+public:
+    wxFDIOEventLoopSourceHandler(wxEventLoopSourceHandler* handler) :
+        m_impl(handler) { }
+
+    virtual void OnReadWaiting()
+    {
+        m_impl->OnReadWaiting();
+    }
+    virtual void OnWriteWaiting()
+    {
+        m_impl->OnWriteWaiting();
+    }
+
+    virtual void OnExceptionWaiting()
+    {
+        m_impl->OnExceptionWaiting();
+    }
+
+protected:
+    wxEventLoopSourceHandler* m_impl;
+};
+
+wxEventLoopSource *
+wxConsoleEventLoop::AddSourceForFD(int fd,
+                                   wxEventLoopSourceHandler *handler,
+                                   int flags)
+{
+    wxCHECK_MSG( fd != -1, NULL, "can't monitor invalid fd" );
+
+    wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_EVT_SOURCE,
+                "Adding event loop source for fd=%d", fd);
+
+    // we need a bridge to wxFDIODispatcher
+    //
+    // TODO: refactor the code so that only wxEventLoopSourceHandler is used
+    wxScopedPtr<wxFDIOHandler>
+        fdioHandler(new wxFDIOEventLoopSourceHandler(handler));
+
+    if ( !m_dispatcher->RegisterFD(fd, fdioHandler.get(), flags) )
+        return NULL;
+
+    return new wxUnixEventLoopSource(m_dispatcher, fdioHandler.release(),
+                                     fd, handler, flags);