diff --git a/tools/linux_packaging/package b/tools/linux_packaging/package
index 12cce7012c..dcb4e3ada8 100755
--- a/tools/linux_packaging/package
+++ b/tools/linux_packaging/package
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ cp README ${PACKAGE}
 
 if test -n "$MAKESELF"; then
 	echo "Creating self-extracting installer"
-	$MAKESELF --nocomp ${PACKAGE}/ ${PACKAGE}.sh ${APPNAME} ./install.sh
+	$MAKESELF --nocomp ${PACKAGE}/ ${PACKAGE}.run ${APPNAME} ./install.sh
 else
 	echo "Creating tarball..."
 	tar -cf ${PACKAGE}.tar ${PACKAGE}