diff --git a/dlls/shell32/iconcache.c b/dlls/shell32/iconcache.c
index d60a4405391..2ced4eadfc2 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/iconcache.c
+++ b/dlls/shell32/iconcache.c
@@ -534,3 +534,44 @@ HICON WINAPI ExtractAssociatedIconExA(HINSTANCE hInst, LPSTR lpIconPath, LPWORD
   HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, lpwstrFile);
   return ret;
 }
+
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * SHDefExtractIconW		[SHELL32.@]
+ */
+HRESULT WINAPI SHDefExtractIconW(LPCWSTR pszIconFile, int iIndex, UINT uFlags,
+                                 HICON* phiconLarge, HICON* phiconSmall, UINT nIconSize)
+{
+	UINT ret;
+	HICON hIcons[2];
+	WARN("%s %d 0x%08x %p %p %d, semi-stub\n", debugstr_w(pszIconFile), iIndex, uFlags, phiconLarge, phiconSmall, nIconSize);
+
+	ret = PrivateExtractIconsW(pszIconFile, iIndex, nIconSize, nIconSize, hIcons, NULL, 2, LR_DEFAULTCOLOR);
+	/* FIXME: deal with uFlags parameter which contains GIL_ flags */
+	if (ret == 0xFFFFFFFF)
+	  return E_FAIL;
+	if (ret > 0) {
+	  *phiconLarge = hIcons[0];
+	  *phiconSmall = hIcons[1];
+	  return S_OK;
+	}
+	return S_FALSE;
+}
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * SHDefExtractIconA		[SHELL32.@]
+ */
+HRESULT WINAPI SHDefExtractIconA(LPCSTR pszIconFile, int iIndex, UINT uFlags,
+                                 HICON* phiconLarge, HICON* phiconSmall, UINT nIconSize)
+{
+  HRESULT ret;
+  INT len = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, pszIconFile, -1, NULL, 0);
+  LPWSTR lpwstrFile = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, len * sizeof(WCHAR));
+
+  TRACE("%s %d 0x%08x %p %p %d\n", pszIconFile, iIndex, uFlags, phiconLarge, phiconSmall, nIconSize);
+
+  MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, pszIconFile, -1, lpwstrFile, len);
+  ret = SHDefExtractIconW(lpwstrFile, iIndex, uFlags, phiconLarge, phiconSmall, nIconSize);
+  HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, lpwstrFile);
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/dlls/shell32/shell32.spec b/dlls/shell32/shell32.spec
index deed19b63df..5606637e2db 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/shell32.spec
+++ b/dlls/shell32/shell32.spec
@@ -411,3 +411,8 @@
 @ stdcall SHGetFolderPathA(long long long long ptr)SHGetFolderPathA
 @ stdcall SHGetFolderPathW(long long long long ptr)SHGetFolderPathW
 @ stdcall SHGetFolderLocation(long long long long ptr)SHGetFolderLocation
+
+# version 6.0 (WinXP)
+# _WIN32_IE >= 0x600
+@ stdcall SHDefExtractIconA(str long long ptr ptr long) SHDefExtractIconA
+@ stdcall SHDefExtractIconW(wstr long long ptr ptr long) SHDefExtractIconW
diff --git a/include/shlobj.h b/include/shlobj.h
index 0107df52acb..04376d94af4 100644
--- a/include/shlobj.h
+++ b/include/shlobj.h
@@ -569,6 +569,15 @@ HRESULT WINAPI SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(HWND, INT, LPITEMIDLIST *);
 
 #define CSIDL_FLAG_MASK		0xff00
 
+/****************************************************************************
+* SHDefExtractIcon API
+*/
+HRESULT WINAPI SHDefExtractIconA(LPCSTR pszIconFile, int iIndex, UINT uFlags,
+                                 HICON* phiconLarge, HICON* phiconSmall, UINT nIconSize);
+HRESULT WINAPI SHDefExtractIconW(LPCWSTR pszIconFile, int iIndex, UINT uFlags,
+                                 HICON* phiconLarge, HICON* phiconSmall, UINT nIconSize);
+#define        SHDefExtractIcon WINELIB_NAME_AW(SHDefExtractIcon)
+
 /*
  * DROPFILES for CF_HDROP and CF_PRINTERS
  */