diff --git a/tools/wineinstall b/tools/wineinstall
index a3007dbfc57..eb0dde44195 100755
--- a/tools/wineinstall
+++ b/tools/wineinstall
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ WINECONF=tools/wineconf       # path to the wineconf perl script
 WINEINI=$exdir/config         # path to the default wine config file (also used by wineconf)
 WININI=/dev/null              # path to the default win.ini
 SYSTEMINI=$exdir/system.ini   # path to the default system.ini
-REGEDIT=$bindir/regedit       # path to the regedit winelib application
+REGEDIT=programs/regedit/regedit       # path to the regedit winelib application
 DEFREG=winedefault.reg        # path of the registry file to be fed to regedit
 # CROOT=/var/wine             # path of the fake Drive C (asks user if not set)
 DEFCAT=cat                    # program to cat $DEFREG with (some packages need zcat)