diff --git a/makepanda/makepanda.py b/makepanda/makepanda.py
index 656fcd906e..ee2fce2865 100755
--- a/makepanda/makepanda.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepanda.py
@@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ if (COMPILER=="LINUX"):
         SmartPkgEnable("SQUISH",    "",          ("squish"), "squish.h")
         SmartPkgEnable("TIFF",      "",          ("tiff"), "tiff.h")
         SmartPkgEnable("VRPN",      "",          ("vrpn", "quat"), ("vrpn", "quat.h", "vrpn/vrpn_Types.h"))
+        SmartPkgEnable("BULLET", "bullet", ("BulletSoftBody", "BulletDynamics", "BulletCollision", "LinearMath"), ("bullet", "bullet/btBulletDynamicsCommon.h"))
     SmartPkgEnable("JPEG",      "",          ("jpeg"), "jpeglib.h")
     SmartPkgEnable("OPENSSL",   "openssl",   ("ssl", "crypto"), ("openssl/ssl.h", "openssl/crypto.h"))
     SmartPkgEnable("PNG",       "libpng",    ("png"), "png.h")
@@ -592,8 +593,6 @@ if (COMPILER=="LINUX"):
             SmartPkgEnable("XF86DGA", "xxf86dga", "Xxf86dga", "X11/extensions/xf86dga.h")
             SmartPkgEnable("XCURSOR", "xcursor", "Xcursor", "X11/Xcursor/Xcursor.h")
 
-    SmartPkgEnable("BULLET", "bullet", ("BulletSoftBody", "BulletDynamics", "BulletCollision", "LinearMath"), ("bullet", "bullet/btBulletDynamicsCommon.h"))
-
     if (RUNTIME):
         # For the runtime, all packages are required
         for pkg in ["OPENSSL", "ZLIB", "NPAPI", "JPEG", "PNG"]: