diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 7e34e34..f079640 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ meson \
 
 ninja -C "$TMP/build32" install
 
+# winetricks backwards compatibility
+# Hard links should be safe here, and avoid bloating up the archive size.
+install -d "$PREFIX/lib64"
+ln "$PREFIX/wine/x86_64-unix/d3d9-nine.dll.so" "$PREFIX/lib64/d3d9-nine.dll.so"
+install -d "$PREFIX/bin64"
+ln "$PREFIX/wine/x86_64-unix/ninewinecfg.exe.so" "$PREFIX/bin64/ninewinecfg.exe.so"
+install -d "$PREFIX/lib32"
+ln "$PREFIX/wine/i386-unix/d3d9-nine.dll.so" "$PREFIX/lib32/d3d9-nine.dll.so"
+install -d "$PREFIX/bin32"
+ln "$PREFIX/wine/i386-unix/ninewinecfg.exe.so" "$PREFIX/bin32/ninewinecfg.exe.so"
+
 install -m 644 "$SRC/LICENSE" "$PREFIX/"
 install -m 644 "$SRC/README.rst" "$PREFIX/"
 install -m 755 "$SRC/tools/nine-install.sh" "$PREFIX/"