diff --git a/makepanda/makepanda.py b/makepanda/makepanda.py
index e73ab29b4d..f8fc349a10 100755
--- a/makepanda/makepanda.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepanda.py
@@ -3634,7 +3634,7 @@ if (PkgSkip("ROCKET") == 0) and (not RUNTIME):
   TargetAdd('rocket.pyd', input='libp3rocket.dll')
   TargetAdd('rocket.pyd', input='core.pyd')
   TargetAdd('rocket.pyd', input=COMMON_PANDA_LIBS)
-  TargetAdd('rocket.pyd', opts=['PYTHON'])
+  TargetAdd('rocket.pyd', opts=['PYTHON', 'ROCKET'])
 
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 # DIRECTORY: panda/src/p3awesomium