diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 4a7191c65569f2370829a4372c75e399334efbd1..55a783446ec00dc91414ab65f153df10d882d423 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ HID support
 M:	Aric Stewart <aric@codeweavers.com>
 F:	dlls/hid/
 F:	dlls/hidclass.sys/
+F:	dlls/winehid.sys/
 
 HTML rendering (Gecko)
 M:	Jacek Caban <jacek@codeweavers.com>
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index bd0a1b9b7b4ab9bd4c8f7955ae918a8f35f6fcdf..99793b05169005f21b65eef0149ff267ea117583 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1424,6 +1424,7 @@ enable_winebus_sys
 enable_winecoreaudio_drv
 enable_wined3d
 enable_winegstreamer
+enable_winehid_sys
 enable_winejoystick_drv
 enable_winemac_drv
 enable_winemapi
@@ -18333,6 +18334,7 @@ wine_fn_config_dll winecoreaudio.drv enable_winecoreaudio_drv
 wine_fn_config_lib winecrt0
 wine_fn_config_dll wined3d enable_wined3d implib
 wine_fn_config_dll winegstreamer enable_winegstreamer
+wine_fn_config_dll winehid.sys enable_winehid_sys
 wine_fn_config_dll winejoystick.drv enable_winejoystick_drv
 wine_fn_config_dll winemac.drv enable_winemac_drv clean
 wine_fn_config_dll winemapi enable_winemapi
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index eb328a0c189c539b6b71dabf1b0f8a7f7d53d250..ba8fd0ffa7b91e30bd854841e56e518dc5c8c111 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3423,6 +3423,7 @@ WINE_CONFIG_DLL(winecoreaudio.drv)
 WINE_CONFIG_LIB(winecrt0)
 WINE_CONFIG_DLL(wined3d,,[implib])
 WINE_CONFIG_DLL(winegstreamer)
+WINE_CONFIG_DLL(winehid.sys)
 WINE_CONFIG_DLL(winejoystick.drv)
 WINE_CONFIG_DLL(winemac.drv,,[clean])
 WINE_CONFIG_DLL(winemapi)
diff --git a/dlls/winehid.sys/Makefile.in b/dlls/winehid.sys/Makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d4ca3dd3f18b47998602d89a5193b61df5ed5fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dlls/winehid.sys/Makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+MODULE    = winehid.sys
+EXTRADLLFLAGS = -Wb,--subsystem,native
+
+C_SRCS = \
+	main.c
diff --git a/dlls/winehid.sys/main.c b/dlls/winehid.sys/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7ab92679fd106763f18792330abcd99a9ea6b694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dlls/winehid.sys/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * WINE Hid minidriver
+ *
+ * Copyright 2016 Aric Stewart
+ *
+ * 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
+ */
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#include "ntstatus.h"
+#define WIN32_NO_STATUS
+#include "windef.h"
+#include "winbase.h"
+#include "winternl.h"
+#include "ddk/wdm.h"
+#include "wine/debug.h"
+
+WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(hid);
+
+NTSTATUS WINAPI DriverEntry(DRIVER_OBJECT *driver, UNICODE_STRING *path)
+{
+    TRACE("(%p, %s)\n", driver, debugstr_w(path->Buffer));
+
+    return STATUS_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/dlls/winehid.sys/winehid.sys.spec b/dlls/winehid.sys/winehid.sys.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..76421d7e35b494d3bcc24aa5b22a07c22d8b0f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dlls/winehid.sys/winehid.sys.spec
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# nothing to export
diff --git a/loader/wine.inf.in b/loader/wine.inf.in
index a92a9fe4ebde0feb2699bfa3ba47424a7c3f267e..fcf9c4af7e4e117f06fe878d2d74e84c6d2f833d 100644
--- a/loader/wine.inf.in
+++ b/loader/wine.inf.in
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ AddService=LanmanServer,0,LanmanServerService
 AddService=FontCache,0,FontCacheService
 AddService=Schedule,0,TaskSchedulerService
 AddService=WineBus,0,WineBusService
+AddService=WineHID,0,WineHIDService
 
 [DefaultInstall.NT.Services]
 AddService=BITS,0,BITSService
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ AddService=LanmanServer,0,LanmanServerService
 AddService=FontCache,0,FontCacheService
 AddService=Schedule,0,TaskSchedulerService
 AddService=WineBus,0,WineBusService
+AddService=WineHID,0,WineHIDService
 
 [DefaultInstall.ntamd64.Services]
 AddService=BITS,0,BITSService
@@ -161,6 +163,7 @@ AddService=LanmanServer,0,LanmanServerService
 AddService=FontCache,0,FontCacheService
 AddService=Schedule,0,TaskSchedulerService
 AddService=WineBus,0,WineBusService
+AddService=WineHID,0,WineHIDService
 
 [Strings]
 MciExtStr="Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\MCI Extensions"
@@ -2530,6 +2533,7 @@ HKLM,%CurrentVersion%\Telephony\Country List\998,"SameAreaRule",,"G"
 12,,ndis.sys,-
 12,,tdi.sys,-
 12,,winebus.sys,-
+12,,winehid.sys,-
 ; skip .NET fake dlls in Wine Mono package
 11,,aspnet_regiis.exe,-
 11,,ngen.exe,-
@@ -2573,6 +2577,7 @@ HKLM,%CurrentVersion%\Telephony\Country List\998,"SameAreaRule",,"G"
 12,,ndis.sys
 12,,tdi.sys
 12,,winebus.sys
+12,,winehid.sys
 ; skip .NET fake dlls in Wine Mono package
 11,,aspnet_regiis.exe,-
 11,,ngen.exe,-
@@ -3198,6 +3203,15 @@ ServiceType=1
 StartType=3
 ErrorControl=1
 
+[WineHIDService]
+Description="Wine HID Minidriver"
+DisplayName="Wine HID"
+ServiceBinary="%12%\winehid.sys"
+LoadOrderGroup="WinePlugPlay"
+ServiceType=1
+StartType=3
+ErrorControl=1
+
 [SpoolerService]
 Description="Loads files to memory for later printing"
 DisplayName="Print Spooler"