diff --git a/direct/src/directd/Sources.pp b/direct/src/directd/Sources.pp
index 9fd79b66d8..40afa34b02 100644
--- a/direct/src/directd/Sources.pp
+++ b/direct/src/directd/Sources.pp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 // This package presently only builds on Windows.
 // We also require the network layer (queuedConnectionManager, etc.)
-#define BUILD_DIRECTORY $[and $[WINDOWS_PLATFORM],$[HAVE_NET]]
+#define BUILD_DIRECTORY $[and $[WINDOWS_PLATFORM],$[HAVE_NET],$[HAVE_DIRECTD]]
 
 #define LOCAL_LIBS \
     directbase
diff --git a/direct/src/directdServer/Sources.pp b/direct/src/directdServer/Sources.pp
index 388cc1e51d..03247777a1 100644
--- a/direct/src/directdServer/Sources.pp
+++ b/direct/src/directdServer/Sources.pp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 // This package presently only builds on Windows.
 // We also require the network layer (queuedConnectionManager, etc.)
-#define BUILD_DIRECTORY $[and $[WINDOWS_PLATFORM],$[HAVE_NET]]
+#define BUILD_DIRECTORY $[and $[WINDOWS_PLATFORM],$[HAVE_NET],$[HAVE_DIRECTD]]
 
 //#define LOCAL_LIBS \
 //    directbase
diff --git a/dtool/Config.pp b/dtool/Config.pp
index 1f17db8522..7cd9bbd526 100644
--- a/dtool/Config.pp
+++ b/dtool/Config.pp
@@ -303,6 +303,12 @@
 // Do you want to build the Renderman interface?
 #define HAVE_RIB
 
+// Do you want to build the DirectD tools for starting Panda clients
+// remotely?  This only affects the direct tree.  Enabling this may
+// cause libdirect.dll to fail to load on Win98 clients.
+#define HAVE_DIRECTD
+
+
 // Is Mikmod installed?  How should we run the libmikmod-config program?
 #define MIKMOD_CONFIG libmikmod-config
 #defer HAVE_MIKMOD $[bintest $[MIKMOD_CONFIG]]