diff --git a/direct/src/p3d/panda3d.pdef b/direct/src/p3d/panda3d.pdef
index 9a04bc6c85..c5293ba681 100755
--- a/direct/src/p3d/panda3d.pdef
+++ b/direct/src/p3d/panda3d.pdef
@@ -362,5 +362,6 @@ class pdeploy(p3d):
     require('panda3d')
     require('morepy')
 
+    module('encodings', 'encodings.zlib_codec', 'encodings.bz2_codec')
     mainModule('direct.p3d.pdeploy')