diff --git a/FLExInstaller/Redistributables.wxi b/FLExInstaller/Redistributables.wxi
index 9fff25d63d..a63a88b96b 100644
--- a/FLExInstaller/Redistributables.wxi
+++ b/FLExInstaller/Redistributables.wxi
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 			<PackageGroupRef Id="redist_vc15to19" />
 			<PackageGroupRef Id="FlexBridgeInstaller" />
 		</PackageGroup>
+		<!-- Backward-compatible alias for older bundle authoring. -->
+		<PackageGroup Id="prerequisites">
+			<PackageGroupRef Id="vcredists" />
+		</PackageGroup>
 	</Fragment>
 </Include>
 <!--
diff --git a/FLExInstaller/wix6/Redistributables.wxi b/FLExInstaller/wix6/Redistributables.wxi
index 69d7593397..2f5f852881 100644
--- a/FLExInstaller/wix6/Redistributables.wxi
+++ b/FLExInstaller/wix6/Redistributables.wxi
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 			<PackageGroupRef Id="redist_vc15to19" />
 			<PackageGroupRef Id="FlexBridgeInstaller" />
 		</PackageGroup>
+		<!-- Backward-compatible alias for older bundle authoring. -->
+		<PackageGroup Id="prerequisites">
+			<PackageGroupRef Id="vcredists" />
+		</PackageGroup>
 	</Fragment>
 </Include>
 <!--
diff --git a/FLExInstaller/wix6/Shared/Common/Redistributables.wxi b/FLExInstaller/wix6/Shared/Common/Redistributables.wxi
index 01fd2255b3..f67d3d8eb8 100644
--- a/FLExInstaller/wix6/Shared/Common/Redistributables.wxi
+++ b/FLExInstaller/wix6/Shared/Common/Redistributables.wxi
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 		<PackageGroupRef Id="redist_vc15to19" />
 		<PackageGroupRef Id="FlexBridgeInstaller" />
 	</PackageGroup>
+	<!-- Backward-compatible alias for older bundle authoring. -->
+	<PackageGroup Id="prerequisites">
+		<PackageGroupRef Id="vcredists" />
+	</PackageGroup>
 	</Fragment>
 </Include>
 <!--