diff --git a/dlls/avifil32/Makefile.in b/dlls/avifil32/Makefile.in
index 67577ef5904..92026ba3854 100644
--- a/dlls/avifil32/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/avifil32/Makefile.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ TOPOBJDIR = ../..
 SRCDIR    = @srcdir@
 VPATH     = @srcdir@
 MODULE    = avifil32.dll
-IMPORTS   = msacm32 msvfw32 shell32 winmm user32 advapi32 kernel32
+IMPORTS   = msacm32 msvfw32 shell32 winmm ole32 user32 advapi32 kernel32
 ALTNAMES  = avifile.dll
 EXTRALIBS = $(LIBUUID)
 
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ C_SRCS = \
 	factory.c \
 	getframe.c \
 	icmstream.c \
+	regsvr.c \
 	tmpfile.c \
 	wavfile.c
 
diff --git a/dlls/avifil32/avifil32.spec b/dlls/avifil32/avifil32.spec
index 0e20f194574..7b62a28b23c 100644
--- a/dlls/avifil32/avifil32.spec
+++ b/dlls/avifil32/avifil32.spec
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
 @ stdcall CreateEditableStream(ptr ptr)
 @ stdcall -private DllCanUnloadNow() AVIFILE_DllCanUnloadNow
 @ stdcall -private DllGetClassObject(ptr ptr ptr) AVIFILE_DllGetClassObject
+@ stdcall -private DllRegisterServer() AVIFILE_DllRegisterServer
+@ stdcall -private DllUnregisterServer() AVIFILE_DllUnregisterServer
 @ stdcall EditStreamClone(ptr ptr)
 @ stdcall EditStreamCopy(ptr ptr ptr ptr)
 @ stdcall EditStreamCut(ptr ptr ptr ptr)
diff --git a/dlls/avifil32/regsvr.c b/dlls/avifil32/regsvr.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6aa1bf62723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dlls/avifil32/regsvr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,578 @@
+/*
+ *	self-registerable dll functions for avifile.dll and avifil32.dll
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 John K. Hohm
+ *
+ * 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+#define COM_NO_WINDOWS_H
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "windef.h"
+#include "winbase.h"
+#include "winuser.h"
+#include "winreg.h"
+#include "winerror.h"
+
+#include "mmsystem.h"
+#include "vfw.h"
+#include "avifile_private.h"
+
+#include "wine/debug.h"
+
+WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(avifile);
+
+/*
+ * Near the bottom of this file are the exported DllRegisterServer and
+ * DllUnregisterServer, which make all this worthwhile.
+ */
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		interface for self-registering
+ */
+struct regsvr_interface
+{
+    IID const *iid;		/* NULL for end of list */
+    LPCSTR name;		/* can be NULL to omit */
+    IID const *base_iid;	/* can be NULL to omit */
+    int num_methods;		/* can be <0 to omit */
+    CLSID const *ps_clsid;	/* can be NULL to omit */
+    CLSID const *ps_clsid32;	/* can be NULL to omit */
+};
+
+static HRESULT register_interfaces(struct regsvr_interface const *list);
+static HRESULT unregister_interfaces(struct regsvr_interface const *list);
+
+struct regsvr_coclass
+{
+    CLSID const *clsid;		/* NULL for end of list */
+    LPCSTR name;		/* can be NULL to omit */
+    LPCSTR ips;			/* can be NULL to omit */
+    LPCSTR ips32;		/* can be NULL to omit */
+    LPCSTR ips32_tmodel;	/* can be NULL to omit */
+    LPCSTR progid;		/* can be NULL to omit */
+    LPCSTR viprogid;		/* can be NULL to omit */
+    LPCSTR progid_extra;	/* can be NULL to omit */
+};
+
+static HRESULT register_coclasses(struct regsvr_coclass const *list);
+static HRESULT unregister_coclasses(struct regsvr_coclass const *list);
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		static string constants
+ */
+static WCHAR const interface_keyname[10] = {
+    'I', 'n', 't', 'e', 'r', 'f', 'a', 'c', 'e', 0 };
+static WCHAR const base_ifa_keyname[14] = {
+    'B', 'a', 's', 'e', 'I', 'n', 't', 'e', 'r', 'f', 'a', 'c',
+    'e', 0 };
+static WCHAR const num_methods_keyname[11] = {
+    'N', 'u', 'm', 'M', 'e', 't', 'h', 'o', 'd', 's', 0 };
+static WCHAR const ps_clsid_keyname[15] = {
+    'P', 'r', 'o', 'x', 'y', 'S', 't', 'u', 'b', 'C', 'l', 's',
+    'i', 'd', 0 };
+static WCHAR const ps_clsid32_keyname[17] = {
