diff --git a/direct/src/p3d/packp3d.py b/direct/src/p3d/packp3d.py
index 57bb271b25..faf9d556be 100755
--- a/direct/src/p3d/packp3d.py
+++ b/direct/src/p3d/packp3d.py
@@ -37,11 +37,9 @@ Options:
      all be combined in the first file.  If the private key is
      encrypted, the password will be required to decrypt it.
 
-  -A
-     Sets the auto-start flag in the application, so that the user
-     will not need to click the green play button before it starts,
-     when embedded in a web page.  This can also be set on the HTML
-     page.
+  -c config=value
+     Sets the indicated config flag in the application.  This option
+     may be repeated as necessary.
 
   -r package
      Names an additional package that this application requires at
@@ -78,14 +76,14 @@ class ArgumentError(StandardError):
     pass
 
 def makePackedApp(args):
-    opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, 'd:m:S:Ar:s:Dh')
+    opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, 'd:m:S:c:r:s:Dh')
 
     packager = Packager.Packager()
 
     root = Filename('.')
     main = None
     signParams = []
-    autoStart = False
+    configFlags = []
     requires = []
     allowPythonDev = False
     
@@ -96,8 +94,8 @@ def makePackedApp(args):
             main = value
         elif option == '-S':
             signParams.append(value)
-        elif option == '-A':
-            autoStart = True
+        elif option == '-c':
+            configFlags.append(value.split('=', 1))
         elif option == '-r':
             requires.append(value)
         elif option == '-s':
@@ -155,8 +153,8 @@ def makePackedApp(args):
             name, version, host = tokens
             packager.do_require(name, version = version, host = host)
 
-        if autoStart:
-            packager.do_config(auto_start = True)
+        if configFlags:
+            packager.do_config(**dict(configFlags))
 
         packager.do_dir(root)
         packager.do_mainModule(mainModule)
diff --git a/direct/src/plugin/Sources.pp b/direct/src/plugin/Sources.pp
index 445637b4dd..d9f01479bd 100644
--- a/direct/src/plugin/Sources.pp
+++ b/direct/src/plugin/Sources.pp
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
 
   // If you have to link with a static Python library, define it here.
   #define EXTRA_LIBS $[EXTRA_P3DPYTHON_LIBS]
+  #define OSX_SYS_FRAMEWORKS Carbon
 
   #define WIN_SYS_LIBS user32.lib
 #end bin_target
diff --git a/direct/src/plugin/p3dPythonMain.cxx b/direct/src/plugin/p3dPythonMain.cxx
index 3324111982..fd26a17dc0 100644
--- a/direct/src/plugin/p3dPythonMain.cxx
+++ b/direct/src/plugin/p3dPythonMain.cxx
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string.h>  // strrchr
 using namespace std;
+         
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#include <Carbon/Carbon.h>
+extern "C" { void CPSEnableForegroundOperation(ProcessSerialNumber* psn); }
+#endif
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //     Function: main
@@ -80,6 +85,16 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     }
   }
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+  // In case the application is going to run a wx app, allow it to
+  // have access to the desktop.
+  ProcessSerialNumber psn;
+  
+  GetCurrentProcess(&psn);
+  CPSEnableForegroundOperation(&psn);
+  SetFrontProcess(&psn);
+#endif
+
   if (!run_p3dpython(program_name, archive_file, input_handle, output_handle, 
                      NULL, interactive_console)) {
     cerr << "Failure on startup.\n";
diff --git a/direct/src/showutil/FreezeTool.py b/direct/src/showutil/FreezeTool.py
index 744397f991..fbc949d978 100644
--- a/direct/src/showutil/FreezeTool.py
+++ b/direct/src/showutil/FreezeTool.py
@@ -975,6 +975,7 @@ class Freezer:
             # It's actually a package.  In this case, we really write
             # the file moduleName/__init__.py.
             filename += '/__init__'
+            moduleDirs[moduleName] = True
 
             # Ensure we don't have an implicit filename from above.
             multifile.removeSubfile(filename + '.py')