diff --git a/direct/metalibs/direct/Sources.pp b/direct/metalibs/direct/Sources.pp
index 9f0607d86d..cf79b7168f 100644
--- a/direct/metalibs/direct/Sources.pp
+++ b/direct/metalibs/direct/Sources.pp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #define BUILDING_DLL BUILDING_DIRECT
 
 #define COMPONENT_LIBS \
-  directbase dcparser showbase deadrec directd interval distributed motiontrail
+  directbase dcparser showbase deadrec directd interval distributed motiontrail http
 
 #define OTHER_LIBS \
   panda:m \
diff --git a/direct/src/http/Sources.pp b/direct/src/http/Sources.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..027143e9af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/direct/src/http/Sources.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#define OTHER_LIBS \
+    express:c pandaexpress:m \
+    pstatclient:c pipeline:c panda:m \
+    interrogatedb:c dconfig:c dtoolconfig:m \
+    dtoolutil:c dtoolbase:c dtool:m prc:c pandabase:c \
+    $[if $[HAVE_NET],net:c] $[if $[WANT_NATIVE_NET],nativenet:c] \
+    linmath:c putil:c
+
+#define LOCAL_LIBS \
+    directbase
+#define C++FLAGS -DWITHIN_PANDA
+#define UNIX_SYS_LIBS m
+#define USE_PACKAGES python
+
+#begin lib_target
+  #define TARGET  http
+
+  #define COMBINED_SOURCES $[TARGET]_composite1.cxx  
+
+
+  #define SOURCES \
+     http_connection.h  \
+     http_request.h
+
+
+  #define INCLUDED_SOURCES \
+     http_connection.cxx	\
+     parsedhttprequest.cxx  \
+     http_request.cxx
+
+
+  #define IGATESCAN all
+#end lib_target