+
+            control->SafelyProcessEvent(event);
+        }
+
+        return S_OK;
+    }
+
+    wxSTDMETHODIMP
+    OnControlActivating(IFileDialogCustomize*,
+                        DWORD WXUNUSED(dwIDCtl)) wxOVERRIDE
+    {
+        return S_OK;
+    }
+
+
     wxFileDialog* const m_fileDialog;
 
     wxFileDialogCustomizeFDC m_customize;