diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index ec92c2a73b75ac..420f2439ac2600 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -1937,6 +1937,7 @@ LIBSUBDIRS=	asyncio \
 		tkinter \
 		tomllib \
 		turtledemo \
+		msilib \
 		unittest \
 		urllib \
 		venv venv/scripts venv/scripts/common venv/scripts/posix \