diff --git a/patches/ntdll-LdrGetDllHandle/0001-ntdll-Improve-speed-of-LdrGetDllHandle-when-searchin.patch b/patches/ntdll-LdrGetDllHandle/0001-ntdll-Improve-speed-of-LdrGetDllHandle-when-searchin.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8487119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/ntdll-LdrGetDllHandle/0001-ntdll-Improve-speed-of-LdrGetDllHandle-when-searchin.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From 2689c394dda377cdda8099164e561bfed4b07962 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Michael=20M=C3=BCller?= <michael@fds-team.de>
+Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:50:04 +0100
+Subject: ntdll: Improve speed of LdrGetDllHandle when searching for the
+ basename of modules that are not loaded.
+
+FIXME: Can we do a similar optimization when the activation context is present?
+---
+ dlls/ntdll/loader.c | 5 +++++
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/loader.c b/dlls/ntdll/loader.c
+index 1168bad03ae..97cde883545 100644
+--- a/dlls/ntdll/loader.c
++++ b/dlls/ntdll/loader.c
+@@ -2506,6 +2506,11 @@ static NTSTATUS find_dll_file( const WCHAR *load_path, const WCHAR *libname,
+             RtlFreeHeap( GetProcessHeap(), 0, dllname );
+             return status;
+         }
++        else if (!handle)
++        {
++            /* Do not resolve full name if basename cannot be found */
++            return STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND;
++        }
+     }
+ 
+     if (RtlDetermineDosPathNameType_U( libname ) == RELATIVE_PATH)
+-- 
+2.11.0
+
diff --git a/patches/ntdll-LdrGetDllHandle/definition b/patches/ntdll-LdrGetDllHandle/definition
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09539ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/ntdll-LdrGetDllHandle/definition
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixes: Improve performance of LdrGetDllHandle when DLL is not loaded
diff --git a/patches/patchinstall.sh b/patches/patchinstall.sh
index f909c7df..6bed212e 100755
--- a/patches/patchinstall.sh
+++ b/patches/patchinstall.sh
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ patch_enable_all ()
 	enable_ntdll_Hide_Wine_Exports="$1"
 	enable_ntdll_Junction_Points="$1"
 	enable_ntdll_LdrEnumerateLoadedModules="$1"
+	enable_ntdll_LdrGetDllHandle="$1"
 	enable_ntdll_Loader_Machine_Type="$1"
 	enable_ntdll_NtAccessCheck="$1"
 	enable_ntdll_NtAllocateUuids="$1"
@@ -915,6 +916,9 @@ patch_enable ()
 		ntdll-LdrEnumerateLoadedModules)
 			enable_ntdll_LdrEnumerateLoadedModules="$2"
 			;;
+		ntdll-LdrGetDllHandle)
+			enable_ntdll_LdrGetDllHandle="$2"
+			;;
 		ntdll-Loader_Machine_Type)
 			enable_ntdll_Loader_Machine_Type="$2"
 			;;
@@ -5445,6 +5449,18 @@ if test "$enable_ntdll_LdrEnumerateLoadedModules" -eq 1; then
 	) >> "$patchlist"
 fi
 
+# Patchset ntdll-LdrGetDllHandle
+# |
+# | Modified files:
+# |   *	dlls/ntdll/loader.c
+# |
+if test "$enable_ntdll_LdrGetDllHandle" -eq 1; then
+	patch_apply ntdll-LdrGetDllHandle/0001-ntdll-Improve-speed-of-LdrGetDllHandle-when-searchin.patch
+	(
+		printf '%s\n' '+    { "Michael Müller", "ntdll: Improve speed of LdrGetDllHandle when searching for the basename of modules that are not loaded.", 1 },';
+	) >> "$patchlist"
+fi
+
 # Patchset ntdll-NtAccessCheck
 # |
 # | Modified files: