diff --git a/makepanda/makepandacore.py b/makepanda/makepandacore.py
index ecbb5412c5..ce75f89b59 100644
--- a/makepanda/makepandacore.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepandacore.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ MAYAVERSIONINFO = [("MAYA6",   "6.0"),
                    ("MAYA2014","2014"),
                    ("MAYA2015","2015"),
                    ("MAYA2016","2016"),
+                   ("MAYA20165","2016.5")
 ]
 
 MAXVERSIONINFO = [("MAX6", "SOFTWARE\\Autodesk\\3DSMAX\\6.0", "installdir", "maxsdk\\cssdk\\include"),