diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1d5c406e67f..2ea1ea435a6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2824,7 +2824,7 @@ fi
 QT_INSTALL_BINS=`"$relpath/config.tests/unix/makeabs" "$QT_INSTALL_BINS"`
 
 if [ "$XPLATFORM_MINGW" = "yes" ]; then
-    QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS_DIRNAME="lib"
+    QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS_DIRNAME="bin"
 else
     QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS_DIRNAME="libexec"
 fi
diff --git a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
index d27a633c72a..22ee456038b 100644
--- a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
+++ b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@ bool Configure::displayHelp()
         desc(       "-libdir <dir>",                    "Libraries will be installed to <dir>\n(default PREFIX/lib)");
         desc(       "-headerdir <dir>",                 "Headers will be installed to <dir>\n(default PREFIX/include)");
         desc(       "-archdatadir <dir>",               "Architecture-dependent data used by Qt will be installed to <dir>\n(default PREFIX)");
-        desc(       "-libexecdir <dir>",                "Program executables will be installed to <dir>\n(default ARCHDATADIR/lib)");
+        desc(       "-libexecdir <dir>",                "Program executables will be installed to <dir>\n(default ARCHDATADIR/bin)");
         desc(       "-plugindir <dir>",                 "Plugins will be installed to <dir>\n(default ARCHDATADIR/plugins)");
         desc(       "-importdir <dir>",                 "Imports for QML1 will be installed to <dir>\n(default ARCHDATADIR/imports)");
         desc(       "-qmldir <dir>",                    "Imports for QML2 will be installed to <dir>\n(default ARCHDATADIR/qml)");
@@ -3586,7 +3586,7 @@ void Configure::generateQConfigCpp()
         dictionary["QT_INSTALL_ARCHDATA"] = qipempty ? "" : dictionary["QT_INSTALL_PREFIX"];
     if (!dictionary["QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS"].size()) {
         if (dictionary["QT_INSTALL_ARCHDATA"] == dictionary["QT_INSTALL_PREFIX"])
-            dictionary["QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS"] = qipempty ? "" : dictionary["QT_INSTALL_ARCHDATA"] + "/lib";
+            dictionary["QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS"] = qipempty ? "" : dictionary["QT_INSTALL_ARCHDATA"] + "/bin";
         else
             dictionary["QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS"] = qipempty ? "" : dictionary["QT_INSTALL_ARCHDATA"] + "/libexec";
     }