diff --git a/dtool/src/interrogate/typeManager.cxx b/dtool/src/interrogate/typeManager.cxx
index ae931742c1..db5b07f58a 100644
--- a/dtool/src/interrogate/typeManager.cxx
+++ b/dtool/src/interrogate/typeManager.cxx
@@ -1740,7 +1740,8 @@ is_Py_buffer(CPPType *type) {
 
   case CPPDeclaration::ST_extension:
   case CPPDeclaration::ST_struct:
-    return (type->get_local_name(&parser) == "Py_buffer");
+    return (type->get_local_name(&parser) == "Py_buffer" ||
+            type->get_local_name(&parser) == "bufferinfo");
 
   case CPPDeclaration::ST_typedef:
     return is_Py_buffer(type->as_typedef_type()->_type);