diff --git a/dlls/xmllite/Makefile.in b/dlls/xmllite/Makefile.in
index 7d1ca4c83b7..021a2ce7393 100644
--- a/dlls/xmllite/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/xmllite/Makefile.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ MODULE    = xmllite.dll
 
 C_SRCS = \
 	reader.c \
+	writer.c \
 	xmllite_main.c
 
 @MAKE_DLL_RULES@
diff --git a/dlls/xmllite/tests/Makefile.in b/dlls/xmllite/tests/Makefile.in
index be44968a8e6..e2a740c0cc4 100644
--- a/dlls/xmllite/tests/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/xmllite/tests/Makefile.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ TESTDLL   = xmllite.dll
 IMPORTS   = ole32
 
 C_SRCS = \
-	reader.c
+	reader.c \
+	writer.c
 
 @MAKE_TEST_RULES@
diff --git a/dlls/xmllite/tests/writer.c b/dlls/xmllite/tests/writer.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e98db7bea4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dlls/xmllite/tests/writer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * XMLLite IXmlWriter tests
+ *
+ * Copyright 2011 (C) Alistair Leslie-Hughes
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
+ */
+#define COBJMACROS
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "windef.h"
+#include "winbase.h"
+#include "ole2.h"
+#include "xmllite.h"
+#include "wine/test.h"
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI (*pCreateXmlWriter)(REFIID riid, void **ppvObject, IMalloc *pMalloc);
+
+static void test_writer_create(void)
+{
+    HRESULT hr;
+    IXmlWriter *writer;
+
+    /* crashes native */
+    if (0)
+    {
+        pCreateXmlWriter(&IID_IXmlWriter, NULL, NULL);
+        pCreateXmlWriter(NULL, (LPVOID*)&writer, NULL);
+    }
+
+    hr = pCreateXmlWriter(&IID_IXmlWriter, (LPVOID*)&writer, NULL);
+    ok(hr == S_OK, "Expected S_OK, got %08x\n", hr);
+    if(hr == S_OK)
+    {
+        IXmlWriter_Release(writer);
+    }
+}
+
+static BOOL init_pointers(void)
+{
+    /* don't free module here, it's to be unloaded on exit */
+    HMODULE mod = LoadLibraryA("xmllite.dll");
+
+    if (!mod)
+    {
+        win_skip("xmllite library not available\n");
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+#define MAKEFUNC(f) if (!(p##f = (void*)GetProcAddress(mod, #f))) return FALSE;
+    MAKEFUNC(CreateXmlWriter);
+#undef MAKEFUNC
+
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+START_TEST(writer)
+{
+    HRESULT r;
+
+    r = CoInitialize( NULL );
+    ok( r == S_OK, "failed to init com\n");
+
+    if (!init_pointers())
+    {
+       CoUninitialize();
+       return;
+    }
+
+    test_writer_create();
+
+    CoUninitialize();
+}
diff --git a/dlls/xmllite/writer.c b/dlls/xmllite/writer.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f60e0d965ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dlls/xmllite/writer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,413 @@
+/*
+ * IXmlWriter implementation
+ *
+ * Copyright 2011 Alistair Leslie-Hughes
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
+ */
+#define COBJMACROS
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include "windef.h"
+#include "winbase.h"
+#include "objbase.h"
+#include "xmllite.h"
+
+#include "wine/debug.h"
+
+WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(xmllite);
+
+typedef struct _xmlwriter
+{
+    IXmlWriter IXmlWriter_iface;
+    LONG ref;
+} xmlwriter;
+
+static inline xmlwriter *impl_from_IXmlWriter(IXmlWriter *iface)
+{
+    return CONTAINING_RECORD(iface, xmlwriter, IXmlWriter_iface);
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_QueryInterface(IXmlWriter *iface, REFIID riid, void **ppvObject)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    TRACE("%p %s %p\n", This, debugstr_guid(riid), ppvObject);
+
+    if (IsEqualGUID(riid, &IID_IUnknown) ||
+        IsEqualGUID(riid, &IID_IXmlWriter))
+    {
+        *ppvObject = iface;
+    }
+
+    IXmlWriter_AddRef(iface);
+
+    return S_OK;
+}
+
+static ULONG WINAPI xmlwriter_AddRef(IXmlWriter *iface)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+    TRACE("%p\n", This);
+    return InterlockedIncrement(&This->ref);
+}
+
+static ULONG WINAPI xmlwriter_Release(IXmlWriter *iface)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+    LONG ref;
+
+    TRACE("%p\n", This);
+
+    ref = InterlockedDecrement(&This->ref);
+    if (ref == 0)
+    {
+        HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, This);
+    }
+
+    return ref;
+}
+
+/*** IXmlWriter methods ***/
