diff --git a/dlls/winspool/info.c b/dlls/winspool/info.c
index a075c95e463..9f3e7d84add 100644
--- a/dlls/winspool/info.c
+++ b/dlls/winspool/info.c
@@ -2686,6 +2686,71 @@ BOOL WINAPI EnumPortsA(LPSTR name,DWORD level,LPBYTE ports,DWORD bufsize,
     return FALSE;
 }
 
+/******************************************************************************
+ *		GetDefaultPrinterA   (WINSPOOL.@)
+ *
+ * Based on PRINTDLG_GetDefaultPrinterName in dlls/commdlg/printdlg.c
+ */
+BOOL WINAPI GetDefaultPrinterA(LPSTR name, LPDWORD namesize)
+{
+   char *ptr;
+
+   if (*namesize < 1)
+   {
+      SetLastError (ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER);
+      return FALSE;
+   }
+
+   if (!GetProfileStringA ("windows", "device", "", name, *namesize))
+   {
+      SetLastError (ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND);
+      return FALSE;
+   }
+
+   if ((ptr = strchr (name, ',')) == NULL)
+   {
+      SetLastError (ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND);
+      return FALSE;
+   }
+
+   *ptr = '\0';
+   *namesize = strlen (name) + 1;
+   return TRUE;
+}
+
+
+/******************************************************************************
+ *		GetDefaultPrinterW   (WINSPOOL.@)
+ */
+BOOL WINAPI GetDefaultPrinterW(LPWSTR name, LPDWORD namesize)
+{
+   char *buf;
+   BOOL  ret;
+
+   if (*namesize < 1)
+   {
+      SetLastError (ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER);
+      return FALSE;
+   }
+
+   buf = HeapAlloc (GetProcessHeap (), 0, *namesize);
+   ret = GetDefaultPrinterA (buf, namesize);
+   if (ret)
+   {
+       DWORD len = MultiByteToWideChar (CP_ACP, 0, buf, -1, name, *namesize);
+       if (!len)
+       {
+           SetLastError (ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER);
+           ret = FALSE;
+       }
+       else *namesize = len;
+   }
+
+   HeapFree (GetProcessHeap (), 0, buf);
+   return ret;
+}
+
+
 /******************************************************************************
  *		SetPrinterDataExA   (WINSPOOL.@)
  */
diff --git a/dlls/winspool/winspool.drv.spec b/dlls/winspool/winspool.drv.spec
index 2153f7213b6..50322a2ff73 100644
--- a/dlls/winspool/winspool.drv.spec
+++ b/dlls/winspool/winspool.drv.spec
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ debug_channels (winspool)
 @ stub FindFirstPrinterChangeNotification
 @ stub FindNextPrinterChangeNotification
 @ stub FreePrinterNotifyInfo
+@ stdcall GetDefaultPrinterA(str ptr) GetDefaultPrinterA
+@ stdcall GetDefaultPrinterW(wstr ptr) GetDefaultPrinterW
 @ stdcall GetFormA(long str long ptr long ptr) GetFormA
 @ stdcall GetFormW(long wstr long ptr long ptr) GetFormW
 @ stub GetJobA
diff --git a/include/winspool.h b/include/winspool.h
index 3e98df82272..ceb15610b4f 100644
--- a/include/winspool.h
+++ b/include/winspool.h
@@ -888,6 +888,10 @@ BOOL WINAPI EnumPrinterDriversW(LPWSTR pName, LPWSTR pEnvironment, DWORD Level,
 				LPDWORD pcbNeeded, LPDWORD pcbReturned);
 #define EnumPrinterDrivers WINELIB_NAME_AW(EnumPrinterDrivers)
 
+BOOL WINAPI GetDefaultPrinterA(LPSTR pName, LPDWORD pcbNameSize);
+BOOL WINAPI GetDefaultPrinterW(LPWSTR pName, LPDWORD pcbNameSize);
+#define GetDefaultPrinter WINELIB_NAME_AW(GetDefaultPrinter)
+
 BOOL WINAPI DeletePrinterDriverA(LPSTR pName, LPSTR pEnvironment,
 				 LPSTR pDriverName);
 BOOL WINAPI DeletePrinterDriverW(LPWSTR pName, LPWSTR pEnvironment,