diff --git a/panda/src/display/CMakeLists.txt b/panda/src/display/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b9e11b426..56e9552d9b 100644
--- a/panda/src/display/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/panda/src/display/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ set(P3DISPLAY_SOURCES
 )
 
 set(P3DISPLAY_IGATEEXT
+  frameBufferProperties_ext.cxx
+  frameBufferProperties_ext.h
   graphicsPipeSelection_ext.cxx
   graphicsPipeSelection_ext.h
   graphicsStateGuardian_ext.cxx
diff --git a/panda/src/display/frameBufferProperties.h b/panda/src/display/frameBufferProperties.h
index 152f2dccc7..69993a0d0d 100644
--- a/panda/src/display/frameBufferProperties.h
+++ b/panda/src/display/frameBufferProperties.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "pandabase.h"
 #include "pnotify.h"
+#include "extension.h"
 
 class Texture;
 
@@ -143,6 +144,9 @@ PUBLISHED:
   MAKE_PROPERTY(float_color, get_float_color, set_float_color);
   MAKE_PROPERTY(float_depth, get_float_depth, set_float_depth);
 
+  EXTENSION(PyObject *__getstate__() const);
+  EXTENSION(void __setstate__(PyObject *self, PyObject *state));
+
   // Other.
 
   constexpr FrameBufferProperties() = default;
@@ -169,6 +173,8 @@ PUBLISHED:
 
   bool setup_color_texture(Texture *tex) const;
   bool setup_depth_texture(Texture *tex) const;
+
+  friend class Extension<FrameBufferProperties>;
 };
 
 INLINE std::ostream &operator << (std::ostream &out, const FrameBufferProperties &properties);
diff --git a/panda/src/display/frameBufferProperties_ext.cxx b/panda/src/display/frameBufferProperties_ext.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96ed9d3afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/panda/src/display/frameBufferProperties_ext.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/**
+ * PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
+ * Copyright (c) Carnegie Mellon University.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * All use of this software is subject to the terms of the revised BSD
+ * license.  You should have received a copy of this license along
+ * with this source code in a file named "LICENSE."
+ *
+ * @file frameBufferProperties_ext.cxx
+ * @author rdb
+ * @date 2021-12-13
+ */
+
+#include "frameBufferProperties_ext.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
+
+/**
+ * Returns the properties as a dictionary.
+ */
+PyObject *Extension<FrameBufferProperties>::
+__getstate__() const {
+  static const char *props[FrameBufferProperties::FBP_COUNT] = {"depth_bits", "color_bits", "red_bits", "green_bits", "blue_bits", "alpha_bits", "stencil_bits", "accum_bits", "aux_rgba", "aux_hrgba", "aux_float", "multisamples", "coverage_samples", "back_buffers"};
+  static const char *flags[] = {"indexed_color", "rgb_color", "stereo", "force_hardware", "force_software", "srgb_color", "float_color", "float_depth", nullptr};
+
+  PyObject *state = PyDict_New();
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < FrameBufferProperties::FBP_COUNT; ++i) {
+    if (_this->_specified & (1 << i)) {
+      PyObject *value = PyLong_FromLong(_this->_property[i]);
+      PyDict_SetItemString(state, props[i], value);
+      Py_DECREF(value);
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; flags[i] != nullptr; ++i) {
+    if (_this->_flags_specified & (1 << i)) {
+      PyObject *value = (_this->_flags & (1 << i)) ? Py_True : Py_False;
+      PyDict_SetItemString(state, flags[i], value);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return state;
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+void Extension<FrameBufferProperties>::
+__setstate__(PyObject *self, PyObject *props) {
+  PyTypeObject *type = Py_TYPE(self);
+  PyObject *key, *value;
+  Py_ssize_t pos = 0;
+
+  while (PyDict_Next(props, &pos, &key, &value)) {
+    // Look for a writable property on the type by this name.
+    PyObject *descr = _PyType_Lookup(type, key);
+
+    if (descr != nullptr && Py_TYPE(descr)->tp_descr_set != nullptr) {
+      if (Py_TYPE(descr)->tp_descr_set(descr, self, value) < 0) {
+        return;
+      }
+    } else {
+      PyObject *key_repr = PyObject_Repr(key);
+      PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                   "%.100s is an invalid framebuffer property",
+                   PyUnicode_AsUTF8(key_repr)
+                  );
+      Py_DECREF(key_repr);
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+#endif  // HAVE_PYTHON
diff --git a/panda/src/display/frameBufferProperties_ext.h b/panda/src/display/frameBufferProperties_ext.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1c823d552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/panda/src/display/frameBufferProperties_ext.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/**
+ * PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
+ * Copyright (c) Carnegie Mellon University.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * All use of this software is subject to the terms of the revised BSD
+ * license.  You should have received a copy of this license along
+ * with this source code in a file named "LICENSE."
+ *
+ * @file frameBufferProperties_ext.h
+ * @author rdb
+ * @date 2021-12-13
+ */
+
+#ifndef FRAMEBUFFERPROPERTIES_EXT_H
+#define FRAMEBUFFERPROPERTIES_EXT_H
+
+#include "dtoolbase.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
+
+#include "extension.h"
+#include "frameBufferProperties.h"
+#include "py_panda.h"
+
+/**
+ * This class defines the extension methods for FrameBufferProperties, which are
+ * called instead of any C++ methods with the same prototype.
+ */
+template<>
+class Extension<FrameBufferProperties> : public ExtensionBase<FrameBufferProperties> {
+public:
+  PyObject *__getstate__() const;
+  void __setstate__(PyObject *self, PyObject *state);
+};
+
+#endif  // HAVE_PYTHON
+
+#endif  // FRAMEBUFFERPROPERTIES_EXT_H
diff --git a/panda/src/display/p3display_ext_composite.cxx b/panda/src/display/p3display_ext_composite.cxx
index e4588474d0..71e5074d06 100644
--- a/panda/src/display/p3display_ext_composite.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/display/p3display_ext_composite.cxx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "frameBufferProperties_ext.cxx"
 #include "graphicsPipeSelection_ext.cxx"
 #include "graphicsStateGuardian_ext.cxx"
 #include "graphicsWindow_ext.cxx"