diff --git a/panda/src/text/Sources.pp b/panda/src/text/Sources.pp
index c960f1cbec..83524096bc 100644
--- a/panda/src/text/Sources.pp
+++ b/panda/src/text/Sources.pp
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@
   #define LOCAL_LIBS \
     cull putil gobj sgattrib graph sgraph linmath sgraphutil pnmimage gsgbase \
     mathutil
+    
+  #define COMBINED_SOURCES $[TARGET]_composite1.cxx 
 
   #define SOURCES \
-    config_text.cxx config_text.h \
-    textFont.I textFont.cxx textFont.h \
-    textNode.I textNode.cxx textNode.h
+    config_text.h textFont.I textFont.h \
+    textNode.I textNode.h textNode.cxx
+
+  #define INCLUDED_SOURCES config_text.cxx textFont.cxx
 
   #define INSTALL_HEADERS \
     config_text.h textFont.I textFont.h textNode.I textNode.h
diff --git a/panda/src/text/text_composite1.cxx b/panda/src/text/text_composite1.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18026f1d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/panda/src/text/text_composite1.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#include "config_text.cxx"
+#include "textFont.cxx"