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

@@ -351,9 +351,9 @@ Must be greater than 1."

   :group 'ispell)

 (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