diff --git a/src/juce_appframework/gui/components/windows/juce_DialogWindow.cpp b/src/juce_appframework/gui/components/windows/juce_DialogWindow.cpp
index 8f50527f39..ce6dd20174 100644
--- a/src/juce_appframework/gui/components/windows/juce_DialogWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/juce_appframework/gui/components/windows/juce_DialogWindow.cpp
@@ -91,21 +91,22 @@ private:
 
 };
 
-void DialogWindow::showModalDialog (const String& dialogTitle,
-                                    Component* contentComponent,
-                                    Component* componentToCentreAround,
-                                    const Colour& colour,
-                                    const bool escapeKeyTriggersCloseButton,
-                                    const bool shouldBeResizable,
-                                    const bool useBottomRightCornerResizer)
+int DialogWindow::showModalDialog (const String& dialogTitle,
+                                   Component* contentComponent,
+                                   Component* componentToCentreAround,
+                                   const Colour& colour,
+                                   const bool escapeKeyTriggersCloseButton,
+                                   const bool shouldBeResizable,
+                                   const bool useBottomRightCornerResizer)
 {
     TempDialogWindow dw (dialogTitle, colour, escapeKeyTriggersCloseButton);
 
     dw.setContentComponent (contentComponent, true, true);
     dw.centreAroundComponent (componentToCentreAround, dw.getWidth(), dw.getHeight());
     dw.setResizable (shouldBeResizable, useBottomRightCornerResizer);
-    dw.runModalLoop();
+    const int result = dw.runModalLoop();
     dw.setContentComponent (0, false);
+    return result;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/juce_appframework/gui/components/windows/juce_DialogWindow.h b/src/juce_appframework/gui/components/windows/juce_DialogWindow.h
index b45b8e1e8a..b2d42942ef 100644
--- a/src/juce_appframework/gui/components/windows/juce_DialogWindow.h
+++ b/src/juce_appframework/gui/components/windows/juce_DialogWindow.h
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ public:
         This will open and display a DialogWindow containing a given component, returning
         when the user clicks its close button.
 
+        It returns the value that was returned by the dialog box's runModalLoop() call.
+
         @param dialogTitle          the dialog box's title
         @param contentComponent     the content component for the dialog box. Make sure
                                     that this has been set to the size you want it to
@@ -106,13 +108,13 @@ public:
         @param useBottomRightCornerResizer     if shouldBeResizable is true, this indicates whether
                                     to use a border or corner resizer component. See ResizableWindow::setResizable()
     */
-    static void showModalDialog (const String& dialogTitle,
-                                 Component* contentComponent,
-                                 Component* componentToCentreAround,
-                                 const Colour& backgroundColour,
-                                 const bool escapeKeyTriggersCloseButton,
-                                 const bool shouldBeResizable = false,
-                                 const bool useBottomRightCornerResizer = false);
+    static int showModalDialog (const String& dialogTitle,
+                                Component* contentComponent,
+                                Component* componentToCentreAround,
+                                const Colour& backgroundColour,
+                                const bool escapeKeyTriggersCloseButton,
+                                const bool shouldBeResizable = false,
+                                const bool useBottomRightCornerResizer = false);
 
     //==============================================================================
     juce_UseDebuggingNewOperator