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_SetOutput(IXmlWriter *iface, IUnknown *pOutput)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %p\n", This, pOutput);
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_GetProperty(IXmlWriter *iface, UINT nProperty, LONG_PTR *ppValue)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %u %p\n", This, nProperty, ppValue);
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_SetProperty(IXmlWriter *iface, UINT nProperty, LONG_PTR pValue)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %u %lu\n", This, nProperty, pValue);
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteAttributes(IXmlWriter *iface, IXmlReader *pReader,
+                                  BOOL fWriteDefaultAttributes)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %p %d\n", This, pReader, fWriteDefaultAttributes);
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteAttributeString(IXmlWriter *iface, LPCWSTR pwszPrefix,
+                                       LPCWSTR pwszLocalName, LPCWSTR pwszNamespaceUri,
+                                       LPCWSTR pwszValue)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %s %s %s %s\n", This, wine_dbgstr_w(pwszPrefix), wine_dbgstr_w(pwszLocalName),
+                        wine_dbgstr_w(pwszNamespaceUri), wine_dbgstr_w(pwszValue));
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteCData(IXmlWriter *iface, LPCWSTR pwszText)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %s\n", This, wine_dbgstr_w(pwszText));
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteCharEntity(IXmlWriter *iface, WCHAR wch)
+{
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteChars(IXmlWriter *iface, const WCHAR *pwch, UINT cwch)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %s %d\n", This, wine_dbgstr_w(pwch), cwch);
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteComment(IXmlWriter *iface, LPCWSTR pwszComment)
+{
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteDocType(IXmlWriter *iface, LPCWSTR pwszName, LPCWSTR pwszPublicId,
+                               LPCWSTR pwszSystemId, LPCWSTR pwszSubset)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %s %s %s %s\n", This, wine_dbgstr_w(pwszName), wine_dbgstr_w(pwszPublicId),
+                        wine_dbgstr_w(pwszSystemId), wine_dbgstr_w(pwszSubset));
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteElementString(IXmlWriter *iface, LPCWSTR pwszPrefix,
+                                     LPCWSTR pwszLocalName, LPCWSTR pwszNamespaceUri,
+                                     LPCWSTR pwszValue)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %s %s %s %s\n", This, wine_dbgstr_w(pwszPrefix), wine_dbgstr_w(pwszLocalName),
+                        wine_dbgstr_w(pwszNamespaceUri), wine_dbgstr_w(pwszValue));
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteEndDocument(IXmlWriter *iface)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p\n", This);
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteEndElement(IXmlWriter *iface)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p\n", This);
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteEntityRef(IXmlWriter *iface, LPCWSTR pwszName)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %s\n", This, wine_dbgstr_w(pwszName));
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteFullEndElement(IXmlWriter *iface)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p\n", This);
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteName(IXmlWriter *iface, LPCWSTR pwszName)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %s\n", This, wine_dbgstr_w(pwszName));
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteNmToken(IXmlWriter *iface, LPCWSTR pwszNmToken)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %s\n", This, wine_dbgstr_w(pwszNmToken));
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteNode(IXmlWriter *iface, IXmlReader *pReader,
+                            BOOL fWriteDefaultAttributes)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %p %d\n", This, pReader, fWriteDefaultAttributes);
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteNodeShallow(IXmlWriter *iface, IXmlReader *pReader,
+                                   BOOL fWriteDefaultAttributes)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %p %d\n", This, pReader, fWriteDefaultAttributes);
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteProcessingInstruction(IXmlWriter *iface, LPCWSTR pwszName,
+                                             LPCWSTR pwszText)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %s %s\n", This, wine_dbgstr_w(pwszName), wine_dbgstr_w(pwszText));
