diff --git a/dlls/shlwapi/tests/path.c b/dlls/shlwapi/tests/path.c
index cefd367646d..ace9442d598 100644
--- a/dlls/shlwapi/tests/path.c
+++ b/dlls/shlwapi/tests/path.c
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 #include "shlwapi.h"
 #include "wininet.h"
 
+static HMODULE hShlwapi;
+static HRESULT (WINAPI *pPathIsValidCharA)(char,DWORD);
+static HRESULT (WINAPI *pPathIsValidCharW)(WCHAR,DWORD);
+
 const char* TEST_URL_1 = "http://www.winehq.org/tests?date=10/10/1923";
 const char* TEST_URL_2 = "http://localhost:8080/tests%2e.html?date=Mon%2010/10/1923";
 const char* TEST_URL_3 = "http://foo:bar@localhost:21/internal.php?query=x&return=y";
@@ -642,23 +646,20 @@ static const DWORD SHELL_charclass[] =
     0x00000000, 0x00000100, 0x00000100
 };
 
-BOOL WINAPI PathIsValidCharA( char c, DWORD class );
-BOOL WINAPI PathIsValidCharW( WCHAR c, DWORD class );
-
 static void test_PathIsValidCharA(void)
 {
     BOOL ret;
     unsigned int c;
 
-    ret = PathIsValidCharA( 0x7f, 0 );
+    ret = pPathIsValidCharA( 0x7f, 0 );
     ok ( !ret, "PathIsValidCharA succeeded: 0x%08lx\n", (DWORD)ret );
 
-    ret = PathIsValidCharA( 0x7f, 1 );
+    ret = pPathIsValidCharA( 0x7f, 1 );
     ok ( !ret, "PathIsValidCharA succeeded: 0x%08lx\n", (DWORD)ret );
 
     for (c = 0; c < 0x7f; c++)
     {
-        ret = PathIsValidCharA( c, ~0U );
+        ret = pPathIsValidCharA( c, ~0U );
         ok ( ret == SHELL_charclass[c] || (ret == 1 && SHELL_charclass[c] == 0xffffffff),
              "PathIsValidCharA failed: 0x%02x got 0x%08lx expected 0x%08lx\n",
              c, (DWORD)ret, SHELL_charclass[c] );
@@ -666,7 +667,7 @@ static void test_PathIsValidCharA(void)
 
     for (c = 0x7f; c <= 0xff; c++)
     {
-        ret = PathIsValidCharA( c, ~0U );
+        ret = pPathIsValidCharA( c, ~0U );
         ok ( ret == 0x00000100,
              "PathIsValidCharA failed: 0x%02x got 0x%08lx expected 0x00000100\n",
              c, (DWORD)ret );
@@ -678,15 +679,15 @@ static void test_PathIsValidCharW(void)
     BOOL ret;
     unsigned int c;
 
-    ret = PathIsValidCharW( 0x7f, 0 );
+    ret = pPathIsValidCharW( 0x7f, 0 );
     ok ( !ret, "PathIsValidCharW succeeded: 0x%08lx\n", (DWORD)ret );
 
-    ret = PathIsValidCharW( 0x7f, 1 );
+    ret = pPathIsValidCharW( 0x7f, 1 );
     ok ( !ret, "PathIsValidCharW succeeded: 0x%08lx\n", (DWORD)ret );
 
     for (c = 0; c < 0x7f; c++)
     {
-        ret = PathIsValidCharW( c, ~0U );
+        ret = pPathIsValidCharW( c, ~0U );
         ok ( ret == SHELL_charclass[c] || (ret == 1 && SHELL_charclass[c] == 0xffffffff),
              "PathIsValidCharW failed: 0x%02x got 0x%08lx expected 0x%08lx\n",
              c, (DWORD)ret, SHELL_charclass[c] );
@@ -694,7 +695,7 @@ static void test_PathIsValidCharW(void)
 
     for (c = 0x007f; c <= 0xffff; c++)
     {
-        ret = PathIsValidCharW( c, ~0U );
+        ret = pPathIsValidCharW( c, ~0U );
         ok ( ret == 0x00000100,
              "PathIsValidCharW failed: 0x%02x got 0x%08lx expected 0x00000100\n",
              c, (DWORD)ret );
@@ -703,6 +704,9 @@ static void test_PathIsValidCharW(void)
 
 START_TEST(path)
 {
+  hShlwapi = LoadLibraryA("shlwapi.dll");
+  if (!hShlwapi) return;
+
   test_UrlHash();
   test_UrlGetPart();
   test_UrlCanonicalize();
@@ -715,6 +719,10 @@ START_TEST(path)
   test_PathSearchAndQualify();
   test_PathCreateFromUrl();
   test_PathIsUrl();
-  test_PathIsValidCharA();
-  test_PathIsValidCharW();
+
+  pPathIsValidCharA = (void*)GetProcAddress(hShlwapi, (LPSTR)455);
+  if (pPathIsValidCharA) test_PathIsValidCharA();
+
+  pPathIsValidCharW = (void*)GetProcAddress(hShlwapi, (LPSTR)456);
+  if (pPathIsValidCharW) test_PathIsValidCharW();
 }