diff --git a/dlls/msi/msiquery.c b/dlls/msi/msiquery.c
index 6eddf7a8219..682881ee716 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/msiquery.c
+++ b/dlls/msi/msiquery.c
@@ -440,8 +440,15 @@ UINT WINAPI MsiViewClose(MSIHANDLE hView)
     TRACE("%d\n", hView );
 
     query = msihandle2msiinfo( hView, MSIHANDLETYPE_VIEW );
-    if( !query )
-        return ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE;
+    if (!query)
+    {
+        MSIHANDLE remote;
+
+        if (!(remote = msi_get_remote(hView)))
+            return ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE;
+
+        return remote_ViewClose(remote);
+    }
 
     ret = MSI_ViewClose( query );
     msiobj_release( &query->hdr );
@@ -1055,6 +1062,11 @@ MSICONDITION WINAPI MsiDatabaseIsTablePersistentW(
     return r;
 }
 
+UINT __cdecl remote_ViewClose(MSIHANDLE view)
+{
+    return MsiViewClose(view);
+}
+
 UINT __cdecl remote_ViewExecute(MSIHANDLE view, struct wire_record *remote_rec)
 {
     MSIHANDLE rec = 0;
diff --git a/dlls/msi/tests/custom.c b/dlls/msi/tests/custom.c
index 479cb930de4..3d7ebb99f34 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/tests/custom.c
+++ b/dlls/msi/tests/custom.c
@@ -316,6 +316,9 @@ static void test_db(MSIHANDLE hinst)
     ok(hinst, r == ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS, "got %u\n", r);
     ok(hinst, !rec2, "got %u\n", rec2);
 
+    r = MsiViewClose(view);
+    ok(hinst, !r, "got %u\n", r);
+
     r = MsiCloseHandle(view);
     ok(hinst, !r, "got %u\n", r);
 
diff --git a/dlls/msi/winemsi.idl b/dlls/msi/winemsi.idl
index b892f34bfea..74b59234793 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/winemsi.idl
+++ b/dlls/msi/winemsi.idl
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ struct wire_record {
 ]
 interface IWineMsiRemote
 {
+    UINT remote_ViewClose( [in] MSIHANDLE view );
     UINT remote_ViewExecute( [in] MSIHANDLE view, [in, unique] struct wire_record *record );
     UINT remote_ViewFetch( [in] MSIHANDLE view, [out] struct wire_record **record );