diff --git a/winehelper b/winehelper
index 8fd7b519..a8d44bee 100755
--- a/winehelper
+++ b/winehelper
@@ -1111,6 +1111,11 @@ init_wineprefix () {
     export DRIVE_C="$WINEPREFIX/drive_c"
     export XUSER_PATH="$DRIVE_C/users/xuser"
 
+    if [[ -d "$XUSER_PATH" ]] \
+    && [[ ! -d "$DRIVE_C/users/$USER" ]]
+    then try_force_link_dir "$XUSER_PATH" "$DRIVE_C/users/$USER"
+    fi
+
     if [[ ! -f "$WINEPREFIX/.firstboot" ]] ; then
         create_new_dir "$WINEPREFIX"
         if [[ "$CLEAR_PREFIX" == "1" ]]