diff --git a/direct/src/plugin/Sources.pp b/direct/src/plugin/Sources.pp
index 92b907bdb4..dd32b83b77 100644
--- a/direct/src/plugin/Sources.pp
+++ b/direct/src/plugin/Sources.pp
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@
 
   #define WIN_SYS_LIBS user32.lib
 
+// hack
+  #define EXTRA_LIBS python2.4_panda
+
 #end bin_target
 
 #begin static_lib_target