diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
index 5acca11..3c4c893 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         if not self.skip_build:
             self.run_command('build')
 
-        install = self.reinitialize_command('install')
+        install = self.reinitialize_command('install', reinit_subcommands=1)
         install.root = self.bdist_dir
         install.skip_build = self.skip_build
         install.warn_dir = 0