diff --git a/dtool/src/dtoolbase/Sources.pp b/dtool/src/dtoolbase/Sources.pp
index 2326fbeb29..c202e40df3 100644
--- a/dtool/src/dtoolbase/Sources.pp
+++ b/dtool/src/dtoolbase/Sources.pp
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#define INSTALL_CONFIG \
+  dtool.pth
+
 #begin lib_target
   #define TARGET dtoolbase
   
diff --git a/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtool.pth b/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtool.pth
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a65b41774a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtool.pth
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lib