diff --git a/etg/gdicmn.py b/etg/gdicmn.py
index 4edd9433..f0815314 100644
--- a/etg/gdicmn.py
+++ b/etg/gdicmn.py
@@ -332,6 +332,31 @@ def run():
     module.find('wxTheColourDatabase').ignore()
         
                                
+    #-----------------------------------------------------------------
+    module.addCppFunction('PyObject*', 'IntersectRect', '(wxRect* r1, wxRect* r2)',
+        doc="""\
+            Calculate and return the intersection of r1 and r2.  Returns None if there 
+            is no intersection.""",
+        body="""\
+            wxRegion  reg1(*r1);
+            wxRegion  reg2(*r2);
+            wxRect    dest(0,0,0,0);
+            PyObject* obj;
+
+            reg1.Intersect(reg2);
+            dest = reg1.GetBox();
+
+            wxPyThreadBlocker blocker;
+            if (dest != wxRect(0,0,0,0)) {
+                wxRect* newRect = new wxRect(dest);
+                obj = wxPyConstructObject((void*)newRect, wxT("wxRect"), true);
+                return obj;
+            }
+            Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+            return Py_None;
+            """
+        )
+
     #-----------------------------------------------------------------
     tools.doCommonTweaks(module)
     tools.runGenerators(module)
diff --git a/unittests/test_gdicmn.py b/unittests/test_gdicmn.py
index 02baa376..3c9a5db4 100644
--- a/unittests/test_gdicmn.py
+++ b/unittests/test_gdicmn.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import imp_unittest, unittest
+import wtc
 import wx
 
-
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class Point(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -294,7 +294,23 @@ class Rect(unittest.TestCase):
         
         
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class intersectRect_Tests(wtc.WidgetTestCase):
+    def test_intersectRect01(self):
+        r1 = wx.Rect(0,0,10,10)
+        r2 = wx.Rect(50,50,10,10)
+        r3 = wx.IntersectRect(r1, r2)
+        self.assertEqual(r3, None)
         
+    def test_intersectRect02(self):
+        r1 = wx.Rect(0,0,55,55)
+        r2 = wx.Rect(50,50,10,10)
+        r3 = wx.IntersectRect(r1, r2)
+        self.assertEqual(r3, wx.Rect(50,50,5,5))
+        
+        
+        
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()