diff --git a/reactos/lib/sdk/crt/stdio/popen.c b/reactos/lib/sdk/crt/stdio/popen.c
index 199c3d9cb72..a9624796add 100644
--- a/reactos/lib/sdk/crt/stdio/popen.c
+++ b/reactos/lib/sdk/crt/stdio/popen.c
@@ -77,14 +77,19 @@ FILE *_tpopen (const _TCHAR *cm, const _TCHAR *md) /* program name, pipe mode */
   StartupInfo.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO);
 
   if (*md == 'r' ) {
+    StartupInfo.hStdInput = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
 	StartupInfo.hStdOutput = hWritePipe;
 	StartupInfo.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
   }
   else if ( *md == 'w' ) {
 	StartupInfo.hStdInput = hReadPipe;
+    StartupInfo.hStdOutput = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
 	StartupInfo.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
   }
 
+  if (StartupInfo.dwFlags & STARTF_USESTDHANDLES)
+    StartupInfo.hStdError = GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
+
   result = CreateProcess(szComSpec,
 	                  szCmdLine,
 			  NULL,