diff --git a/emulators/wine/files/wine-wow64.sh b/emulators/wine/files/wine-wow64.sh
index 2ec4cc31703ea..796f26787c8cc 100644
--- a/emulators/wine/files/wine-wow64.sh
+++ b/emulators/wine/files/wine-wow64.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ if [ ! -f "$I386_ROOT/$PREFIX/bin/wine" ]
 then
   printf "%s doesn't exist!\n\n" "$I386_ROOT/$PREFIX/bin/wine"
   printf "Try installing 32-bit Wine with\n\t%s\n" "$PREFIX/share/wine/pkg32.sh install wine mesa-dri"
+  ABI=$(pkg config ABI | sed s/amd64/i386/)
+  FREEBSD_VERSION_MAJOR=`uname -r | sed "s/\..*//"`
+  cat <<- HERE
+
+	If using Poudriere, please make sure your repo is setup to use ${ABI}
+	and create symlinks for
+	  FreeBSD:$FREEBSD_VERSION_MAJOR:amd64 and
+	  FreeBSD:$FREEBSD_VERSION_MAJOR:i386
+	to the relevant output directories. See pkg.conf(5) for more info.
+HERE
   exit 1
 fi