diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index ef9a4f88598f13..94a1208efa094c 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -1431,6 +1431,9 @@ libinstall:	build_all $(srcdir)/Modules/xxmodule.c
 			*CVS) ;; \
 			*.py[co]) ;; \
 			*.orig) ;; \
+			# bpo-37468: Don't install distutils/command/wininst-*.exe files used \
+			# by distutils bdist_wininst: bdist_wininst only works on Windows. \
+			*wininst-*.exe) ;; \
 			*~) ;; \
 			*) \
 				if test -d $$i; then continue; fi; \
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-07-01-14-39-40.bpo-37468.trbQ-_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-07-01-14-39-40.bpo-37468.trbQ-_.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b8c70d574076cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-07-01-14-39-40.bpo-37468.trbQ-_.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+``make install`` no longer installs ``wininst-*.exe`` files used by
+distutils bdist_wininst: bdist_wininst only works on Windows.