+    'P', 'r', 'o', 'x', 'y', 'S', 't', 'u', 'b', 'C', 'l', 's',
+    'i', 'd', '3', '2', 0 };
+static WCHAR const clsid_keyname[6] = {
+    'C', 'L', 'S', 'I', 'D', 0 };
+static WCHAR const curver_keyname[7] = {
+    'C', 'u', 'r', 'V', 'e', 'r', 0 };
+static WCHAR const ips_keyname[13] = {
+    'I', 'n', 'P', 'r', 'o', 'c', 'S', 'e', 'r', 'v', 'e', 'r',
+    0 };
+static WCHAR const ips32_keyname[15] = {
+    'I', 'n', 'P', 'r', 'o', 'c', 'S', 'e', 'r', 'v', 'e', 'r',
+    '3', '2', 0 };
+static WCHAR const progid_keyname[7] = {
+    'P', 'r', 'o', 'g', 'I', 'D', 0 };
+static WCHAR const viprogid_keyname[25] = {
+    'V', 'e', 'r', 's', 'i', 'o', 'n', 'I', 'n', 'd', 'e', 'p',
+    'e', 'n', 'd', 'e', 'n', 't', 'P', 'r', 'o', 'g', 'I', 'D',
+    0 };
+static char const tmodel_valuename[] = "ThreadingModel";
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		static helper functions
+ */
+static LONG register_key_guid(HKEY base, WCHAR const *name, GUID const *guid);
+static LONG register_key_defvalueW(HKEY base, WCHAR const *name,
+				   WCHAR const *value);
+static LONG register_key_defvalueA(HKEY base, WCHAR const *name,
+				   char const *value);
+static LONG register_progid(WCHAR const *clsid,
+			    char const *progid, char const *curver_progid,
+			    char const *name, char const *extra);
+static LONG recursive_delete_key(HKEY key);
+static LONG recursive_delete_keyA(HKEY base, char const *name);
+static LONG recursive_delete_keyW(HKEY base, WCHAR const *name);
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		register_interfaces
+ */
+static HRESULT register_interfaces(struct regsvr_interface const *list)
+{
+    LONG res = ERROR_SUCCESS;
+    HKEY interface_key;
+
+    res = RegCreateKeyExW(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, interface_keyname, 0, NULL, 0,
+			  KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, NULL, &interface_key, NULL);
+    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_return;
+
+    for (; res == ERROR_SUCCESS && list->iid; ++list) {
+	WCHAR buf[39];
+	HKEY iid_key;
+
+	StringFromGUID2(list->iid, buf, 39);
+	res = RegCreateKeyExW(interface_key, buf, 0, NULL, 0,
+			      KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, NULL, &iid_key, NULL);
+	if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_interface_key;
+
+	if (list->name) {
+	    res = RegSetValueExA(iid_key, NULL, 0, REG_SZ,
+				 (CONST BYTE*)(list->name),
+				 strlen(list->name) + 1);
+	    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_iid_key;
+	}
+
+	if (list->base_iid) {
+	    register_key_guid(iid_key, base_ifa_keyname, list->base_iid);
+	    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_iid_key;
+	}
+
+	if (0 <= list->num_methods) {
+	    static WCHAR const fmt[3] = { '%', 'd', 0 };
+	    HKEY key;
+
+	    res = RegCreateKeyExW(iid_key, num_methods_keyname, 0, NULL, 0,
+				  KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, NULL, &key, NULL);
+	    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_iid_key;
+
+	    wsprintfW(buf, fmt, list->num_methods);
+	    res = RegSetValueExW(key, NULL, 0, REG_SZ,
+				 (CONST BYTE*)buf,
+				 (lstrlenW(buf) + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR));
+	    RegCloseKey(key);
+
+	    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_iid_key;
+	}
+
+	if (list->ps_clsid) {
+	    register_key_guid(iid_key, ps_clsid_keyname, list->ps_clsid);
+	    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_iid_key;
+	}
+
+	if (list->ps_clsid32) {
+	    register_key_guid(iid_key, ps_clsid32_keyname, list->ps_clsid32);
+	    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_iid_key;
+	}
+
+    error_close_iid_key:
+	RegCloseKey(iid_key);
+    }
+
+error_close_interface_key:
+    RegCloseKey(interface_key);
+error_return:
+    return res != ERROR_SUCCESS ? HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(res) : S_OK;
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		unregister_interfaces
+ */
+static HRESULT unregister_interfaces(struct regsvr_interface const *list)
