diff --git a/direct/src/showutil/dist.py b/direct/src/showutil/dist.py
index a6a52b42ee..d490397e28 100644
--- a/direct/src/showutil/dist.py
+++ b/direct/src/showutil/dist.py
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ class Distribution(distutils.dist.Distribution):
 class build(distutils.command.build.build):
     def run(self):
         distutils.command.build.build.run(self)
-        basename = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(self.build_base, self.distribution.get_fullname()))
+        builddir = self.build_base
+        basename = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(builddir, self.distribution.get_fullname()))
         gamedir = self.distribution.game_dir
         startfile = os.path.join(gamedir, self.distribution.mainfile)
 
-        if not os.path.exists(self.build_base):
-            os.makedirs(self.build_base)
+        if not os.path.exists(builddir):
+            os.makedirs(builddir)
 
         freezer = FreezeTool.Freezer()
         freezer.addModule('__main__', filename=startfile)
@@ -31,11 +32,19 @@ class build(distutils.command.build.build):
         freezer.done(addStartupModules=True)
         freezer.generateRuntimeFromStub(basename)
 
+        ignore_copy_list = [
+            '__pycache__',
+            self.distribution.mainfile,
+            *freezer.getAllModuleNames(),
+        ]
+
         for item in os.listdir(gamedir):
-            if item in ('__pycache__', startfile):
-                continue
             src = os.path.join(gamedir, item)
-            dst = os.path.join(self.build_base, item)
+            dst = os.path.join(builddir, item)
+
+            if item in ignore_copy_list:
+                print("Skip", src)
+                continue
 
             if os.path.isdir(src):
                 print("Copy dir", src, dst)