diff --git a/direct/src/configfiles/direct.init b/direct/src/configfiles/direct.init
index 5e1a84c4b8..bee523d823 100644
--- a/direct/src/configfiles/direct.init
+++ b/direct/src/configfiles/direct.init
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+ATTACH dmodels
 ATTACH panda
 MODREL ETC_PATH etc
 SEP PYTHONPATH ;