diff --git a/dlls/msi/format.c b/dlls/msi/format.c
index 4b5edc4ba20..147ae569591 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/format.c
+++ b/dlls/msi/format.c
@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@ http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msifo
 #include "winerror.h"
 #include "wine/debug.h"
 #include "msi.h"
-#include "msipriv.h"
 #include "winnls.h"
+#include "objbase.h"
+#include "oleauto.h"
+
+#include "msipriv.h"
+#include "msiserver.h"
 #include "wine/unicode.h"
 
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(msi);
@@ -713,6 +717,57 @@ UINT WINAPI MsiFormatRecordW( MSIHANDLE hInstall, MSIHANDLE hRecord,
 
     TRACE("%ld %ld %p %p\n", hInstall, hRecord, szResult, sz);
 
+    package = msihandle2msiinfo( hInstall, MSIHANDLETYPE_PACKAGE );
+    if (!package)
+    {
+        HRESULT hr;
+        IWineMsiRemotePackage *remote_package;
+        BSTR value = NULL;
+        DWORD len;
+        awstring wstr;
+
+        remote_package = (IWineMsiRemotePackage *)msi_get_remote( hInstall );
+        if (remote_package)
+        {
+            len = 0;
+            hr = IWineMsiRemotePackage_FormatRecord( remote_package, hRecord,
+                                                     NULL, &len );
+            if (FAILED(hr))
+                goto done;
+
+            len++;
+            value = SysAllocStringLen( NULL, len );
+            if (!value)
+            {
+                r = ERROR_OUTOFMEMORY;
+                goto done;
+            }
+
+            hr = IWineMsiRemotePackage_FormatRecord( remote_package, hRecord,
+                                                     value, &len );
+            if (FAILED(hr))
+                goto done;
+
+            wstr.unicode = TRUE;
+            wstr.str.w = szResult;
+            r = msi_strcpy_to_awstring( value, &wstr, sz );
+
+done:
+            IWineMsiRemotePackage_Release( remote_package );
+            SysFreeString( value );
+
+            if (FAILED(hr))
+            {
+                if (HRESULT_FACILITY(hr) == FACILITY_WIN32)
+                    return HRESULT_CODE(hr);
+
+                return ERROR_FUNCTION_FAILED;
+            }
+
+            return r;
+        }
+    }
+
     record = msihandle2msiinfo( hRecord, MSIHANDLETYPE_RECORD );
 
     if (!record)
@@ -726,8 +781,6 @@ UINT WINAPI MsiFormatRecordW( MSIHANDLE hInstall, MSIHANDLE hRecord,
             return ERROR_SUCCESS;
     }
 
-    package = msihandle2msiinfo( hInstall, MSIHANDLETYPE_PACKAGE );
-
     r = MSI_FormatRecordW( package, record, szResult, sz );
     msiobj_release( &record->hdr );
     if (package)
diff --git a/dlls/msi/msiserver.idl b/dlls/msi/msiserver.idl
index b8db7dcfe0f..e293b10d1d4 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/msiserver.idl
+++ b/dlls/msi/msiserver.idl
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ interface IWineMsiRemotePackage : IUnknown
     HRESULT SetComponentState( [in] BSTR component, [in] INSTALLSTATE state );
     HRESULT GetLanguage( [out] LANGID *language );
     HRESULT SetInstallLevel( [in] int level );
+    HRESULT FormatRecord( [in] MSIHANDLE record, [out] BSTR value, [out] DWORD *size );
 }
 
 [
diff --git a/dlls/msi/package.c b/dlls/msi/package.c
index 0bf3460d988..f68be84fa0c 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/package.c
+++ b/dlls/msi/package.c
@@ -1684,6 +1684,14 @@ HRESULT WINAPI mrp_SetInstallLevel( IWineMsiRemotePackage *iface, int level )
     return HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(r);
 }
 
+HRESULT WINAPI mrp_FormatRecord( IWineMsiRemotePackage *iface, MSIHANDLE record,
+                                 BSTR value, DWORD *size )
+{
+    msi_remote_package_impl* This = mrp_from_IWineMsiRemotePackage( iface );
+    UINT r = MsiFormatRecordW(This->package, record, (LPWSTR)value, size);
+    return HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(r);
+}
+
 static const IWineMsiRemotePackageVtbl msi_remote_package_vtbl =
 {
     mrp_QueryInterface,
@@ -1706,6 +1714,7 @@ static const IWineMsiRemotePackageVtbl msi_remote_package_vtbl =
     mrp_SetComponentState,
     mrp_GetLanguage,
     mrp_SetInstallLevel,
+    mrp_FormatRecord,
 };
 
 HRESULT create_msi_remote_package( IUnknown *pOuter, LPVOID *ppObj )