diff --git a/dlls/inetcomm/Makefile.in b/dlls/inetcomm/Makefile.in
index d3d1dedaf38..d00aa67d6a8 100644
--- a/dlls/inetcomm/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/inetcomm/Makefile.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MODULE    = inetcomm.dll
 IMPORTLIB = inetcomm
-IMPORTS   = uuid oleaut32 ole32 ws2_32 user32 advapi32
+IMPORTS   = uuid propsys oleaut32 ole32 ws2_32 user32 advapi32
 
 C_SRCS = \
 	imaptransport.c \
diff --git a/dlls/inetcomm/mimeole.c b/dlls/inetcomm/mimeole.c
index 486ac578d85..f4537f35d04 100644
--- a/dlls/inetcomm/mimeole.c
+++ b/dlls/inetcomm/mimeole.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "objbase.h"
 #include "ole2.h"
 #include "mimeole.h"
+#include "propvarutil.h"
 
 #include "wine/list.h"
 #include "wine/debug.h"
@@ -785,7 +786,11 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI MimeBody_GetProp(
     hr = find_prop(This, pszName, &header);
     if(hr == S_OK)
     {
-        PropVariantCopy(pValue, &header->value);
+        TRACE("type %d->%d\n", header->value.vt, pValue->vt);
+
+        hr = PropVariantChangeType(pValue, &header->value, 0,  pValue->vt);
+        if(FAILED(hr))
+            FIXME("Conversion not currently supported (%d->%d)\n", header->value.vt, pValue->vt);
     }
 
     return hr;
diff --git a/dlls/inetcomm/tests/mimeole.c b/dlls/inetcomm/tests/mimeole.c
index 46fd1d51899..84b2c8d1012 100644
--- a/dlls/inetcomm/tests/mimeole.c
+++ b/dlls/inetcomm/tests/mimeole.c
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ static void test_CreateMessage(void)
 static void test_MessageSetProp(void)
 {
     static const char topic[] = "wine topic";
+    static const WCHAR topicW[] = {'w','i','n','e',' ','t','o','p','i','c',0};
     HRESULT hr;
     IMimeMessage *msg;
     IMimeBody *body;
@@ -370,6 +371,7 @@ static void test_MessageSetProp(void)
     hr = IMimeBody_GetProp(body, "Wine-Topic", 0, &prop);
     ok(hr == MIME_E_NOT_FOUND, "ret %08x\n", hr);
 
+    prop.vt = VT_LPSTR;
     hr = IMimeBody_GetProp(body, "Thread-Topic", 0, &prop);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "ret %08x\n", hr);
     if(hr == S_OK)
@@ -386,6 +388,7 @@ static void test_MessageSetProp(void)
     ok(hr == S_OK, "ret %08x\n", hr);
     PropVariantClear(&prop);
 
+    prop.vt = VT_LPSTR;
     hr = IMimeBody_GetProp(body, PIDTOSTR(PID_HDR_SUBJECT), 0, &prop);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "ret %08x\n", hr);
     if(hr == S_OK)
@@ -396,6 +399,7 @@ static void test_MessageSetProp(void)
     }
 
     /* Using the name or PID returns the same result. */
+    prop.vt = VT_LPSTR;
     hr = IMimeBody_GetProp(body, "Subject", 0, &prop);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "ret %08x\n", hr);
     if(hr == S_OK)
@@ -405,6 +409,16 @@ static void test_MessageSetProp(void)
         PropVariantClear(&prop);
     }
 
+    prop.vt = VT_LPWSTR;
+    hr = IMimeBody_GetProp(body, "Subject", 0, &prop);
+    ok(hr == S_OK, "ret %08x\n", hr);
+    if(hr == S_OK)
+    {
+        ok(prop.vt == VT_LPWSTR, "type %d\n", prop.vt);
+        ok(!lstrcmpW(prop.u.pwszVal, topicW), "got %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(prop.u.pwszVal));
+        PropVariantClear(&prop);
+    }
+
     prop.vt = VT_LPSTR;
     prop.u.pszVal = CoTaskMemAlloc(strlen(topic)+1);
     strcpy(prop.u.pszVal, topic);