diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b8c315df..7502b594 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Wine. All those differences are also documented on the
 Included bug fixes and improvements
 ===================================
 
-**Bugfixes and features included in the next upcoming release [18]:**
+**Bugfixes and features included in the next upcoming release [19]:**
 
 * Add stub for gdiplus.GdipCreateEffect ([Wine Bug #32163](https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32163))
 * Add support for CopyFileEx progress callback ([Wine Bug #22692](https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22692))
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Included bug fixes and improvements
 * Fix race-condition when threads are killed during shutdown
 * Implement SetFileInformationByHandle
 * Increase wineconsole commandline buffer size ([Wine Bug #34814](https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34814))
+* Process APC calls before starting process
 * Process Hacker 2.x needs ntoskrnl.ProbeForRead ([Wine Bug #38103](https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38103))
 * Properly track handle count of wineserver objects
 * Some NVIDIA cards report fake refresh rates ([Wine Bug #34348](https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34348))
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0d0f8353..f41cee73 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ wine-staging (1.7.38) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Added patch to increase wineconsole commandline buffer size.
   * Added patch to replace hardcoded values with sizeof(GUID) for d3dxof.
   * Added patch to implement cuModuleLoad wrapper function.
+  * Added patch to process APC calls before starting process.
   * Removed patch to properly call DriverUnload when unloading device drivers (accepted upstream).
   * Removed patch to allow Accept-Encoding for HTTP/1.0 in wininet (accepted upstream).
   * Removed patch to declare pDirectInputCreateEx in a MSVC compatible way (accepted upstream).
diff --git a/patches/ntdll-APC_Start_Process/0001-ntdll-Process-APC-calls-before-starting-process.patch b/patches/ntdll-APC_Start_Process/0001-ntdll-Process-APC-calls-before-starting-process.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9284616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/ntdll-APC_Start_Process/0001-ntdll-Process-APC-calls-before-starting-process.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From cca0753b28aba33ad72dcb2245a9fb80720b5bb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sebastian Lackner <sebastian@fds-team.de>
+Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 18:09:37 +0100
+Subject: ntdll: Process APC calls before starting process.
+
+---
+ dlls/ntdll/loader.c | 5 +++++
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/loader.c b/dlls/ntdll/loader.c
+index e1444d2..bab4a2f 100644
+--- a/dlls/ntdll/loader.c
++++ b/dlls/ntdll/loader.c
+@@ -2878,6 +2878,7 @@ void WINAPI LdrInitializeThunk( void *kernel_start, ULONG_PTR unknown2,
+                                 ULONG_PTR unknown3, ULONG_PTR unknown4 )
+ {
+     static const WCHAR globalflagW[] = {'G','l','o','b','a','l','F','l','a','g',0};
++    LARGE_INTEGER timeout;
+     NTSTATUS status;
+     WINE_MODREF *wm;
+     LPCWSTR load_path;
+@@ -2921,6 +2922,10 @@ void WINAPI LdrInitializeThunk( void *kernel_start, ULONG_PTR unknown2,
+ 
+     virtual_release_address_space();
+     virtual_clear_thread_stack();
++
++    timeout.QuadPart = 0;
++    NtDelayExecution( TRUE, &timeout );
++
+     wine_switch_to_stack( start_process, kernel_start, NtCurrentTeb()->Tib.StackBase );
+ 
+ error:
+-- 
+2.3.0
+
diff --git a/patches/ntdll-APC_Start_Process/definition b/patches/ntdll-APC_Start_Process/definition
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f04f00a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/ntdll-APC_Start_Process/definition
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixes: Process APC calls before starting process
diff --git a/patches/patchinstall.sh b/patches/patchinstall.sh
index 906ae2db..47e034ef 100755
--- a/patches/patchinstall.sh
+++ b/patches/patchinstall.sh
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ patch_enable_all ()
 	enable_msvfw32_Image_Size="$1"
 	enable_netprofm_IConnectionPoint="$1"
 	enable_ntdll_APC_Performance="$1"
+	enable_ntdll_APC_Start_Process="$1"
 	enable_ntdll_DOS_Attributes="$1"
 	enable_ntdll_DVD_Read_Size="$1"
 	enable_ntdll_DllRedirects="$1"
@@ -409,6 +410,9 @@ patch_enable ()
 		ntdll-APC_Performance)
 			enable_ntdll_APC_Performance="$2"
 			;;
+		ntdll-APC_Start_Process)
+			enable_ntdll_APC_Start_Process="$2"
+			;;
 		ntdll-DOS_Attributes)
 			enable_ntdll_DOS_Attributes="$2"
 			;;
@@ -2667,6 +2671,18 @@ if test "$enable_ntdll_APC_Performance" -eq 1; then
 	) >> "$patchlist"
 fi
 
+# Patchset ntdll-APC_Start_Process
+# |
+# | Modified files:
+# |   *	dlls/ntdll/loader.c
+# |
+if test "$enable_ntdll_APC_Start_Process" -eq 1; then
+	patch_apply ntdll-APC_Start_Process/0001-ntdll-Process-APC-calls-before-starting-process.patch
+	(
+		echo '+    { "Sebastian Lackner", "ntdll: Process APC calls before starting process.", 1 },';
+	) >> "$patchlist"
+fi
+
 # Patchset ntdll-DOS_Attributes
 # |
 # | This patchset fixes the following Wine bugs: