diff --git a/dlls/dsound/buffer.c b/dlls/dsound/buffer.c
index bc30a8a5448..fafa6fc6015 100644
--- a/dlls/dsound/buffer.c
+++ b/dlls/dsound/buffer.c
@@ -420,6 +420,8 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI IDirectSoundBufferImpl_GetStatus(IDirectSoundBuffer8 *ifac
 		if (This->playflags & DSBPLAY_LOOPING)
 			*status |= DSBSTATUS_LOOPING;
 	}
+	if (This->dsbd.dwFlags & DSBCAPS_LOCDEFER)
+		*status |= DSBSTATUS_LOCSOFTWARE;
 	ReleaseSRWLockShared(&This->lock);
 
 	TRACE("status=%x\n", *status);
diff --git a/dlls/dsound/tests/dsound8.c b/dlls/dsound/tests/dsound8.c
index 81c5710dbaf..85272dd9b55 100644
--- a/dlls/dsound/tests/dsound8.c
+++ b/dlls/dsound/tests/dsound8.c
@@ -1809,6 +1809,79 @@ static void test_effects(void)
     ok(!ref, "Got outstanding refcount %u.\n", ref);
 }
 
+static void test_AcquireResources(void)
+{
+    IDirectSound8 *dsound;
+    IDirectSoundBuffer *primary, *secondary;
+    DSBUFFERDESC bufdesc;
+    WAVEFORMATEX fmt;
+    HRESULT hr;
+
+    hr = DirectSoundCreate8(NULL, &dsound, NULL);
+    ok(hr == DS_OK || hr == DSERR_NODRIVER, "Got hr %#x.\n", hr);
+    if (FAILED(hr))
+        return;
+
+    hr = IDirectSound8_SetCooperativeLevel(dsound, get_hwnd(), DSSCL_PRIORITY);
+    ok(hr == DS_OK, "Got hr %#x.\n", hr);
+
+    bufdesc.dwSize = sizeof(bufdesc);
+    bufdesc.dwFlags = DSBCAPS_GETCURRENTPOSITION2 | DSBCAPS_PRIMARYBUFFER;
+    bufdesc.dwBufferBytes = 0;
+    bufdesc.dwReserved = 0;
+    bufdesc.lpwfxFormat = NULL;
+    bufdesc.guid3DAlgorithm = GUID_NULL;
+
+    hr = IDirectSound8_CreateSoundBuffer(dsound, &bufdesc, &primary, NULL);
+    ok(hr == S_OK, "CreateSoundBuffer failed: %08x\n", hr);
+    if(hr != S_OK) {
+        IDirectSound_Release(dsound);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    fmt.wFormatTag = WAVE_FORMAT_PCM;
+    fmt.nChannels = 2;
+    fmt.nSamplesPerSec = 48000;
+    fmt.wBitsPerSample = 16;
+    fmt.nBlockAlign = fmt.nChannels * fmt.wBitsPerSample / 8;
+    fmt.nAvgBytesPerSec = fmt.nBlockAlign * fmt.nSamplesPerSec;
+    fmt.cbSize = 0;
+
+    bufdesc.lpwfxFormat = &fmt;
+    bufdesc.dwBufferBytes = fmt.nSamplesPerSec * fmt.nBlockAlign / 10;
+    bufdesc.dwFlags = DSBCAPS_LOCDEFER | DSBCAPS_CTRLVOLUME;
+
+    /* see if we can create one more */
+    hr = IDirectSound8_CreateSoundBuffer(dsound, &bufdesc, &secondary, NULL);
+    ok(hr == S_OK, "CreateSoundBuffer gave wrong error: %08x\n", hr);
+    if(hr == S_OK) {
+        DWORD status;
+        IDirectSoundBuffer8 *buffer8;
+
+        hr = IDirectSoundBuffer_QueryInterface(secondary, &IID_IDirectSoundBuffer8, (void **)&buffer8);
+        ok(hr == S_OK, "got: %08x\n", hr);
+
+        status = 0xFFFF;
+        hr = IDirectSoundBuffer8_GetStatus(buffer8, &status);
+        ok(hr == S_OK, "got: %08x\n", hr);
+        todo_wine ok(status == 0, "got: %08x\n", status);
+
+        hr = IDirectSoundBuffer8_AcquireResources(buffer8, 0, 0, NULL);
+        ok(hr == S_OK, "got: %08x\n", hr);
+
+        status = 0xFFFF;
+        hr = IDirectSoundBuffer8_GetStatus(buffer8, &status);
+        ok(hr == S_OK, "got: %08x\n", hr);
+        ok(status == DSBSTATUS_LOCSOFTWARE, "got: %08x\n", status);
+
+        IDirectSoundBuffer8_Release(buffer8);
+        IDirectSoundBuffer_Release(secondary);
+    }
+
+    IDirectSoundBuffer_Release(primary);
+    IDirectSound_Release(dsound);
+}
+
 START_TEST(dsound8)
 {
     DWORD cookie;
@@ -1822,6 +1895,7 @@ START_TEST(dsound8)
     test_hw_buffers();
     test_first_device();
     test_primary_flags();
+    test_AcquireResources();
 
     hr = CoRegisterClassObject(&testdmo_clsid, (IUnknown *)&testdmo_cf,
             CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, REGCLS_MULTIPLEUSE, &cookie);