diff --git a/python/gui/qgisinterface.sip b/python/gui/qgisinterface.sip
index 262a2d28069..6e0adc72173 100644
--- a/python/gui/qgisinterface.sip
+++ b/python/gui/qgisinterface.sip
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ class QgisInterface : QObject
     /** Add a dock widget to the main window */
     virtual void addDockWidget ( Qt::DockWidgetArea area, QDockWidget * dockwidget )=0;
 
+	/** Remove specified dock widget from main window (doesn't delete it). Added in QGIS 1.1. */
+	virtual void removeDockWidget ( QDockWidget * dockwidget )=0;
+
     /** refresh legend of a layer */
     virtual void refreshLegend( QgsMapLayer * layer )=0;
 
diff --git a/src/app/qgisappinterface.cpp b/src/app/qgisappinterface.cpp
index 56041887866..4619258f7d9 100644
--- a/src/app/qgisappinterface.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgisappinterface.cpp
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ void QgisAppInterface::addDockWidget( Qt::DockWidgetArea area, QDockWidget * doc
   qgis->addDockWidget( area, dockwidget );
 }
 
+void QgisAppInterface::removeDockWidget( QDockWidget * dockwidget )
+{
+  qgis->removeDockWidget( dockwidget );
+}
+
 void QgisAppInterface::refreshLegend( QgsMapLayer *l )
 {
   if ( l && qgis && qgis->legend() )
diff --git a/src/app/qgisappinterface.h b/src/app/qgisappinterface.h
index f1b8d0beba9..abe7d3eb5c4 100644
--- a/src/app/qgisappinterface.h
+++ b/src/app/qgisappinterface.h
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ class QgisAppInterface : public QgisInterface
     /** Add a dock widget to the main window */
     void addDockWidget( Qt::DockWidgetArea area, QDockWidget * dockwidget );
 
+	/** Remove specified dock widget from main window (doesn't delete it). Added in QGIS 1.1. */
+	void removeDockWidget ( QDockWidget * dockwidget );
+
     virtual void refreshLegend( QgsMapLayer *l );
 
     /** Add window to Window menu. The action title is the window title
diff --git a/src/gui/qgisinterface.h b/src/gui/qgisinterface.h
index a3b31c1ca65..49eef003ba0 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgisinterface.h
+++ b/src/gui/qgisinterface.h
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgisInterface : public QObject
     /** Add a dock widget to the main window */
     virtual void addDockWidget( Qt::DockWidgetArea area, QDockWidget * dockwidget ) = 0;
 
+	/** Remove specified dock widget from main window (doesn't delete it). Added in QGIS 1.1. */
+	virtual void removeDockWidget ( QDockWidget * dockwidget )=0;
+
     /** refresh the legend of a layer */
     virtual void refreshLegend( QgsMapLayer *l ) = 0;