diff --git a/dlls/msctf/documentmgr.c b/dlls/msctf/documentmgr.c
index 44856db632b..37d55557f55 100644
--- a/dlls/msctf/documentmgr.c
+++ b/dlls/msctf/documentmgr.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ typedef struct tagDocumentMgr {
     /* Aggregation */
     ITfCompartmentMgr  *CompartmentMgr;
 
+    ITfContext* initialContext;
     ITfContext*  contextStack[2]; /* limit of 2 contexts */
     ITfThreadMgrEventSink* ThreadMgrSink;
 
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ static void DocumentMgr_Destructor(DocumentMgr *This)
         ITfThreadMgr_Release(tm);
     }
 
+    if (This->initialContext)
+        ITfContext_Release(This->initialContext);
     if (This->contextStack[0])
         ITfContext_Release(This->contextStack[0]);
     if (This->contextStack[1])
@@ -222,14 +225,21 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI DocumentMgr_Pop(ITfDocumentMgr *iface, DWORD dwFlags)
 static HRESULT WINAPI DocumentMgr_GetTop(ITfDocumentMgr *iface, ITfContext **ppic)
 {
     DocumentMgr *This = impl_from_ITfDocumentMgr(iface);
+    ITfContext *tgt;
+
     TRACE("(%p)\n",This);
     if (!ppic)
         return E_INVALIDARG;
 
     if (This->contextStack[0])
-        ITfContext_AddRef(This->contextStack[0]);
+        tgt = This->contextStack[0];
+    else
+        tgt = This->initialContext;
 
-    *ppic = This->contextStack[0];
+    if (tgt)
+        ITfContext_AddRef(tgt);
+
+    *ppic = tgt;
 
     return S_OK;
 }
@@ -245,8 +255,10 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI DocumentMgr_GetBase(ITfDocumentMgr *iface, ITfContext **pp
 
     if (This->contextStack[1])
         tgt = This->contextStack[1];
-    else
+    else if (This->contextStack[0])
         tgt = This->contextStack[0];
+    else
+        tgt = This->initialContext;
 
     if (tgt)
         ITfContext_AddRef(tgt);
@@ -342,6 +354,7 @@ static const ITfSourceVtbl DocumentMgrSourceVtbl =
 HRESULT DocumentMgr_Constructor(ITfThreadMgrEventSink *ThreadMgrSink, ITfDocumentMgr **ppOut)
 {
     DocumentMgr *This;
+    DWORD cookie;
 
     This = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(),HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY,sizeof(DocumentMgr));
     if (This == NULL)
@@ -354,6 +367,7 @@ HRESULT DocumentMgr_Constructor(ITfThreadMgrEventSink *ThreadMgrSink, ITfDocumen
     list_init(&This->TransitoryExtensionSink);
 
     CompartmentMgr_Constructor((IUnknown*)&This->ITfDocumentMgr_iface, &IID_IUnknown, (IUnknown**)&This->CompartmentMgr);
+    Context_Constructor(processId,NULL,&This->ITfDocumentMgr_iface, &This->initialContext, &cookie);
 
     *ppOut = &This->ITfDocumentMgr_iface;
     TRACE("returning %p\n", *ppOut);
diff --git a/dlls/msctf/tests/inputprocessor.c b/dlls/msctf/tests/inputprocessor.c
index 81e692d1d2b..f21042a794c 100644
--- a/dlls/msctf/tests/inputprocessor.c
+++ b/dlls/msctf/tests/inputprocessor.c
@@ -1639,10 +1639,10 @@ static HRESULT TextEditSink_Constructor(ITfTextEditSink **ppOut)
 static void test_startSession(void)
 {
     HRESULT hr;
-    DWORD cnt;
+    DWORD cnt, initial_ctx_cnt;
     DWORD editCookie;
     ITfDocumentMgr *dmtest;
-    ITfContext *cxt,*cxt2,*cxt3,*cxtTest;
+    ITfContext *cxt,*cxt2,*cxt3,*cxtTest,*initial_ctx;
     ITextStoreACP *ts = NULL;
     TfClientId cid2 = 0;
     ITfThreadMgrEx *tmex;
@@ -1684,6 +1684,23 @@ static void test_startSession(void)
     hr = ITfThreadMgr_CreateDocumentMgr(g_tm,&g_dm);
     ok(SUCCEEDED(hr),"CreateDocumentMgr failed\n");
 
+    test_OnPushContext = SINK_EXPECTED;
+    test_OnInitDocumentMgr = SINK_EXPECTED;
+
+    /* For some reason, even when the object isn't initialized, this yields a context */
+    hr = ITfDocumentMgr_GetBase(g_dm, &initial_ctx);
+    ok(SUCCEEDED(hr), "GetBase Failed\n");
+    hr = ITfDocumentMgr_GetTop(g_dm, &cxtTest);
+    ok(SUCCEEDED(hr), "GetTop Failed\n");
+    ok(cxtTest == initial_ctx, "GetTop != GetBase\n");
+
+    ok(initial_ctx != NULL, "Expected initial context\n");
+    initial_ctx_cnt = check_context_refcount(initial_ctx);
+    hr = ITfContext_GetDocumentMgr(initial_ctx,&dmtest);
+    ok(hr == S_OK, "ITfContext_GetDocumentMgr failed with %x\n",hr);
+    ok(dmtest == g_dm, "Wrong documentmgr\n");
+    ITfDocumentMgr_Release(dmtest);
+
     test_EnumDocumentMgr(g_tm,g_dm,NULL);
 
     hr = ITfThreadMgr_CreateDocumentMgr(g_tm,&dmtest);
@@ -1740,6 +1757,7 @@ static void test_startSession(void)
     test_OnPushContext = SINK_EXPECTED;
     test_ACP_AdviseSink = SINK_EXPECTED;
     test_OnInitDocumentMgr = SINK_EXPECTED;
+
     hr = ITfDocumentMgr_Push(g_dm, cxt);
     ok(SUCCEEDED(hr),"Push Failed\n");
     ok(check_context_refcount(cxt) > cnt, "Ref count did not increase\n");
@@ -1749,6 +1767,9 @@ static void test_startSession(void)
 
     test_EnumContexts(g_dm, cxt);
 
+    /* the initial context is released with the document manager */
+    ok(initial_ctx_cnt == check_context_refcount(initial_ctx), "Context ref count changed after documentmgr initialization\n");
+
     hr = ITfDocumentMgr_GetTop(g_dm, &cxtTest);
     ok(SUCCEEDED(hr),"GetTop Failed\n");
     ok(cxtTest == cxt, "Wrong context on top\n");
@@ -1859,6 +1880,7 @@ static void test_startSession(void)
     ITfContext_Release(cxt);
     ITfContext_Release(cxt2);
     ITfContext_Release(cxt3);
+    ITfContext_Release(initial_ctx);
     ITextStoreACP_Release(ts);
 }