diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/command/__init__.py
index 95bce8d8c11..ef8e9ad6943 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/__init__.py
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ __all__ = ['build',
            'bdist',
            'bdist_dumb',
            'bdist_rpm',
+           'bdist_wininst',
           ]
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist.py b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist.py
index 47d4cbc9652..3fcbf7793d4 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist.py
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class bdist (Command):
                        'ztar':  ('bdist_dumb', "compressed tar file"),
                        'tar':   ('bdist_dumb', "tar file"),
                        'zip':   ('bdist_dumb', "ZIP file"),
+                       'wininst': ('bdist_wininst',
+                                   "Windows executable installer"),
                      }
     # establish the preferred order
     format_commands = ['rpm', 'gztar', 'bztar', 'ztar', 'tar', 'zip']