diff --git a/dlls/shell32/.cvsignore b/dlls/shell32/.cvsignore
index 6c848d4bcbe..9f0bfc0ecc0 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/.cvsignore
+++ b/dlls/shell32/.cvsignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ shell.spec.c
 shell32.dll.dbg.c
 shell32.spec.c
 shres.res
+version16.res
diff --git a/dlls/shell32/Makefile.in b/dlls/shell32/Makefile.in
index 16eb96d37da..742caf62f21 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/shell32/Makefile.in
@@ -45,7 +45,15 @@ C_SRCS = \
 	systray.c
 
 RC_SRCS= shres.rc
+RC_SRCS16 = version16.rc
 
 @MAKE_DLL_RULES@
 
+# Special rules for 16-bit resource files
+
+version16.res: version16.rc
+	$(LDPATH) $(WRC) $(DIVINCL) -o $@ -w16 -m -r $(SRCDIR)/version16.rc
+
+shell.spec.c: version16.res
+
 ### Dependencies:
diff --git a/dlls/shell32/shell.spec b/dlls/shell32/shell.spec
index e41240b8bdf..3fb13b81c02 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/shell.spec
+++ b/dlls/shell32/shell.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name	shell
 type	win16
 owner	shell32
+rsrc	version16.res
 
   1 pascal   RegOpenKey(long str ptr) RegOpenKey16
   2 pascal   RegCreateKey(long str ptr) RegCreateKey16
diff --git a/dlls/shell32/version16.rc b/dlls/shell32/version16.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6b2c6c8d2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dlls/shell32/version16.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2001 Dmitry Timoshkov
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+#define WINE_FILEVERSION_STR "4.0"
+#define WINE_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR "Wine core dll"
+#define WINE_FILENAME_STR "shell.dll"
+
+#include "wine/wine_common_ver.rc"