diff --git a/lutris/installer/installer.py b/lutris/installer/installer.py
index 76cbf9d25..ef2018147 100644
--- a/lutris/installer/installer.py
+++ b/lutris/installer/installer.py
@@ -247,7 +247,10 @@ class LutrisInstaller:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
         if "system" in self.script:
             config["system"] = self._substitute_config(self.script["system"])
         if self.script.get(self.runner):
-            config[self.runner] = self._substitute_config(self.script[self.runner])
+            installer_runner_config = self._substitute_config(self.script[self.runner])
+            import_runner(self.runner)().adjust_installer_runner_config(installer_runner_config)
+            config[self.runner] = installer_runner_config
+
         launcher, launcher_config = self.get_game_launcher_config(self.interpreter.game_files)
         if launcher:
             config["game"][launcher] = launcher_config
diff --git a/lutris/runners/runner.py b/lutris/runners/runner.py
index 3f5c02b1b..69c0aa9dd 100644
--- a/lutris/runners/runner.py
+++ b/lutris/runners/runner.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import os
 import signal
 from gettext import gettext as _
-from typing import Callable, Dict, Optional
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional
 
 from lutris import runtime, settings
 from lutris.api import format_runner_version, get_default_runner_version_info
@@ -453,6 +453,11 @@ class Runner:  # pylint: disable=too-many-public-methods
     def get_installer_runner_version(self, installer, use_runner_config: bool = True) -> Optional[str]:
         return None
 
+    def adjust_installer_runner_config(self, installer_runner_config: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        """This is called during installation to let to run fix up in the runner's section of
+        the configuration before it is saved. This method should modify the dict given."""
+        pass
+
     def get_runner_version(self, version: str = None) -> Dict[str, str]:
         """Get the appropriate version for a runner, as with get_default_runner_version(),
         but this method allows the runner to apply its configuration."""
diff --git a/lutris/runners/wine.py b/lutris/runners/wine.py
index c4142289e..5e5b24cd9 100644
--- a/lutris/runners/wine.py
+++ b/lutris/runners/wine.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import shlex
 from gettext import gettext as _
-from typing import Dict, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple
 
 from lutris import runtime, settings
 from lutris.api import format_runner_version, normalize_version_architecture
@@ -816,6 +816,11 @@ class wine(Runner):
 
         return version
 
+    def adjust_installer_runner_config(self, installer_runner_config: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        version = installer_runner_config.get("version")
+        if version:
+            installer_runner_config["version"] = normalize_version_architecture(version)
+
     @classmethod
     def get_runner_version_and_config(cls) -> Tuple[str, LutrisConfig]:
         runner_config = LutrisConfig(runner_slug="wine")