diff --git a/pd/src/makefile.mingw b/pd/src/makefile.mingw
index b47949de43c432b9eff5258b91657b30e9215794..ee92c5fdb519844c9763fbb67eb7e9ff0b869c13 100755
--- a/pd/src/makefile.mingw
+++ b/pd/src/makefile.mingw
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ install:  all
 # the real install
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
 # rsync the nw directory, which includes the nw binary itself
-	rsync -ax --exclude=.git --exclude=.svn ../nw $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
+	rsync -ax --exclude=.git --exclude=.svn ../nw/* $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
 	install -p $(PDEXEC) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$(PDEXEC)
 	install -p pd.com $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/pd.com
 	install -p pd.dll $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/pd.dll