diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/file.c b/dlls/msvcrt/file.c
index 266adb2be09..3b3a6de41fe 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/file.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/file.c
@@ -2179,14 +2179,32 @@ MSVCRT_wint_t CDECL MSVCRT_fgetwc(MSVCRT_FILE* file)
   if (!(MSVCRT_fdesc[file->_file].wxflag & WX_TEXT))
     {
       MSVCRT_wchar_t wc;
-      int r;
-      if ((r = _read(file->_file, &wc, sizeof(wc))) != sizeof(wc))
+      int i,j;
+      char *chp, *wcp;
+      wcp = (char *)&wc;
+      for(i=0; i<sizeof(wc); i++)
       {
-          file->_flag |= (r == 0) ? MSVCRT__IOEOF : MSVCRT__IOERR;
-          return MSVCRT_WEOF;
+        if (file->_cnt>0) 
+        {
+          file->_cnt--;
+          chp = file->_ptr++;
+          wcp[i] = *chp;
+        } 
+        else
+        {
+          j = MSVCRT__filbuf(file);
+          if(file->_cnt<=0)
+          {
+            file->_flag |= (file->_cnt == 0) ? MSVCRT__IOEOF : MSVCRT__IOERR;
+            file->_cnt = 0;
+            return MSVCRT_WEOF;
+          }
+          wcp[i] = j;
+        }
       }
       return wc;
     }
+    
   c = MSVCRT_fgetc(file);
   if ((*__p___mb_cur_max() > 1) && MSVCRT_isleadbyte(c))
     {
diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/tests/file.c b/dlls/msvcrt/tests/file.c
index 284e3ba4a68..0205de47f8b 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/tests/file.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/tests/file.c
@@ -329,28 +329,28 @@ static void test_fgetwc( void )
   j++;
   ok(l==j, "ftell expected %d got %ld\n", j, l);
   fgetws(wtextW,3,tempfh);
-  todo_wine ok(wtextW[0]=='\r',"expected carriage return got %04hx\n", wtextW[0]);
-  todo_wine ok(wtextW[1]=='\n',"expected newline got %04hx\n", wtextW[1]);
+  ok(wtextW[0]=='\r',"expected carriage return got %04hx\n", wtextW[0]);
+  ok(wtextW[1]=='\n',"expected newline got %04hx\n", wtextW[1]);
   l=ftell(tempfh);
   j += 4;
-  todo_wine ok(l==j, "ftell expected %d got %ld\n", j, l);
+  ok(l==j, "ftell expected %d got %ld\n", j, l);
   for(i=0; i<strlen(mytext); i++)
     wtextW[i] = 0;
   /* the first time we get the string, it should be entirely within the local buffer */
   fgetws(wtextW,LLEN,tempfh);
   l=ftell(tempfh);
   j += (strlen(mytext)-1)*sizeof(WCHAR);
-  todo_wine ok(l==j, "ftell expected %d got %ld\n", j, l);
+  ok(l==j, "ftell expected %d got %ld\n", j, l);
   diff_found = FALSE;
   aptr = mytextW;
   wptr = wtextW;
   for (i=0; i<strlen(mytext)-2; i++, aptr++, wptr++)
     {
-      todo_wine ok(*aptr == *wptr, "Char %d expected %04hx got %04hx\n", i, *aptr, *wptr);
+      ok(*aptr == *wptr, "Char %d expected %04hx got %04hx\n", i, *aptr, *wptr);
       diff_found |= (*aptr != *wptr);
     }
-  todo_wine ok(!(diff_found), "fgetwc difference found in BINARY mode\n");
-  todo_wine ok(*wptr == '\n', "Should get newline\n");
+  ok(!(diff_found), "fgetwc difference found in BINARY mode\n");
+  ok(*wptr == '\n', "Should get newline\n");
   for(i=0; i<strlen(mytext); i++)
     wtextW[i] = 0;
   /* the second time we get the string, it should cross the local buffer boundary.
@@ -361,11 +361,11 @@ static void test_fgetwc( void )
   wptr = wtextW;
   for (i=0; i<strlen(mytext)-2; i++, aptr++, wptr++)
     {
-      todo_wine ok(*aptr == *wptr, "Char %d expected %04hx got %04hx\n", i, *aptr, *wptr);
+      ok(*aptr == *wptr, "Char %d expected %04hx got %04hx\n", i, *aptr, *wptr);
       diff_found |= (*aptr != *wptr);
     }
-  todo_wine ok(!(diff_found), "fgetwc difference found in BINARY mode\n");
-  todo_wine ok(*wptr == '\n', "Should get newline\n");
+  ok(!(diff_found), "fgetwc difference found in BINARY mode\n");
+  ok(*wptr == '\n', "Should get newline\n");
   
   if(mytextW) free (mytextW);
   fclose(tempfh);