diff --git a/tools/wineinstall b/tools/wineinstall
index 699eeea89a2..b9d86d882e5 100755
--- a/tools/wineinstall
+++ b/tools/wineinstall
@@ -292,13 +292,18 @@ then {
 
     # if the user doesn't have $libdir in their ld.so.conf add this
     # to our sucommand string
-    if [ -f /etc/ld.so.conf ] && ! grep -qs "$libdir" /etc/ld.so.conf
-    then {
-      echo
-      echo "$libdir doesn't exist in your /etc/ld.so.conf, it will be added"
-      echo "when we perform the install..."
-      sucommand="$sucommand;echo $libdir>>/etc/ld.so.conf;$ac_cv_path_LDCONFIG"
-    }
+    if [ -f /etc/ld.so.conf ]
+    then
+      if [ ! grep -qs "$libdir" /etc/ld.so.conf ]
+      then {
+	echo
+	echo "$libdir doesn't exist in your /etc/ld.so.conf, it will be added"
+	echo "when we perform the install..."
+        sucommand="$sucommand;echo $libdir>>/etc/ld.so.conf"
+      }
+      fi
+      # run ldconfig always just in case some updated files dont get linked
+      sucommand="$sucommand;$ac_cv_path_LDCONFIG"
     fi
 
     echo