diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/newt b/config/rootfiles/common/newt
index f5f0fa4f3..08fb2ce0c 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/newt
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/newt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#usr/bin/whiptail
+usr/bin/whiptail
 #usr/include/newt.h
 #usr/lib/libnewt.a
 usr/lib/libnewt.so