diff --git a/dlls/browseui/Makefile.in b/dlls/browseui/Makefile.in
index 102b9e64162..b463cd72e6f 100644
--- a/dlls/browseui/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/browseui/Makefile.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 MODULE    = browseui.dll
-IMPORTS   = uuid ole32 user32 advapi32
+IMPORTS   = uuid ole32 comctl32 user32 advapi32
 EXTRADEFS = -DCOM_NO_WINDOWS_H
 
 C_SRCS = \
diff --git a/dlls/browseui/progressdlg.c b/dlls/browseui/progressdlg.c
index 2de858c3333..9b970e21861 100644
--- a/dlls/browseui/progressdlg.c
+++ b/dlls/browseui/progressdlg.c
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ static ULONG WINAPI ProgressDialog_Release(IProgressDialog *iface)
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI ProgressDialog_StartProgressDialog(IProgressDialog *iface, HWND hwndParent, IUnknown *punkEnableModeless, DWORD dwFlags, LPCVOID reserved)
 {
+    static const INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX init = { sizeof(init), ICC_ANIMATE_CLASS };
     ProgressDialog *This = impl_from_IProgressDialog(iface);
     struct create_params params;
     HANDLE hThread;
@@ -316,6 +317,8 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI ProgressDialog_StartProgressDialog(IProgressDialog *iface,
     if (dwFlags & PROGDLG_NOTIME)
         FIXME("Flags PROGDLG_NOTIME not supported\n");
 
+    InitCommonControlsEx( &init );
+
     EnterCriticalSection(&This->cs);
 
     if (This->hwnd)