diff --git a/makepanda/makepanda.py b/makepanda/makepanda.py
index 3715258132..8a76831217 100755
--- a/makepanda/makepanda.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepanda.py
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ if (COMPILER=="GCC"):
     SmartPkgEnable("FFMPEG",    ffmpeg_libs, ffmpeg_libs, ("libavformat/avformat.h", "libavcodec/avcodec.h", "libavutil/avutil.h"))
     SmartPkgEnable("SWSCALE",   "libswscale", "libswscale", ("libswscale/swscale.h"), target_pkg = "FFMPEG", thirdparty_dir = "ffmpeg")
     SmartPkgEnable("SWRESAMPLE","libswresample", "libswresample", ("libswresample/swresample.h"), target_pkg = "FFMPEG", thirdparty_dir = "ffmpeg")
-    SmartPkgEnable("FFTW",      "",          ("fftw3"), ("fftw.h"))
+    SmartPkgEnable("FFTW",      "fftw3",     ("fftw3"), ("fftw.h"))
     SmartPkgEnable("FMODEX",    "",          ("fmodex"), ("fmodex", "fmodex/fmod.h"))
     SmartPkgEnable("FREETYPE",  "freetype2", ("freetype"), ("freetype2", "freetype2/freetype/freetype.h"))
     SmartPkgEnable("HARFBUZZ",  "harfbuzz",  ("harfbuzz"), ("harfbuzz", "harfbuzz/hb-ft.h"))