+{
+    LONG res = ERROR_SUCCESS;
+    HKEY interface_key;
+
+    res = RegOpenKeyExW(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, interface_keyname, 0,
+			KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, &interface_key);
+    if (res == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) return S_OK;
+    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_return;
+
+    for (; res == ERROR_SUCCESS && list->iid; ++list) {
+	WCHAR buf[39];
+
+	StringFromGUID2(list->iid, buf, 39);
+	res = recursive_delete_keyW(interface_key, buf);
+    }
+
+    RegCloseKey(interface_key);
+error_return:
+    return res != ERROR_SUCCESS ? HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(res) : S_OK;
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		register_coclasses
+ */
+static HRESULT register_coclasses(struct regsvr_coclass const *list)
+{
+    LONG res = ERROR_SUCCESS;
+    HKEY coclass_key;
+
+    res = RegCreateKeyExW(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, clsid_keyname, 0, NULL, 0,
+			  KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, NULL, &coclass_key, NULL);
+    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_return;
+
+    for (; res == ERROR_SUCCESS && list->clsid; ++list) {
+	WCHAR buf[39];
+	HKEY clsid_key;
+
+	StringFromGUID2(list->clsid, buf, 39);
+	res = RegCreateKeyExW(coclass_key, buf, 0, NULL, 0,
+			      KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, NULL, &clsid_key, NULL);
+	if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_coclass_key;
+
+	if (list->name) {
+	    res = RegSetValueExA(clsid_key, NULL, 0, REG_SZ,
+				 (CONST BYTE*)(list->name),
+				 strlen(list->name) + 1);
+	    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_clsid_key;
+	}
+
+	if (list->ips) {
+	    res = register_key_defvalueA(clsid_key, ips_keyname, list->ips);
+	    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_clsid_key;
+	}
+
+	if (list->ips32) {
+	    HKEY ips32_key;
+
+	    res = RegCreateKeyExW(clsid_key, ips32_keyname, 0, NULL, 0,
+				  KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, NULL,
+				  &ips32_key, NULL);
+	    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_clsid_key;
+
+	    res = RegSetValueExA(ips32_key, NULL, 0, REG_SZ,
+				 (CONST BYTE*)list->ips32,
+				 lstrlenA(list->ips32) + 1);
+	    if (res == ERROR_SUCCESS && list->ips32_tmodel)
+		res = RegSetValueExA(ips32_key, tmodel_valuename, 0, REG_SZ,
+				     (CONST BYTE*)list->ips32_tmodel,
+				     strlen(list->ips32_tmodel) + 1);
+	    RegCloseKey(ips32_key);
+	    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_clsid_key;
+	}
+
+	if (list->progid) {
+	    res = register_key_defvalueA(clsid_key, progid_keyname,
+					 list->progid);
+	    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_clsid_key;
+
+	    res = register_progid(buf, list->progid, NULL,
+				  list->name, list->progid_extra);
+	    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_clsid_key;
+	}
+
+	if (list->viprogid) {
+	    res = register_key_defvalueA(clsid_key, viprogid_keyname,
+					 list->viprogid);
+	    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_clsid_key;
+
+	    res = register_progid(buf, list->viprogid, list->progid,
+				  list->name, list->progid_extra);
+	    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_clsid_key;
+	}
+
+    error_close_clsid_key:
+	RegCloseKey(clsid_key);
+    }
+
+error_close_coclass_key:
+    RegCloseKey(coclass_key);
+error_return:
+    return res != ERROR_SUCCESS ? HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(res) : S_OK;
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		unregister_coclasses
+ */
+static HRESULT unregister_coclasses(struct regsvr_coclass const *list)
+{
+    LONG res = ERROR_SUCCESS;
+    HKEY coclass_key;
+
+    res = RegOpenKeyExW(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, clsid_keyname, 0,
+			KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, &coclass_key);
+    if (res == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) return S_OK;
