diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/msvcrt.spec b/dlls/msvcrt/msvcrt.spec
index a8578bdccee..23d29a382c2 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/msvcrt.spec
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/msvcrt.spec
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@
 # stub _wcslwr_s_l(wstr long ptr)
 @ cdecl _wcsncoll(wstr wstr long) MSVCRT__wcsncoll
 @ cdecl _wcsncoll_l(wstr wstr long ptr) MSVCRT__wcsncoll_l
-@ cdecl _wcsnicmp(wstr wstr long) ntdll._wcsnicmp
+@ cdecl _wcsnicmp(wstr wstr long) MSVCRT__wcsnicmp
 # stub _wcsnicmp_l(wstr wstr long ptr)
 @ cdecl _wcsnicoll(wstr wstr long) MSVCRT__wcsnicoll
 @ cdecl _wcsnicoll_l(wstr wstr long ptr) MSVCRT__wcsnicoll_l
diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/wcs.c b/dlls/msvcrt/wcs.c
index a140e623e2b..5f47ee5ec21 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/wcs.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/wcs.c
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ INT CDECL MSVCRT__wcsicmp( const MSVCRT_wchar_t* str1, const MSVCRT_wchar_t* str
     return strcmpiW( str1, str2 );
 }
 
+/*********************************************************************
+ *              _wcsnicmp (MSVCRT.@)
+ */
+INT CDECL MSVCRT__wcsnicmp(const MSVCRT_wchar_t *str1, const MSVCRT_wchar_t *str2, INT n)
+{
+    return strncmpiW(str1, str2, n);
+}
+
 /*********************************************************************
  *              _wcsicoll_l (MSVCRT.@)
  */