diff --git a/dll/win32/kernelbase/wine/string.c b/dll/win32/kernelbase/wine/string.c
index f83ae35f19a..c23270e610d 100644
--- a/dll/win32/kernelbase/wine/string.c
+++ b/dll/win32/kernelbase/wine/string.c
@@ -1457,6 +1457,9 @@ HRESULT WINAPI SHLoadIndirectString(const WCHAR *src, WCHAR *dst, UINT dst_len,
     WCHAR *dllname = NULL;
     HMODULE hmod = NULL;
     HRESULT hr = E_FAIL;
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+    WCHAR szExpanded[512];
+#endif
 
     TRACE("%s, %p, %#x, %p\n", debugstr_w(src), dst, dst_len, reserved);
 
@@ -1465,6 +1468,13 @@ HRESULT WINAPI SHLoadIndirectString(const WCHAR *src, WCHAR *dst, UINT dst_len,
         WCHAR *index_str;
         int index;
 
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+        if (wcschr(src, '%') != NULL)
+        {
+            ExpandEnvironmentStringsW(src, szExpanded, ARRAY_SIZE(szExpanded));
+            src = szExpanded;
+        }
+#endif
         dst[0] = 0;
         dllname = StrDupW(src + 1);
         index_str = wcschr(dllname, ',');
@@ -1475,7 +1485,11 @@ HRESULT WINAPI SHLoadIndirectString(const WCHAR *src, WCHAR *dst, UINT dst_len,
         index_str++;
         index = wcstol(index_str, NULL, 10);
 
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+        hmod = LoadLibraryExW(dllname, NULL, LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE);
+#else
         hmod = LoadLibraryW(dllname);
+#endif
         if (!hmod) goto end;
 
         if (index < 0)