diff --git a/dlls/kernel/kernel.spec b/dlls/kernel/kernel.spec
index c39384abb00..3f57447db4b 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel/kernel.spec
+++ b/dlls/kernel/kernel.spec
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ owner	kernel32
 75  stub OpenPathName
 76  stub DeletePathName
 # Reserved*: old Win 2.x functions now moved to USER (Win 3.0+)
-77  stub Reserved1 #AnsiNext16
-78  stub Reserved2 #AnsiPrev16
-79  stub Reserved3 #AnsiUpper16
-80  stub Reserved4 #AnsiLower16
+77  pascal Reserved1(segptr) KERNEL_AnsiNext16
+78  pascal Reserved2(segptr segptr) KERNEL_AnsiPrev16
+79  pascal Reserved3(segstr) KERNEL_AnsiUpper16
+80  pascal Reserved4(segstr) KERNEL_AnsiLower16
 81  pascal16 _lclose(word) _lclose16
 82  pascal16 _lread(word segptr word) WIN16_lread
 83  pascal16 _lcreat(str word) _lcreat16
diff --git a/dlls/kernel/kernel_main.c b/dlls/kernel/kernel_main.c
index caa214f985e..09d3aafb9bd 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel/kernel_main.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel/kernel_main.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 
 #include "winbase.h"
 #include "wine/winbase16.h"
@@ -111,3 +112,50 @@ BOOL WINAPI MAIN_KernelInit( HINSTANCE hinst, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved )
  * Entry point for kernel functions that do nothing.
  */
 LONG WINAPI KERNEL_nop(void) { return 0; }
+
+
+/***************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Win 2.x string functions now moved to USER
+ *
+ * We rather want to implement them here instead of doing Callouts
+ */
+SEGPTR WINAPI KERNEL_AnsiNext16(SEGPTR current)
+{
+    return (*(char *)PTR_SEG_TO_LIN(current)) ? current + 1 : current;
+}
+	
+SEGPTR WINAPI KERNEL_AnsiPrev16( SEGPTR start, SEGPTR current )
+{
+    return (current==start)?start:current-1;
+}
+
+SEGPTR WINAPI KERNEL_AnsiUpper16( SEGPTR strOrChar )
+{
+    /* uppercase only one char if strOrChar < 0x10000 */
+    if (HIWORD(strOrChar))
+    {
+	char *s = PTR_SEG_TO_LIN(strOrChar);
+	while (*s) {
+	    *s = toupper(*s);
+	    s++;
+	}
+        return strOrChar;
+    }
+    else return toupper((char)strOrChar);
+}
+
+SEGPTR WINAPI KERNEL_AnsiLower16( SEGPTR strOrChar )
+{
+    /* lowercase only one char if strOrChar < 0x10000 */
+    if (HIWORD(strOrChar))
+    {
+        char *s = PTR_SEG_TO_LIN(strOrChar);
+	while (*s) {
+	    *s = tolower(*s);
+	    s++;
+	}
+        return strOrChar;
+    }
+    else return tolower((char)strOrChar);
+}