diff --git a/docs/sphinx/itemToModuleMap.json b/docs/sphinx/itemToModuleMap.json
index 03a0ab79..8dfa62e0 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/itemToModuleMap.json
+++ b/docs/sphinx/itemToModuleMap.json
@@ -6274,6 +6274,7 @@
 "YES_NO":"wx.",
 "Year":"wx.DateTime.",
 "Yield":"wx.",
+"YieldIfNeeded":"wx.",
 "_":"wx.",
 "_ScrolledWindowBase":"wx.",
 "__DECLARE_EVT0":"wx.",
diff --git a/etg/app.py b/etg/app.py
index 80e33d0c..57b33420 100644
--- a/etg/app.py
+++ b/etg/app.py
@@ -249,6 +249,10 @@ def run():
     module.find('wxYield').releaseGIL()
     module.find('wxSafeYield').releaseGIL()
 
+    module.addPyFunction('YieldIfNeeded', '()',
+        doc="Convenience function for wx.GetApp().Yield(True)",
+        body="return wx.GetApp().Yield(True)")
+
     #-------------------------------------------------------
 
     # Now add extractor objects for the main App class as a Python class,
@@ -526,7 +530,6 @@ def run():
             ])
 
 
-
     module.find('wxInitialize').ignore()
     module.find('wxUninitialize').ignore()