diff --git a/dlls/d3dx9_36/Makefile.in b/dlls/d3dx9_36/Makefile.in
index 1c6195b7a7b..d64257d386b 100644
--- a/dlls/d3dx9_36/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/d3dx9_36/Makefile.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ IMPORTLIB = d3dx9
 IMPORTS   = d3d9 d3dx8 gdi32 user32 kernel32
 
 C_SRCS = \
+	core.c \
 	d3dx9_36_main.c \
 	font.c \
 	math.c \
diff --git a/dlls/d3dx9_36/core.c b/dlls/d3dx9_36/core.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3b63e9e4688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dlls/d3dx9_36/core.c
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2002 Raphael Junqueira
+ *
+ * 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., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
+ */
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#define COBJMACROS
+#include "windef.h"
+#include "winbase.h"
+#include "wingdi.h"
+#include "wine/debug.h"
+#include "wine/unicode.h"
+
+#include "d3dx9_36_private.h"
+
+WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(d3dx);
+
+/* ID3DXBuffer IUnknown parts follow: */
+static HRESULT WINAPI ID3DXBufferImpl_QueryInterface(LPD3DXBUFFER iface, REFIID riid, LPVOID* ppobj)
+{
+    ID3DXBufferImpl *This = (ID3DXBufferImpl *)iface;
+
+    if (IsEqualGUID(riid, &IID_IUnknown)
+      || IsEqualGUID(riid, &IID_ID3DXBuffer))
+    {
+        IUnknown_AddRef(iface);
+        *ppobj = This;
+        return D3D_OK;
+    }
+
+    WARN("(%p)->(%s,%p),not found\n",This,debugstr_guid(riid),ppobj);
+    return E_NOINTERFACE;
+}
+
+static ULONG WINAPI ID3DXBufferImpl_AddRef(LPD3DXBUFFER iface)
+{
+    ID3DXBufferImpl *This = (ID3DXBufferImpl *)iface;
+    ULONG ref = InterlockedIncrement(&This->ref);
+
+    TRACE("(%p) : AddRef from %d\n", This, ref - 1);
+
+    return ref;
+}
+
+static ULONG WINAPI ID3DXBufferImpl_Release(LPD3DXBUFFER iface)
+{
+    ID3DXBufferImpl *This = (ID3DXBufferImpl *)iface;
+    ULONG ref = InterlockedDecrement(&This->ref);
+
+    TRACE("(%p) : ReleaseRef to %d\n", This, ref);
+
+    if (ref == 0)
+    {
+        HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, This->buffer);
+        HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, This);
+    }
+    return ref;
+}
+
+/* ID3DXBuffer Interface follow: */
+static LPVOID WINAPI ID3DXBufferImpl_GetBufferPointer(LPD3DXBUFFER iface)
+{
+    ID3DXBufferImpl *This = (ID3DXBufferImpl *)iface;
+    return This->buffer;
+}
+
+static DWORD WINAPI ID3DXBufferImpl_GetBufferSize(LPD3DXBUFFER iface)
+{
+    ID3DXBufferImpl *This = (ID3DXBufferImpl *)iface;
+    return This->bufferSize;
+}
+
+const ID3DXBufferVtbl D3DXBuffer_Vtbl =
+{
+    ID3DXBufferImpl_QueryInterface,
+    ID3DXBufferImpl_AddRef,
+    ID3DXBufferImpl_Release,
+    ID3DXBufferImpl_GetBufferPointer,
+    ID3DXBufferImpl_GetBufferSize
+};
+
+HRESULT WINAPI D3DXCreateBuffer(DWORD NumBytes, LPD3DXBUFFER* ppBuffer)
+{
+    ID3DXBufferImpl *object;
+
+    object = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, sizeof(ID3DXBufferImpl));
+    if (object == NULL)
+    {
+        *ppBuffer = NULL;
+        return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
+    }
+    object->lpVtbl = &D3DXBuffer_Vtbl;
+    object->ref = 1;
+    object->bufferSize = NumBytes;
+    object->buffer = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, NumBytes);
+    if (object->buffer == NULL)
+    {
+        HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, object);
+        *ppBuffer = NULL;
+        return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
+    }
+
+    *ppBuffer = (LPD3DXBUFFER)object;
+    return D3D_OK;
+}
diff --git a/dlls/d3dx9_36/d3dx9_36.spec b/dlls/d3dx9_36/d3dx9_36.spec
index 8a7cdf705da..30926c2be79 100644
--- a/dlls/d3dx9_36/d3dx9_36.spec
+++ b/dlls/d3dx9_36/d3dx9_36.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 @ stub D3DXConvertMeshSubsetToStrips
 @ stub D3DXCreateAnimationController
 @ stub D3DXCreateBox
-@ stdcall D3DXCreateBuffer(long ptr) d3dx8.D3DXCreateBuffer
+@ stdcall D3DXCreateBuffer(long ptr)
 @ stub D3DXCreateCompressedAnimationSet
 @ stub D3DXCreateCubeTexture
 @ stub D3DXCreateCubeTextureFromFileA
diff --git a/dlls/d3dx9_36/d3dx9_36_private.h b/dlls/d3dx9_36/d3dx9_36_private.h
index cf3e176cbe5..a1ff7bc66bb 100644
--- a/dlls/d3dx9_36/d3dx9_36_private.h
+++ b/dlls/d3dx9_36/d3dx9_36_private.h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Raphael Junqueira
  * Copyright (C) 2008 Tony Wasserka
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -32,6 +33,20 @@
 HRESULT map_view_of_file(LPCWSTR filename, LPVOID *buffer, DWORD *length);
 HRESULT load_resource_into_memory(HMODULE module, HRSRC resinfo, LPVOID *buffer, DWORD *length);
 
+extern const ID3DXBufferVtbl D3DXBuffer_Vtbl;
+
+/* ID3DXBUFFER */
+typedef struct ID3DXBufferImpl
+{
+    /* IUnknown fields */
+    const ID3DXBufferVtbl *lpVtbl;
+    LONG           ref;
+
+    /* ID3DXBuffer fields */
+    DWORD         *buffer;
+    DWORD          bufferSize;
+} ID3DXBufferImpl;
+
 
 /* ID3DXFont */
 typedef struct ID3DXFontImpl