diff --git a/dlls/kernelbase/console.c b/dlls/kernelbase/console.c
index 9fc34e3c9bc..47329886f07 100644
--- a/dlls/kernelbase/console.c
+++ b/dlls/kernelbase/console.c
@@ -1634,17 +1634,12 @@ BOOL WINAPI ReadConsoleW( HANDLE handle, void *buffer, DWORD length, DWORD *coun
 BOOL WINAPI DECLSPEC_HOTPATCH WriteConsoleA( HANDLE handle, const void *buffer, DWORD length,
                                              DWORD *written, void *reserved )
 {
-    UINT cp = GetConsoleOutputCP();
-    LPWSTR strW;
-    DWORD lenW;
     BOOL ret;
 
-    if (written) *written = 0;
-    lenW = MultiByteToWideChar( cp, 0, buffer, length, NULL, 0 );
-    if (!(strW = HeapAlloc( GetProcessHeap(), 0, lenW * sizeof(WCHAR) ))) return FALSE;
-    MultiByteToWideChar( cp, 0, buffer, length, strW, lenW );
-    ret = WriteConsoleW( handle, strW, lenW, written, 0 );
-    HeapFree( GetProcessHeap(), 0, strW );
+    TRACE( "(%p,%s,%d,%p,%p)\n", handle, debugstr_an(buffer, length), length, written, reserved );
+
+    ret = console_ioctl( handle, IOCTL_CONDRV_WRITE_FILE, (void *)buffer, length, NULL, 0, NULL );
+    if (written) *written = ret ? length : 0;
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/wine/condrv.h b/include/wine/condrv.h
index cf2524edc66..711341a2f6c 100644
--- a/include/wine/condrv.h
+++ b/include/wine/condrv.h
@@ -43,13 +43,14 @@
 
 /* console output ioctls */
 #define IOCTL_CONDRV_WRITE_CONSOLE         CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 30, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_WRITE_ACCESS)
-#define IOCTL_CONDRV_READ_OUTPUT           CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 31, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_READ_ACCESS)
-#define IOCTL_CONDRV_WRITE_OUTPUT          CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 32, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_WRITE_ACCESS)
-#define IOCTL_CONDRV_GET_OUTPUT_INFO       CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 33, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_READ_ACCESS)
-#define IOCTL_CONDRV_SET_OUTPUT_INFO       CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 34, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_WRITE_ACCESS)
-#define IOCTL_CONDRV_ACTIVATE              CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 35, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_WRITE_ACCESS)
-#define IOCTL_CONDRV_FILL_OUTPUT           CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 36, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_WRITE_ACCESS)
-#define IOCTL_CONDRV_SCROLL                CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 37, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_WRITE_ACCESS)
+#define IOCTL_CONDRV_WRITE_FILE            CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 31, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_WRITE_ACCESS)
+#define IOCTL_CONDRV_READ_OUTPUT           CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 32, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_READ_ACCESS)
+#define IOCTL_CONDRV_WRITE_OUTPUT          CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 33, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_WRITE_ACCESS)
+#define IOCTL_CONDRV_GET_OUTPUT_INFO       CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 34, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_READ_ACCESS)
+#define IOCTL_CONDRV_SET_OUTPUT_INFO       CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 35, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_WRITE_ACCESS)
+#define IOCTL_CONDRV_ACTIVATE              CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 36, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_WRITE_ACCESS)
+#define IOCTL_CONDRV_FILL_OUTPUT           CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 37, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_WRITE_ACCESS)
+#define IOCTL_CONDRV_SCROLL                CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 38, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_WRITE_ACCESS)
 
 /* console connection ioctls */
 #define IOCTL_CONDRV_BIND_PID              CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_CONSOLE, 51, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_ANY_ACCESS)
diff --git a/programs/conhost/conhost.c b/programs/conhost/conhost.c
index c7562974222..edd5fd97b40 100644
--- a/programs/conhost/conhost.c
+++ b/programs/conhost/conhost.c
@@ -2292,6 +2292,22 @@ static NTSTATUS screen_buffer_ioctl( struct screen_buffer *screen_buffer, unsign
         if (in_size % sizeof(WCHAR) || *out_size) return STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER;
         return write_console( screen_buffer, in_data, in_size / sizeof(WCHAR) );
 
+    case IOCTL_CONDRV_WRITE_FILE:
+        {
+            unsigned int len;
+            WCHAR *buf;
+            NTSTATUS status;
+
+            len = MultiByteToWideChar( screen_buffer->console->output_cp, 0, in_data, in_size,
+                                       NULL, 0 );
+            if (!len) return STATUS_SUCCESS;
+            if (!(buf = malloc( len * sizeof(WCHAR) ))) return STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
+            MultiByteToWideChar( screen_buffer->console->output_cp, 0, in_data, in_size, buf, len );
+            status = write_console( screen_buffer, buf, len );
+            free( buf );
+            return status;
+        }
+
     case IOCTL_CONDRV_WRITE_OUTPUT:
         if ((*out_size != sizeof(DWORD) && *out_size != sizeof(SMALL_RECT)) ||
             in_size < sizeof(struct condrv_output_params))