diff --git a/include/wx/cppunit.h b/include/wx/cppunit.h
index b44daff6dd..b11bebf5a9 100644
--- a/include/wx/cppunit.h
+++ b/include/wx/cppunit.h
@@ -123,8 +123,9 @@ assertEquals(const wchar_t *expected,
     }
 
 // and another to be able to specify (usually literal) ints as expected values
-// for functions returning size_t/long/wxFileOffset
+// for functions returning size_t/short/long/wxFileOffset
 WX_CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUALS(int, long)
+WX_CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUALS(int, short)
 WX_CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUALS(int, size_t)
 WX_CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUALS(int, wxFileOffset)
 
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ WX_CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUALS(int, wxFileOffset)
 
 WX_CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUALS(int, int)
 WX_CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUALS(long, long)
+WX_CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUALS(short, short)
 WX_CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUALS(size_t, size_t)
 WX_CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUALS(wxFileOffset, wxFileOffset)