diff --git a/dlls/msvcr80/msvcr80.spec b/dlls/msvcr80/msvcr80.spec
index 20a9d1b7d4e..dc4c219986b 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcr80/msvcr80.spec
+++ b/dlls/msvcr80/msvcr80.spec
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
 @ stub _fwprintf_p_l
 @ stub _fwprintf_s_l
 @ stub _fwrite_nolock
-@ stub _fwscanf_l
+@ varargs _fwscanf_l(ptr wstr ptr) msvcrt._fwscanf_l
 @ stub _fwscanf_s_l
 @ cdecl _gcvt(double long str) msvcrt._gcvt
 @ stub _gcvt_s
diff --git a/dlls/msvcr90/msvcr90.spec b/dlls/msvcr90/msvcr90.spec
index 60f613274e2..eae71a39b6c 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcr90/msvcr90.spec
+++ b/dlls/msvcr90/msvcr90.spec
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
 @ stub _fwprintf_p_l
 @ stub _fwprintf_s_l
 @ stub _fwrite_nolock
-@ stub _fwscanf_l
+@ varargs _fwscanf_l(ptr wstr ptr) msvcrt._fwscanf_l
 @ stub _fwscanf_s_l
 @ cdecl _gcvt(double long str) msvcrt._gcvt
 @ stub _gcvt_s
diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/msvcrt.spec b/dlls/msvcrt/msvcrt.spec
index 2c2f93b74e5..46c8acb0fa4 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/msvcrt.spec
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/msvcrt.spec
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
 # stub _fwprintf_p
 # stub _fwprintf_p_l
 # stub _fwprintf_s_l
-# stub _fwscanf_l
+@ varargs _fwscanf_l(ptr wstr ptr) MSVCRT__fwscanf_l
 # stub _fwscanf_s_l
 @ cdecl _gcvt(double long str)
 # stub _gcvt_s
diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/scanf.c b/dlls/msvcrt/scanf.c
index 4d294fffabb..bcad0046cf2 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/scanf.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/scanf.c
@@ -159,6 +159,21 @@ int CDECL MSVCRT_fwscanf(MSVCRT_FILE *file, const MSVCRT_wchar_t *format, ...)
     return res;
 }
 
+/*********************************************************************
+ *		_fwscanf_l (MSVCRT.@)
+ */
+int CDECL MSVCRT__fwscanf_l(MSVCRT_FILE *file, const MSVCRT_wchar_t *format,
+        MSVCRT__locale_t locale, ...)
+{
+    __ms_va_list valist;
+    int res;
+
+    __ms_va_start(valist, locale);
+    res = MSVCRT_vfwscanf_l(file, format, locale, valist);
+    __ms_va_end(valist);
+    return res;
+}
+
 /*********************************************************************
  *		wscanf (MSVCRT.@)
  */