diff --git a/dlls/windowscodecs/clsfactory.c b/dlls/windowscodecs/clsfactory.c
index a42aeab84b..61ddfd94ff 100644
--- a/dlls/windowscodecs/clsfactory.c
+++ b/dlls/windowscodecs/clsfactory.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ static const classinfo wic_classes[] = {
     {&CLSID_WICLSDMetadataReader, LSDReader_CreateInstance},
     {&CLSID_WICIMDMetadataReader, IMDReader_CreateInstance},
     {&CLSID_WICGCEMetadataReader, GCEReader_CreateInstance},
+    {&CLSID_WICAPEMetadataReader, APEReader_CreateInstance},
     {0}};
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/dlls/windowscodecs/gifformat.c b/dlls/windowscodecs/gifformat.c
index a814c1a7e6..14d7d01a2a 100644
--- a/dlls/windowscodecs/gifformat.c
+++ b/dlls/windowscodecs/gifformat.c
@@ -325,6 +325,115 @@ HRESULT GCEReader_CreateInstance(IUnknown *pUnkOuter, REFIID iid, void **ppv)
     return MetadataReader_Create(&GCEReader_Vtbl, pUnkOuter, iid, ppv);
 }
 
+static HRESULT load_APE_metadata(IStream *stream, const GUID *vendor, DWORD options,
+                                 MetadataItem **items, DWORD *count)
+{
+#include "pshpack1.h"
+    struct application_extenstion
+    {
+        BYTE extension_introducer;
+        BYTE extension_label;
+        BYTE block_size;
+        BYTE application[11];
+    } ape_data;
+#include "poppack.h"
+    HRESULT hr;
+    ULONG bytesread, data_size, i;
+    MetadataItem *result;
+    BYTE subblock_size;
+    BYTE *data;
+
+    *items = NULL;
+    *count = 0;
+
+    hr = IStream_Read(stream, &ape_data, sizeof(ape_data), &bytesread);
+    if (FAILED(hr) || bytesread != sizeof(ape_data)) return S_OK;
+    if (ape_data.extension_introducer != 0x21 || ape_data.extension_label != 0xff ||
+        ape_data.block_size != 11)
+        return S_OK;
+
+    data = NULL;
+    data_size = 0;
+
+    for (;;)
+    {
+        hr = IStream_Read(stream, &subblock_size, sizeof(subblock_size), &bytesread);
+        if (FAILED(hr) || bytesread != sizeof(subblock_size))
+        {
+            HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, data);
+            return S_OK;
+        }
+        if (!subblock_size) break;
+
+        if (!data)
+            data = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, subblock_size + 1);
+        else
+        {
+            BYTE *new_data = HeapReAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, data, data_size + subblock_size + 1);
+            if (!new_data)
+            {
+                HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, data);
+                return S_OK;
+            }
+            data = new_data;
+        }
+        data[data_size] = subblock_size;
+        hr = IStream_Read(stream, data + data_size + 1, subblock_size, &bytesread);
+        if (FAILED(hr) || bytesread != subblock_size)
+        {
+            HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, data);
+            return S_OK;
+        }
+        data_size += subblock_size + 1;
+    }
+
+    result = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, sizeof(MetadataItem) * 2);
+    if (!result)
+    {
+        HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, data);
+        return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
+    {
+        PropVariantInit(&result[i].schema);
+        PropVariantInit(&result[i].id);
+        PropVariantInit(&result[i].value);
+    }
+
+    result[0].id.vt = VT_LPWSTR;
+    result[0].id.u.pwszVal = strdupAtoW("Application");
+    result[0].value.vt = VT_UI1|VT_VECTOR;
+    result[0].value.u.caub.cElems = sizeof(ape_data.application);
+    result[0].value.u.caub.pElems = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, sizeof(ape_data.application));
+    memcpy(result[0].value.u.caub.pElems, ape_data.application, sizeof(ape_data.application));
+
+    result[1].id.vt = VT_LPWSTR;
+    result[1].id.u.pwszVal = strdupAtoW("Data");
+    result[1].value.vt = VT_UI1|VT_VECTOR;
+    result[1].value.u.caub.cElems = data_size;
+    result[1].value.u.caub.pElems = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, data_size);
+    memcpy(result[1].value.u.caub.pElems, data, data_size);
+
+    HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, data);
+
+    *items = result;
+    *count = 2;
+
+    return S_OK;
+}
+
+static const MetadataHandlerVtbl APEReader_Vtbl = {
+    0,
+    &CLSID_WICAPEMetadataReader,
+    load_APE_metadata
+};
+
+HRESULT APEReader_CreateInstance(IUnknown *pUnkOuter, REFIID iid, void **ppv)
+{
+    return MetadataReader_Create(&APEReader_Vtbl, pUnkOuter, iid, ppv);
+}
+
 static IStream *create_stream(const void *data, int data_size)
 {
     HRESULT hr;
diff --git a/dlls/windowscodecs/regsvr.c b/dlls/windowscodecs/regsvr.c
index a7ac4b2a44..47e522c356 100644
--- a/dlls/windowscodecs/regsvr.c
+++ b/dlls/windowscodecs/regsvr.c
@@ -1562,6 +1562,21 @@ static const struct reader_containers gce_containers[] = {
     { NULL } /* list terminator */
 };
 
