diff --git a/makepanda/makepanda.py b/makepanda/makepanda.py
index f8ff2e1725..ec7754ad58 100755
--- a/makepanda/makepanda.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepanda.py
@@ -3680,6 +3680,7 @@ if (PkgSkip("DIRECT")==0):
     CopyAllHeaders('direct/src/distributed')
     CopyAllHeaders('direct/src/interval')
     CopyAllHeaders('direct/src/showbase')
+    CopyAllHeaders('direct/src/motiontrail')
     CopyAllHeaders('direct/src/dcparse')
 
 if (RUNTIME or RTDIST):