diff --git a/panda/src/glstuff/Sources.pp b/panda/src/glstuff/Sources.pp
index e2c5adde7e..d8809a3b3c 100644
--- a/panda/src/glstuff/Sources.pp
+++ b/panda/src/glstuff/Sources.pp
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
     
   #define INSTALL_HEADERS \
      glext.h \
+     glmisc_src.cxx \
+     glmisc_src.h \
      glstuff_src.cxx \
      glstuff_src.h \
      glstuff_undef_src.h \
diff --git a/panda/src/glstuff/glmisc_src.cxx b/panda/src/glstuff/glmisc_src.cxx
index 340df594bd..bf6c68b06c 100644
--- a/panda/src/glstuff/glmisc_src.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/glstuff/glmisc_src.cxx
@@ -17,45 +17,55 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 
-// Configure this true to GLP(Hint) the textures into the cheapest
-// possible mode.
-bool CLP(cheap_textures) = CONFIGOBJ.GetBool("gl-cheap-textures", false);
+ConfigVariableBool CLP(cheap_textures)
+  ("gl-cheap-textures", false,
+   PRC_DESC("Configure this true to GLP(Hint) the textures into the cheapest "
+            "possible mode."));
 
-// Configure this true to disable texture clamp mode (all textures
-// repeat, a little cheaper for software renderers).
-bool CLP(ignore_clamp) = CONFIGOBJ.GetBool("gl-ignore-clamp", false);
+ConfigVariableBool CLP(ignore_clamp)
+  ("gl-ignore-clamp", false,
+   PRC_DESC("Configure this true to disable texture clamp mode (all textures "
+            "repeat, a little cheaper for software renderers)."));
 
-// Configure this true to disable any texture filters at all (forcing
-// point sampling).
-bool CLP(ignore_filters) = CONFIGOBJ.GetBool("gl-ignore-filters", false);
+ConfigVariableBool CLP(ignore_filters)
+  ("gl-ignore-filters", false,
+   PRC_DESC("Configure this true to disable any texture filters at all (forcing "
+            "point sampling)."));
 
-// Configure this true to disable mipmapping only.
-bool CLP(ignore_mipmaps) = CONFIGOBJ.GetBool("gl-ignore-mipmaps", false) || CLP(ignore_filters);
+ConfigVariableBool CLP(ignore_mipmaps)
+  ("gl-ignore-mipmaps", false,
+   PRC_DESC("Configure this true to disable mipmapping only."));
 
-// Configure this true to enable full trilinear mipmapping on every
-// texture, whether it asks for it or not.
-bool CLP(force_mipmaps) = CONFIGOBJ.GetBool("gl-force-mipmaps", false);
+ConfigVariableBool CLP(force_mipmaps)
+  ("gl-force-mipmaps", false,
+   PRC_DESC("Configure this true to enable full trilinear mipmapping on every "
+            "texture, whether it asks for it or not."));
 
-// Configure this true to cause mipmaps to be rendered with phony
-// colors, using mipmap_level_*.rgb if they are available.
-bool CLP(show_mipmaps) = CONFIGOBJ.GetBool("gl-show-mipmaps", false);
+ConfigVariableBool CLP(show_mipmaps)
+  ("gl-show-mipmaps", false,
+   PRC_DESC("Configure this true to cause mipmaps to be rendered with phony "
+            "colors, using mipmap_level_*.rgb if they are available."));
 
-// Configure this true to cause the generated mipmap images to be
-// written out to image files on the disk as they are generated.
-bool CLP(save_mipmaps) = CONFIGOBJ.GetBool("gl-save-mipmaps", false);
+ConfigVariableBool CLP(save_mipmaps)
+  ("gl-save-mipmaps", false,
+   PRC_DESC("Configure this true to cause the generated mipmap images to be "
+            "written out to image files on the disk as they are generated."));
 
-// Configure this true to cause all lighting normals to automatically
-// be normalized by the graphics hardware before rendering.  This is
-// necessary if you intend to render things under scale transforms and
-// expect lighting to work correctly.  Maybe one day there will be
-// another way to set this at runtime, instead of only as a configure
-// variable.
-bool CLP(auto_normalize_lighting) = CONFIGOBJ.GetBool("auto-normalize-lighting", true);
+ConfigVariableBool CLP(auto_normalize_lighting)
+  ("auto-normalize-lighting", true,
+   PRC_DESC("Configure this true to cause all lighting normals to automatically "
+            "be normalized by the graphics hardware before rendering.  This is "
+            "necessary if you intend to render things under scale transforms and "
+            "expect lighting to work correctly.  Maybe one day there will be "
+            "another way to set this at runtime, instead of only as a configure "
+            "variable."));
+
+ConfigVariableBool CLP(color_mask)
+  ("gl-color-mask", true,
+   PRC_DESC("Configure this false if your GL's implementation of glColorMask() "
+            "is broken (some are).  This will force the use of a (presumably) "
+            "more expensive blending operation instead."));
 
-// Configure this false if your GL's implementation of GLP(ColorMask)()
-// is broken (some are).  This will force the use of a (presumably)
-// more expensive blending operation instead.
-bool CLP(color_mask) = CONFIGOBJ.GetBool("gl-color-mask", true);
 
 void CLP(init_classes)() {
   CLP(GraphicsStateGuardian)::init_type();
diff --git a/panda/src/glstuff/glmisc_src.h b/panda/src/glstuff/glmisc_src.h
index 545c415876..24d97a9efe 100644
--- a/panda/src/glstuff/glmisc_src.h
+++ b/panda/src/glstuff/glmisc_src.h
@@ -17,18 +17,19 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 #include "pandabase.h"
+#include "configVariableBool.h"
 
 //#define GSG_VERBOSE 1
 
-extern bool CLP(cheap_textures);
-extern bool CLP(ignore_clamp);
-extern bool CLP(ignore_filters);
-extern bool CLP(ignore_mipmaps);
-extern bool CLP(force_mipmaps);
-extern bool CLP(show_mipmaps);
-extern bool CLP(save_mipmaps);
-extern bool CLP(auto_normalize_lighting);
-extern bool CLP(color_mask);
+extern ConfigVariableBool CLP(cheap_textures);
+extern ConfigVariableBool CLP(ignore_clamp);
+extern ConfigVariableBool CLP(ignore_filters);
+extern ConfigVariableBool CLP(ignore_mipmaps);
+extern ConfigVariableBool CLP(force_mipmaps);
+extern ConfigVariableBool CLP(show_mipmaps);
+extern ConfigVariableBool CLP(save_mipmaps);
+extern ConfigVariableBool CLP(auto_normalize_lighting);
+extern ConfigVariableBool CLP(color_mask);
 
 extern EXPCL_GL void CLP(init_classes)();