diff --git a/direct/src/p3d/panda3d.pdef b/direct/src/p3d/panda3d.pdef
index b98bdf6d89..3d94bd725e 100755
--- a/direct/src/p3d/panda3d.pdef
+++ b/direct/src/p3d/panda3d.pdef
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ class images(package):
             print "Could not locate %s" % (filename)
 
     # Also make a few special cases.  We use the same default image
-    # for both download and launch.
+    # for download, ready, and launch.
     download = configDict.get('download_img', None)
     if download:
+        configDict['ready_img'] = download
         configDict['launch_img'] = download
 
     config(**configDict)