+    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_return;
+
+    for (; res == ERROR_SUCCESS && list->clsid; ++list) {
+	WCHAR buf[39];
+
+	StringFromGUID2(list->clsid, buf, 39);
+	res = recursive_delete_keyW(coclass_key, buf);
+	if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_coclass_key;
+
+	if (list->progid) {
+	    res = recursive_delete_keyA(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, list->progid);
+	    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_coclass_key;
+	}
+
+	if (list->viprogid) {
+	    res = recursive_delete_keyA(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, list->viprogid);
+	    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_coclass_key;
+	}
+    }
+
+error_close_coclass_key:
+    RegCloseKey(coclass_key);
+error_return:
+    return res != ERROR_SUCCESS ? HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(res) : S_OK;
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		regsvr_key_guid
+ */
+static LONG register_key_guid(HKEY base, WCHAR const *name, GUID const *guid)
+{
+    WCHAR buf[39];
+
+    StringFromGUID2(guid, buf, 39);
+    return register_key_defvalueW(base, name, buf);
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		regsvr_key_defvalueW
+ */
+static LONG register_key_defvalueW(
+    HKEY base,
+    WCHAR const *name,
+    WCHAR const *value)
+{
+    LONG res;
+    HKEY key;
+
+    res = RegCreateKeyExW(base, name, 0, NULL, 0,
+			  KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, NULL, &key, NULL);
+    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) return res;
+    res = RegSetValueExW(key, NULL, 0, REG_SZ, (CONST BYTE*)value,
+			 (lstrlenW(value) + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR));
+    RegCloseKey(key);
+    return res;
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		regsvr_key_defvalueA
+ */
+static LONG register_key_defvalueA(
+    HKEY base,
+    WCHAR const *name,
+    char const *value)
+{
+    LONG res;
+    HKEY key;
+
+    res = RegCreateKeyExW(base, name, 0, NULL, 0,
+			  KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, NULL, &key, NULL);
+    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) return res;
+    res = RegSetValueExA(key, NULL, 0, REG_SZ, (CONST BYTE*)value,
+			 lstrlenA(value) + 1);
+    RegCloseKey(key);
+    return res;
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		regsvr_progid
+ */
+static LONG register_progid(
+    WCHAR const *clsid,
+    char const *progid,
+    char const *curver_progid,
+    char const *name,
+    char const *extra)
+{
+    LONG res;
+    HKEY progid_key;
+
+    res = RegCreateKeyExA(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, progid, 0,
+			  NULL, 0, KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, NULL,
+			  &progid_key, NULL);
+    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) return res;
+
+    if (name) {
+	res = RegSetValueExA(progid_key, NULL, 0, REG_SZ,
+			     (CONST BYTE*)name, strlen(name) + 1);
+	if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_progid_key;
+    }
+
+    if (clsid) {
+	res = register_key_defvalueW(progid_key, clsid_keyname, clsid);
+	if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_progid_key;
+    }
+
+    if (curver_progid) {
+	res = register_key_defvalueA(progid_key, curver_keyname,
+				     curver_progid);
+	if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto error_close_progid_key;
+    }
+
+    if (extra) {
+	HKEY extra_key;
+
+	res = RegCreateKeyExA(progid_key, extra, 0,
+			      NULL, 0, KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, NULL,
+			      &extra_key, NULL);
+	if (res == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+	    RegCloseKey(extra_key);
+    }
+
+error_close_progid_key:
+    RegCloseKey(progid_key);
+    return res;
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		recursive_delete_key
+ */
+static LONG recursive_delete_key(HKEY key)
+{
+    LONG res;
+    WCHAR subkey_name[MAX_PATH];
+    DWORD cName;
