diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/pi.c b/dlls/msxml3/pi.c
index f37f3c01630..606d8dc3571 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/pi.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/pi.c
@@ -817,6 +817,27 @@ static const struct IXMLDOMProcessingInstructionVtbl dom_pi_vtbl =
     dom_pi_put_data
 };
 
+static xmlAttrPtr node_has_prop(const xmlNode *node, const xmlChar *name)
+{
+    xmlAttrPtr prop;
+
+    /* xmlHasNsProp accepts only nodes of type XML_ELEMENT_NODE,
+     * so we have to look for an attribute in the node by hand.
+     */
+
+    prop = node->properties;
+
+    while (prop)
+    {
+        if (xmlStrEqual(prop->name, name))
+            return prop;
+
+        prop = prop->next;
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 static HRESULT dom_pi_get_qualified_item(const xmlNodePtr node, BSTR name, BSTR uri,
     IXMLDOMNode **item)
 {
@@ -826,10 +847,28 @@ static HRESULT dom_pi_get_qualified_item(const xmlNodePtr node, BSTR name, BSTR
 
 static HRESULT dom_pi_get_named_item(const xmlNodePtr node, BSTR name, IXMLDOMNode **item)
 {
-    FIXME("(%p)->(%s %p): stub\n", node, debugstr_w(name), item );
-    if (item)
+    xmlChar *nameA;
+    xmlAttrPtr attr;
+
+    TRACE("(%p)->(%s %p)\n", node, debugstr_w(name), item);
+
+    if (!item) return E_POINTER;
+
+    nameA = xmlchar_from_wchar(name);
+    if (!nameA) return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
+
+    attr = node_has_prop(node, nameA);
+    heap_free(nameA);
+
+    if (!attr)
+    {
         *item = NULL;
-    return S_FALSE;
+        return S_FALSE;
+    }
+
+    *item = create_node((xmlNodePtr)attr);
+
+    return S_OK;
 }
 
 static HRESULT dom_pi_set_named_item(xmlNodePtr node, IXMLDOMNode *newItem, IXMLDOMNode **namedItem)
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c b/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
index 3dcfdb8fd39..12482962c4b 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
@@ -8579,13 +8579,9 @@ todo_wine
 
     item = NULL;
     hr = IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap_getNamedItem(node_map, _bstr_("encoding"), &item);
-todo_wine
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
-todo_wine
     ok(item != NULL, "got NULL\n");
 
-if (hr == S_OK)
-{
     hr = IXMLDOMNode_get_nodeName(item, &bstr);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
     ok(!lstrcmpW(bstr, L"encoding"), "got %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(bstr));
@@ -8597,7 +8593,6 @@ if (hr == S_OK)
     ok(V_VT(&var) == VT_BSTR, "got %u\n", V_VT(&var));
     ok(!lstrcmpW(V_BSTR(&var), L"windows-1252"), "got %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(V_BSTR(&var)));
     VariantClear(&var);
-}
 
     IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap_Release(node_map);
     IXMLDOMNode_Release(node);