diff --git a/direct/src/showutil/FreezeTool.py b/direct/src/showutil/FreezeTool.py
index b5190b6fe9..932890d7c2 100644
--- a/direct/src/showutil/FreezeTool.py
+++ b/direct/src/showutil/FreezeTool.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ isDebugBuild = (python.lower().endswith('_d'))
 # must be frozen in any main.exe.
 startupModules = [
     'encodings.cp1252', 'encodings.latin_1', 'encodings.utf_8',
-    'encodings.mbcs', 'encodings.cp850',
+    'encodings.mbcs', 'encodings.cp850', 'encodings.cp437', 'imp',
     ]
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
     startupModules += ['io', 'marshal', 'importlib.machinery', 'importlib.util']
diff --git a/direct/src/showutil/dist.py b/direct/src/showutil/dist.py
index 4a3d254f14..da5ccc8d33 100644
--- a/direct/src/showutil/dist.py
+++ b/direct/src/showutil/dist.py
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ class build(distutils.command.build.build):
             for app in self.distribution.applications:
                 freezer = FreezeTool.Freezer(platform=platform)
                 freezer.addModule('__main__', filename=app.scriptname)
-                if platform.startswith('win'):
-                    freezer.addModule('encodings.cp437')
                 for exmod in self.distribution.exclude_modules:
                     freezer.excludeModule(exmod)
                 freezer.done(addStartupModules=True)