diff --git a/include/wx/motif/font.h b/include/wx/motif/font.h
index d6aeb9e1bf..6fd46468d3 100644
--- a/include/wx/motif/font.h
+++ b/include/wx/motif/font.h
@@ -37,13 +37,7 @@ public:
         (void)Create(size, family, style, weight, underlined, face, encoding);
     }
 
-    wxFont(const wxNativeFontInfo& info)
-    {
-        Init();
-
-        (void)Create(info.pointSize, info.family, info.style, info.weight,
-                     info.underlined, info.faceName, info.encoding);
-    }
+    wxFont(const wxNativeFontInfo& info);
 
     bool Create(int size,
                 int family,
diff --git a/src/motif/font.cpp b/src/motif/font.cpp
index 9ce3b3cce0..d81184b0d1 100644
--- a/src/motif/font.cpp
+++ b/src/motif/font.cpp
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
 #include "wx/font.h"
 #include "wx/gdicmn.h"
 #include "wx/utils.h"       // for wxGetDisplay()
-#include "wx/fontutil.h"
+#include "wx/fontutil.h"    // for wxNativeFontInfo
 
-    IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxFont, wxGDIObject)
+IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxFont, wxGDIObject)
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // private classes
@@ -186,6 +186,14 @@ wxFontRefData::~wxFontRefData()
 // wxFont
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+wxFont(const wxNativeFontInfo& info)
+{
+    Init();
+
+    (void)Create(info.pointSize, info.family, info.style, info.weight,
+                 info.underlined, info.faceName, info.encoding);
+}
+
 void wxFont::Init()
 {
     if ( wxTheFontList )