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteQualifiedName(IXmlWriter *iface, LPCWSTR pwszLocalName,
+                                     LPCWSTR pwszNamespaceUri)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %s %s\n", This, wine_dbgstr_w(pwszLocalName), wine_dbgstr_w(pwszNamespaceUri));
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteRaw(IXmlWriter *iface, LPCWSTR pwszData)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %s\n", This, wine_dbgstr_w(pwszData));
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteRawChars(IXmlWriter *iface,  const WCHAR *pwch, UINT cwch)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %s %d\n", This, wine_dbgstr_w(pwch), cwch);
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteStartDocument(IXmlWriter *iface, XmlStandalone standalone)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p\n", This);
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteStartElement(IXmlWriter *iface, LPCWSTR pwszPrefix,
+                                    LPCWSTR pwszLocalName, LPCWSTR pwszNamespaceUri)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %s %s %s\n", This, wine_dbgstr_w(pwszPrefix), wine_dbgstr_w(pwszLocalName),
+                wine_dbgstr_w(pwszNamespaceUri));
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteString(IXmlWriter *iface, LPCWSTR pwszText)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %s\n", This, wine_dbgstr_w(pwszText));
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteSurrogateCharEntity(IXmlWriter *iface, WCHAR wchLow, WCHAR wchHigh)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %d %d\n", This, wchLow, wchHigh);
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_WriteWhitespace(IXmlWriter *iface, LPCWSTR pwszWhitespace)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p %s\n", This, wine_dbgstr_w(pwszWhitespace));
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static HRESULT WINAPI xmlwriter_Flush(IXmlWriter *iface)
+{
+    xmlwriter *This = impl_from_IXmlWriter(iface);
+
+    FIXME("%p\n", This);
+
+    return E_NOTIMPL;
+}
+
+static const struct IXmlWriterVtbl xmlwriter_vtbl =
+{
+    xmlwriter_QueryInterface,
+    xmlwriter_AddRef,
+    xmlwriter_Release,
+    xmlwriter_SetOutput,
+    xmlwriter_GetProperty,
+    xmlwriter_SetProperty,
+    xmlwriter_WriteAttributes,
+    xmlwriter_WriteAttributeString,
+    xmlwriter_WriteCData,
+    xmlwriter_WriteCharEntity,
+    xmlwriter_WriteChars,
+    xmlwriter_WriteComment,
+    xmlwriter_WriteDocType,
+    xmlwriter_WriteElementString,
+    xmlwriter_WriteEndDocument,
+    xmlwriter_WriteEndElement,
+    xmlwriter_WriteEntityRef,
+    xmlwriter_WriteFullEndElement,
+    xmlwriter_WriteName,
+    xmlwriter_WriteNmToken,
+    xmlwriter_WriteNode,
+    xmlwriter_WriteNodeShallow,
+    xmlwriter_WriteProcessingInstruction,
+    xmlwriter_WriteQualifiedName,
+    xmlwriter_WriteRaw,
+    xmlwriter_WriteRawChars,
+    xmlwriter_WriteStartDocument,
+    xmlwriter_WriteStartElement,
+    xmlwriter_WriteString,
+    xmlwriter_WriteSurrogateCharEntity,
+    xmlwriter_WriteWhitespace,
+    xmlwriter_Flush
+};
+
+HRESULT WINAPI CreateXmlWriter(REFIID riid, void **pObject, IMalloc *pMalloc)
+{
+    xmlwriter *writer;
+
+    TRACE("(%s, %p, %p)\n", wine_dbgstr_guid(riid), pObject, pMalloc);
+
+    if (pMalloc) FIXME("custom IMalloc not supported yet\n");
+
+    if (!IsEqualGUID(riid, &IID_IXmlWriter))
+    {
+        ERR("Unexpected IID requested -> (%s)\n", wine_dbgstr_guid(riid));
+        return E_FAIL;
+    }
+
+    writer = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, sizeof (*writer));
+    if(!writer) return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
+
+    writer->IXmlWriter_iface.lpVtbl = &xmlwriter_vtbl;
+    writer->ref = 1;
+
+    *pObject = &writer->IXmlWriter_iface;
+
+    TRACE("returning iface %p\n", *pObject);
+
+    return S_OK;
+}
diff --git a/dlls/xmllite/xmllite.spec b/dlls/xmllite/xmllite.spec
index d2d0ff7fad0..30b02aae9ef 100644
--- a/dlls/xmllite/xmllite.spec
+++ b/dlls/xmllite/xmllite.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @ stdcall CreateXmlReader(ptr ptr ptr)
 @ stub CreateXmlReaderInputWithEncodingCodePage
 @ stdcall CreateXmlReaderInputWithEncodingName(ptr ptr ptr long ptr ptr)
-@ stub CreateXmlWriter
+@ stdcall CreateXmlWriter(ptr ptr ptr)
 @ stub CreateXmlWriterOutputWithEncodingCodePage
 @ stub CreateXmlWriterOutputWithEncodingName