diff --git a/dlls/localspl/Makefile.in b/dlls/localspl/Makefile.in
index 7d80fb783ad..0e741791fb1 100644
--- a/dlls/localspl/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/localspl/Makefile.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ MODULE    = localspl.dll
 IMPORTS   = kernel32
 
 C_SRCS = \
+	localmon.c \
 	localspl_main.c
 
 @MAKE_DLL_RULES@
diff --git a/dlls/localspl/localmon.c b/dlls/localspl/localmon.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6665585f32b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dlls/localspl/localmon.c
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Implementation of the Local Printmonitor
+ *
+ * Copyright 2006 Detlef Riekenberg
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
+ */
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#define COBJMACROS
+#define NONAMELESSUNION
+
+#include "windef.h"
+#include "winbase.h"
+#include "wingdi.h"
+#include "winuser.h"
+#include "winreg.h"
+#include "winver.h"
+#include "winnls.h"
+
+#include "winspool.h"
+#include "ddk/winsplp.h"
+
+#include "wine/unicode.h"
+#include "wine/debug.h"
+
+
+WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(localspl);
+
+/*****************************************************
+ *      InitializePrintMonitor  (LOCALSPL.@)
+ *
+ * Initialize the Monitor for the Local Ports
+ *
+ * PARAMS
+ *  regroot [I] Registry-Path, where the settings are stored
+ *
+ * RETURNS
+ *  Success: Pointer to a MONITOREX Structure
+ *  Failure: NULL
+ *
+ * NOTES
+ *  Native localspl.dll fails, when the Section "Ports" is missing in "win.ini".
+ *
+ */
+
+LPMONITOREX WINAPI InitializePrintMonitor(LPWSTR regroot)
+{
+    FIXME("(%s) stub\n", debugstr_w(regroot));
+    if (!regroot || !regroot[0]) {
+        SetLastError(ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    SetLastError(ERROR_CALL_NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
+    return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/dlls/localspl/localspl_main.c b/dlls/localspl/localspl_main.c
index 0bc94f6890f..48d1efb53b4 100644
--- a/dlls/localspl/localspl_main.c
+++ b/dlls/localspl/localspl_main.c
@@ -58,14 +58,3 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hinstDLL, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved)
     }
     return TRUE;
 }
-
-
-/*****************************************************
- *   InitializePrintMonitor  (LOCALSPL.@)
- */
-
-LPMONITOREX WINAPI InitializePrintMonitor(LPWSTR regroot)
-{
-    FIXME("(%s) stub\n", debugstr_w(regroot));
-    return NULL;
-}