diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el

index 1d28de7..1daec44 100644

--- a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el

+++ b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el

@@ -200,9 +200,9 @@

 ;; cause an error; and one of the other spelling engines below is

 ;; almost certainly installed in any case, for enchant to use.

 (defcustom ispell-program-name

-  (or (executable-find "aspell")

+  (or (executable-find "hunspell")

+      (executable-find "aspell")

       (executable-find "ispell")

-      (executable-find "hunspell")

       "ispell")

   "Program invoked by \\[ispell-word] and \\[ispell-region] commands."

   :type 'string