diff --git a/dll/win32/iphlpapi/iphlpapi_main.c b/dll/win32/iphlpapi/iphlpapi_main.c
index 8bcde12b52..1aaabdcc6e 100644
--- a/dll/win32/iphlpapi/iphlpapi_main.c
+++ b/dll/win32/iphlpapi/iphlpapi_main.c
@@ -1728,6 +1728,8 @@ DWORD WINAPI GetIfTable(PMIB_IFTABLE pIfTable, PULONG pdwSize, BOOL bOrder)
 DWORD WINAPI GetInterfaceInfo(PIP_INTERFACE_INFO pIfTable, PULONG dwOutBufLen)
 {
   DWORD ret;
+  static const WCHAR* dt = L"\\DEVICE\\TCPIP_"; // data to be prepended
+  size_t pflen = wcslen(dt);                    // prefix length
 
   TRACE("pIfTable %p, dwOutBufLen %p\n", pIfTable, dwOutBufLen);
   if (!dwOutBufLen)
@@ -1770,6 +1772,15 @@ DWORD WINAPI GetInterfaceInfo(PIP_INTERFACE_INFO pIfTable, PULONG dwOutBufLen)
              walker++, assigner++)
               *assigner = *walker;
             *assigner = 0;
+
+            /* check to see if we have enough room to add our prefix */
+            if (sizeof(pIfTable->Adapter[ndx].Name) - wcslen(pIfTable->Adapter[ndx].Name) > pflen)
+            {
+                /* Now we need to prepend the '\DEVICE\TCPIP_' */
+                memmove(pIfTable->Adapter[ndx].Name + pflen, pIfTable->Adapter[ndx].Name,
+                       wcslen(pIfTable->Adapter[ndx].Name) * sizeof(WCHAR) + sizeof(UNICODE_NULL));
+                memcpy(pIfTable->Adapter[ndx].Name, dt, pflen * sizeof(WCHAR));
+            }
             consumeInterfaceName(name);
             pIfTable->NumAdapters++;
           }