+static const BYTE ape_magic[] = { 0x21, 0xff, 0x0b };
+
+static const struct metadata_pattern ape_metadata_pattern[] = {
+    { 0, 3, ape_magic, mask_all, 0 },
+    { 0 }
+};
+
+static const struct reader_containers ape_containers[] = {
+    {
+        &GUID_ContainerFormatGif,
+        ape_metadata_pattern
+    },
+    { NULL } /* list terminator */
+};
+
 static struct regsvr_metadatareader const metadatareader_list[] = {
     {   &CLSID_WICUnknownMetadataReader,
         "The Wine Project",
@@ -1623,6 +1638,16 @@ static struct regsvr_metadatareader const metadatareader_list[] = {
         0, 0, 0,
         gce_containers
     },
+    {   &CLSID_WICAPEMetadataReader,
+        "The Wine Project",
+        "Application Extension Reader",
+        "1.0.0.0",
+        "1.0.0.0",
+        &GUID_VendorMicrosoft,
+        &GUID_MetadataFormatAPE,
+        0, 0, 0,
+        ape_containers
+    },
     { NULL }			/* list terminator */
 };
 
diff --git a/dlls/windowscodecs/tests/metadata.c b/dlls/windowscodecs/tests/metadata.c
index b62b96e4e7..27a8dcf6f5 100644
--- a/dlls/windowscodecs/tests/metadata.c
+++ b/dlls/windowscodecs/tests/metadata.c
@@ -1657,7 +1657,6 @@ static void test_metadata_APE(void)
 
     hr = CoCreateInstance(&CLSID_WICAPEMetadataReader, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
                           &IID_IWICMetadataReader, (void **)&reader);
-todo_wine
     ok(hr == S_OK || broken(hr == E_NOINTERFACE || hr == REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG) /* before Win7 */,
        "CoCreateInstance error %#x\n", hr);
 
diff --git a/dlls/windowscodecs/wincodecs_private.h b/dlls/windowscodecs/wincodecs_private.h
index b712b2f9f2..406a3fadf6 100644
--- a/dlls/windowscodecs/wincodecs_private.h
+++ b/dlls/windowscodecs/wincodecs_private.h
@@ -98,5 +98,6 @@ extern HRESULT PngTextReader_CreateInstance(IUnknown *pUnkOuter, REFIID iid, voi
 extern HRESULT LSDReader_CreateInstance(IUnknown *pUnkOuter, REFIID iid, void **ppv) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 extern HRESULT IMDReader_CreateInstance(IUnknown *pUnkOuter, REFIID iid, void **ppv) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 extern HRESULT GCEReader_CreateInstance(IUnknown *pUnkOuter, REFIID iid, void **ppv) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
+extern HRESULT APEReader_CreateInstance(IUnknown *pUnkOuter, REFIID iid, void **ppv) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 
 #endif /* WINCODECS_PRIVATE_H */
diff --git a/dlls/windowscodecs/windowscodecs_wincodec.idl b/dlls/windowscodecs/windowscodecs_wincodec.idl
index e109bf2b23..7ca2235c13 100644
--- a/dlls/windowscodecs/windowscodecs_wincodec.idl
+++ b/dlls/windowscodecs/windowscodecs_wincodec.idl
@@ -163,3 +163,10 @@ coclass WICIMDMetadataReader { interface IWICMetadataReader; }
     uuid(b92e345d-f52d-41f3-b562-081bc772e3b9)
 ]
 coclass WICGCEMetadataReader { interface IWICMetadataReader; }
+
+[
+    helpstring("WIC Application Extension Reader"),
+    threading(both),
+    uuid(1767b93a-b021-44ea-920f-863c11f4f768)
+]
+coclass WICAPEMetadataReader { interface IWICMetadataReader; }