diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/module.c b/dlls/kernel32/module.c
index 11111111111..11111111111 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/module.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/module.c
@@ -262,6 +262,34 @@ BOOL WINAPI GetBinaryTypeA( LPCSTR lpApplicationName, LPDWORD lpBinaryType )
     return GetBinaryTypeW(NtCurrentTeb()->StaticUnicodeString.Buffer, lpBinaryType);
 }

+static BOOL block_wine_get_version = FALSE;
+
+BOOL CALLBACK init_block_wine_get_version( INIT_ONCE* init_once, PVOID param, PVOID *ctx )
+{
+    WCHAR *buffer;
+    DWORD size;
+
+    if ((size = GetEnvironmentVariableW( L"WINE_BLOCK_GET_VERSION", NULL, 0 )))
+    {
+        if (!(buffer = HeapAlloc( GetProcessHeap(), 0, sizeof(*buffer) * size )))
+        {
+            ERR("No memory.\n");
+            return FALSE;
+        }
+
+        if (GetEnvironmentVariableW( L"WINE_BLOCK_GET_VERSION", buffer, size ) != size - 1)
+        {
+            ERR("Error getting WINE_BLOCK_GET_VERSION env variable.\n");
+            return FALSE;
+        }
+
+        block_wine_get_version = *buffer && !!wcsncmp( buffer, L"0", 1 );
+
+        HeapFree( GetProcessHeap(), 0, buffer );
+    }
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
 /***********************************************************************
  *           GetProcAddress   		(KERNEL32.@)
  *
@@ -279,6 +307,14 @@ FARPROC get_proc_address( HMODULE hModule, LPCSTR function )
 {
     FARPROC     fp;

+    if ((ULONG_PTR)function >> 16)
+    {
+        static INIT_ONCE init_once = INIT_ONCE_STATIC_INIT;
+        InitOnceExecuteOnce( &init_once, init_block_wine_get_version, NULL, NULL );
+        if (block_wine_get_version && !strncmp( function, "wine_get_version", 16 ))
+            return NULL;
+    }
+
     if (!hModule) hModule = NtCurrentTeb()->Peb->ImageBaseAddress;

     if ((ULONG_PTR)function >> 16)