diff --git a/pkgs/gui-pkgs/gui-doc/scribblings/gui/text-class.scrbl b/pkgs/gui-pkgs/gui-doc/scribblings/gui/text-class.scrbl
index 3d51afa1..c2746292 100644
--- a/pkgs/gui-pkgs/gui-doc/scribblings/gui/text-class.scrbl
+++ b/pkgs/gui-pkgs/gui-doc/scribblings/gui/text-class.scrbl
@@ -807,6 +807,12 @@ Returns @racket[#t] if the selection is currently auto-extending. See
 
 }
 
+@defmethod[(get-autowrap-bitmap-width) (and/c real? (not/c negative?))]{
+  Returns the width of the bitmap last passed to @method[text% set-autowrap-bitmap]
+  or @racket[zero?] if no bitmap has been passed to @method[text% set-autowrap-bitmap] or
+  if @racket[#f] was most recently passed.
+}
+
 @defmethod[(get-between-threshold)
            (and/c real? (not/c negative?))]{
 
diff --git a/pkgs/gui-pkgs/gui-lib/mred/private/wxme/text.rkt b/pkgs/gui-pkgs/gui-lib/mred/private/wxme/text.rkt
index 65868f35..243632f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/gui-pkgs/gui-lib/mred/private/wxme/text.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/gui-pkgs/gui-lib/mred/private/wxme/text.rkt
@@ -4953,6 +4953,8 @@
 
           old)))
 
+  (def/public (get-autowrap-bitmap-width) wrap-bitmap-width)
+
   ;; ----------------------------------------
 
   ;; notifies the administrator that we need to be redrawn