diff --git a/harbour/source/rtl/checkbox.prg b/harbour/source/rtl/checkbox.prg
index 20424fcf85..83cef87062 100644
--- a/harbour/source/rtl/checkbox.prg
+++ b/harbour/source/rtl/checkbox.prg
@@ -222,5 +222,7 @@ LOCAL oCheck
 function IsDefColor()
    local cColor:=SETCOLOR()
    Return ( ccolor== "W/N,N/W,N/N,N/N,N/W")
+function Checkbox(nr,ncol,cCaption)
+return HBCHECKBOX():new(nt, nCol, cCaption)
 
 #endif