diff --git a/dlls/msi/database.c b/dlls/msi/database.c
index 4da53381cf..9d3f7d6d77 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/database.c
+++ b/dlls/msi/database.c
@@ -344,3 +344,20 @@ end:
 
     return r;
 }
+
+MSIDBSTATE WINAPI MsiGetDatabaseState( MSIHANDLE handle )
+{
+    MSIDBSTATE ret = MSIDBSTATE_READ;
+    MSIDATABASE *db;
+
+    TRACE("%ld\n", handle);
+
+    db = msihandle2msiinfo( handle, MSIHANDLETYPE_DATABASE );
+    if (!db)
+        return MSIDBSTATE_ERROR;
+    if (db->mode != MSIDBOPEN_READONLY )
+        ret = MSIDBSTATE_WRITE;
+    msiobj_release( &db->hdr );
+
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/dlls/msi/msi.spec b/dlls/msi/msi.spec
index 802adefa6b..7c0ea819b4 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/msi.spec
+++ b/dlls/msi/msi.spec
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 49 stdcall MsiGetActiveDatabase(long)
 50 stdcall MsiGetComponentStateA(long str ptr ptr)
 51 stdcall MsiGetComponentStateW(long wstr ptr ptr)
-52 stub MsiGetDatabaseState
+52 stdcall MsiGetDatabaseState(long)
 53 stub MsiGetFeatureCostA
 54 stub MsiGetFeatureCostW
 55 stub MsiGetFeatureInfoA
diff --git a/include/msiquery.h b/include/msiquery.h
index 09e5c16e3d..c85ca1c50a 100644
--- a/include/msiquery.h
+++ b/include/msiquery.h
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ typedef enum tagMSIDBERROR
     MSIDBERROR_BADLOCALIZEATTRIB = 29
 } MSIDBERROR; 
 
+typedef enum tagMSIDBSTATE
+{
+    MSIDBSTATE_ERROR = -1,
+    MSIDBSTATE_READ = 0,
+    MSIDBSTATE_WRITE = 1
+} MSIDBSTATE;
+
 /* view manipulation */
 UINT WINAPI MsiViewFetch(MSIHANDLE,MSIHANDLE*);
 UINT WINAPI MsiViewExecute(MSIHANDLE,MSIHANDLE);
@@ -138,6 +145,8 @@ MSIDBERROR WINAPI MsiViewGetErrorA(MSIHANDLE,LPSTR,DWORD*);
 MSIDBERROR WINAPI MsiViewGetErrorW(MSIHANDLE,LPWSTR,DWORD*);
 #define     MsiViewGetError WINELIB_NAME_AW(MsiViewGetError)
 
+MSIDBSTATE WINAPI MsiGetDatabaseState(MSIHANDLE);
+
 /* record manipulation */
 MSIHANDLE WINAPI MsiCreateRecord(unsigned int);
 UINT WINAPI MsiRecordClearData(MSIHANDLE);