diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/CMakeLists.txt b/direct/src/dcparse/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c4a4b55a2..18e8272596 100644
--- a/direct/src/dcparse/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/direct/src/dcparse/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-if(WIN32)
-  # We can't build dcparse on Windows, because the dcparser symbols aren't
-  # properly exported from p3direct.dll.
-  return()
-endif()
-
-add_executable(dcparse dcparse.cxx)
-target_compile_definitions(dcparse PUBLIC WITHIN_PANDA)
-target_link_libraries(dcparse p3direct)
-install(TARGETS dcparse DESTINATION bin)
+add_executable(p3dcparse dcparse.cxx)
+target_compile_definitions(p3dcparse PUBLIC WITHIN_PANDA)
+target_link_libraries(p3dcparse p3direct)
+install(TARGETS p3dcparse DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparser/CMakeLists.txt b/direct/src/dcparser/CMakeLists.txt
index 681ab48711..99a4f13844 100644
--- a/direct/src/dcparser/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/direct/src/dcparser/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ set(P3DCPARSER_PARSER_SOURCES
     dcLexer.cxx)
 
 composite_sources(p3dcparser P3DCPARSER_SOURCES)
-add_component_library(p3dcparser NOINIT ${P3DCPARSER_HEADERS} ${P3DCPARSER_SOURCES}
-  ${P3DCPARSER_PARSER_SOURCES})
+add_component_library(p3dcparser NOINIT SYMBOL BUILDING_DIRECT_DCPARSER
+  ${P3DCPARSER_HEADERS} ${P3DCPARSER_SOURCES} ${P3DCPARSER_PARSER_SOURCES})
 target_compile_definitions(p3dcparser PUBLIC WITHIN_PANDA)
 target_link_libraries(p3dcparser p3directbase panda)
 target_use_packages(p3dcparser PYTHON)