diff --git a/makepanda/makepandacore.py b/makepanda/makepandacore.py
index 899434d677..3d45411016 100644
--- a/makepanda/makepandacore.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepandacore.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ MAYAVERSIONINFO = [("MAYA6",   "6.0"),
                    ("MAYA20135","2013.5"),
                    ("MAYA2014","2014"),
                    ("MAYA2015","2015"),
+                   ("MAYA2016","2016"),
 ]
 
 MAXVERSIONINFO = [("MAX6", "SOFTWARE\\Autodesk\\3DSMAX\\6.0", "installdir", "maxsdk\\cssdk\\include"),
diff --git a/pandatool/src/mayaprogs/mayapath.cxx b/pandatool/src/mayaprogs/mayapath.cxx
index a7eba240b2..dfeb68fc5c 100644
--- a/pandatool/src/mayaprogs/mayapath.cxx
+++ b/pandatool/src/mayaprogs/mayapath.cxx
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ struct MayaVerInfo maya_versions[] = {
   { "MAYA20135", "2013.5"},
   { "MAYA2014", "2014"},
   { "MAYA2015", "2015"},
+  { "MAYA2016", "2016"},
   { 0, 0 },
 };