diff --git a/dlls/kernel/module.c b/dlls/kernel/module.c
index d06b0c495c3..6e8a51e8523 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel/module.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel/module.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static enum binary_type MODULE_Decide_OS2_OldWin(HANDLE hfile, const IMAGE_DOS_H
     }
 
 broken:
-    ERR("Hmm, an error occurred. Is this binary file broken ?\n");
+    ERR("Hmm, an error occurred. Is this binary file broken?\n");
 
 good:
     HeapFree( GetProcessHeap(), 0, modtab);
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ enum binary_type MODULE_GetBinaryType( HANDLE hfile, void **res_start, void **re
         return BINARY_UNKNOWN;
     }
 
-    /* Mach-o File with Endian set to Big Endian  or Little Endian*/
+    /* Mach-o File with Endian set to Big Endian or Little Endian */
     if (header.macho.magic == 0xfeedface || header.macho.magic == 0xecafdeef)
     {
         switch(header.macho.filetype)
@@ -230,8 +230,12 @@ enum binary_type MODULE_GetBinaryType( HANDLE hfile, void **res_start, void **re
             {
                 switch ( ext_header.os2.ne_exetyp )
                 {
-                case 2:  return BINARY_WIN16;
-                case 5:  return BINARY_DOS;
+                case 1:  return BINARY_OS216; /* OS/2 */
+                case 2:  return BINARY_WIN16; /* Windows */
+                case 3:  return BINARY_DOS; /* European MS-DOS 4.x */
+                case 4:  return BINARY_WIN16; /* Windows 386; FIXME: is this 32bit??? */
+                case 5:  return BINARY_DOS; /* BOSS, Borland Operating System Services */
+                /* other types, e.g. 0 is: "unknown" */
                 default: return MODULE_Decide_OS2_OldWin(hfile, &header.mz, &ext_header.os2);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/dlls/kernel/ne_module.c b/dlls/kernel/ne_module.c
index 212650a6aa3..5c053bde92a 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel/ne_module.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel/ne_module.c
@@ -644,13 +644,20 @@ static HMODULE16 NE_LoadExeHeader( HANDLE handle, LPCSTR path )
 
     if (ne_header.ne_magic == IMAGE_NT_SIGNATURE) return (HMODULE16)21;  /* win32 exe */
     if (ne_header.ne_magic == IMAGE_OS2_SIGNATURE_LX) {
-        MESSAGE("Sorry, this is an OS/2 linear executable (LX) file !\n");
+        MESSAGE("Sorry, this is an OS/2 linear executable (LX) file!\n");
         return (HMODULE16)12;
     }
     if (ne_header.ne_magic != IMAGE_OS2_SIGNATURE) return (HMODULE16)11;  /* invalid exe */
 
     /* We now have a valid NE header */
 
+    /* check to be able to fall back to loading OS/2 programs as DOS
+     * FIXME: should this check be reversed in order to be less strict?
+     * (only fail for OS/2 ne_exetyp 0x01 here?) */
+    if ((ne_header.ne_exetyp != 0x02 /* Windows */)
+        && (ne_header.ne_exetyp != 0x04) /* Windows 386 */)
+        return (HMODULE16)11;  /* invalid exe */
+
     size = sizeof(NE_MODULE) +
              /* segment table */
            ne_header.ne_cseg * sizeof(SEGTABLEENTRY) +
diff --git a/dlls/kernel/process.c b/dlls/kernel/process.c
index 521391a6ca7..a9e33e780e2 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel/process.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel/process.c
@@ -1109,6 +1109,7 @@ void __wine_kernel_init(void)
             ExitProcess(1);
         }
         /* fall through */
+    case BINARY_OS216:
     case BINARY_WIN16:
     case BINARY_DOS:
         TRACE( "starting Win16/DOS binary %s\n", debugstr_w(main_exe_name) );
@@ -1122,9 +1123,6 @@ void __wine_kernel_init(void)
         MESSAGE( "wine: trying to run %s, cannot open builtin library for 'winevdm.exe': %s\n",
                  debugstr_w(main_exe_name), error );
         ExitProcess(1);
-    case BINARY_OS216:
-        MESSAGE( "wine: %s is an OS/2 binary, not supported\n", debugstr_w(main_exe_name) );
-        ExitProcess(1);
     case BINARY_UNIX_EXE:
         MESSAGE( "wine: %s is a Unix binary, not supported\n", debugstr_w(main_exe_name) );
         ExitProcess(1);
@@ -1906,16 +1904,13 @@ BOOL WINAPI CreateProcessW( LPCWSTR app_name, LPWSTR cmd_line, LPSECURITY_ATTRIB
         retv = create_process( hFile, name, tidy_cmdline, envW, cur_dir, process_attr, thread_attr,
                                inherit, flags, startup_info, info, unixdir, res_start, res_end );
         break;
+    case BINARY_OS216:
     case BINARY_WIN16:
     case BINARY_DOS:
         TRACE( "starting %s as Win16/DOS binary\n", debugstr_w(name) );
         retv = create_vdm_process( name, tidy_cmdline, envW, cur_dir, process_attr, thread_attr,
                                    inherit, flags, startup_info, info, unixdir );
         break;
-    case BINARY_OS216:
-        FIXME( "%s is OS/2 binary, not supported\n", debugstr_w(name) );
-        SetLastError( ERROR_BAD_EXE_FORMAT );
-        break;
     case BINARY_PE_DLL:
         TRACE( "not starting %s since it is a dll\n", debugstr_w(name) );
         SetLastError( ERROR_BAD_EXE_FORMAT );