diff --git a/direct/src/p3d/Packager.py b/direct/src/p3d/Packager.py
index b0a44d7fa2..2ab09422f0 100644
--- a/direct/src/p3d/Packager.py
+++ b/direct/src/p3d/Packager.py
@@ -2371,7 +2371,7 @@ class Packager:
 
         # Binary files that are copied (and compressed) without
         # processing.
-        self.binaryExtensions = [ 'ttf', 'TTF', 'mid', 'ico' ]
+        self.binaryExtensions = [ 'ttf', 'TTF', 'mid', 'ico', 'cur' ]
 
         # Files that can have an existence in multiple different
         # packages simultaneously without conflict.
@@ -2411,7 +2411,7 @@ class Packager:
                 }
 
         # Files that should be extracted to disk.
-        self.extractExtensions = self.executableExtensions[:] + self.manifestExtensions[:] + [ 'ico' ]
+        self.extractExtensions = self.executableExtensions[:] + self.manifestExtensions[:] + [ 'ico', 'cur' ]
 
         # Files that indicate a platform dependency.
         self.platformSpecificExtensions = self.executableExtensions[:]
diff --git a/direct/src/p3d/packp3d.py b/direct/src/p3d/packp3d.py
index b26c6d5b22..53a703b5eb 100755
--- a/direct/src/p3d/packp3d.py
+++ b/direct/src/p3d/packp3d.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class ArgumentError(StandardError):
     pass
 
 def makePackedApp(args):
-    opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, 'o:d:m:S:e:n:p:c:r:s:Dh')
+    opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, 'o:d:m:S:e:n:x:p:c:r:s:Dh')
 
     packager = Packager.Packager()