+    HKEY subkey;
+
+    for (;;) {
+	cName = sizeof(subkey_name) / sizeof(WCHAR);
+	res = RegEnumKeyExW(key, 0, subkey_name, &cName,
+			    NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS && res != ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
+	    res = ERROR_SUCCESS; /* presumably we're done enumerating */
+	    break;
+	}
+	res = RegOpenKeyExW(key, subkey_name, 0,
+			    KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, &subkey);
+	if (res == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) continue;
+	if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) break;
+
+	res = recursive_delete_key(subkey);
+	RegCloseKey(subkey);
+	if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) break;
+    }
+
+    if (res == ERROR_SUCCESS) res = RegDeleteKeyW(key, 0);
+    return res;
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		recursive_delete_keyA
+ */
+static LONG recursive_delete_keyA(HKEY base, char const *name)
+{
+    LONG res;
+    HKEY key;
+
+    res = RegOpenKeyExA(base, name, 0, KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, &key);
+    if (res == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) return ERROR_SUCCESS;
+    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) return res;
+    res = recursive_delete_key(key);
+    RegCloseKey(key);
+    return res;
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		recursive_delete_keyW
+ */
+static LONG recursive_delete_keyW(HKEY base, WCHAR const *name)
+{
+    LONG res;
+    HKEY key;
+
+    res = RegOpenKeyExW(base, name, 0, KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, &key);
+    if (res == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) return ERROR_SUCCESS;
+    if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) return res;
+    res = recursive_delete_key(key);
+    RegCloseKey(key);
+    return res;
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		coclass list
+ */
+static GUID const CLSID_AVIProxy = {
+    0x0002000D, 0x0000, 0x0000, {0xC0,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x46} };
+
+static struct regsvr_coclass const coclass_list[] = {
+    {   &CLSID_AVIFile,
+	"Microsoft AVI Files",
+	"avifile.dll",
+	"avifil32.dll",
+	"Apartment"
+    },
+    {   &CLSID_ICMStream,
+	"AVI Compressed Stream",
+	"avifile.dll",
+	"avifil32.dll",
+	"Apartment"
+    },
+    {   &CLSID_WAVFile,
+	"Microsoft Wave File",
+	"avifile.dll",
+	"avifil32.dll",
+	"Apartment"
+    },
+    {   &CLSID_AVIProxy,
+	"IAVIStream & IAVIFile Proxy",
+	"avifile.dll",
+	"avifil32.dll",
+	"Apartment"
+    },
+    {   &CLSID_ACMStream,
+	"ACM Compressed Audio Stream",
+	"avifile.dll",
+	"avifil32.dll",
+	"Apartment"
+    },
+    { NULL }			/* list terminator */
+};
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		interface list
+ */
+
+static struct regsvr_interface const interface_list[] = {
+    { NULL }			/* list terminator */
+};
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		DllRegisterServer (AVIFILE.@)
+ */
+HRESULT WINAPI AVIFILE_DllRegisterServer(void)
+{
+    HRESULT hr;
+
+    TRACE("\n");
+
+    hr = register_coclasses(coclass_list);
+    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
+	hr = register_interfaces(interface_list);
+    return hr;
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *		DllUnregisterServer (AVIFILE.@)
+ */
+HRESULT WINAPI AVIFILE_DllUnregisterServer(void)
+{
+    HRESULT hr;
+
+    TRACE("\n");
+
+    hr = unregister_coclasses(coclass_list);
+    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
+	hr = unregister_interfaces(interface_list);
+    return hr;
+}
diff --git a/dlls/avifil32/rsrc.rc b/dlls/avifil32/rsrc.rc
index 0563c8c18a2..f973c460915 100644
--- a/dlls/avifil32/rsrc.rc
+++ b/dlls/avifil32/rsrc.rc
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ FILETYPE	VFT_DLL
       VALUE "OriginalFileName", "AVIFIL32.DLL\000"
       VALUE "ProductName", "Wine\000"
       VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.00\000"
+      VALUE "OLESelfRegister", ""
     }
   }
 }