diff --git a/direct/src/plugin_npapi/Sources.pp b/direct/src/plugin_npapi/Sources.pp
index 0b6d16ad3c..9b1e862770 100644
--- a/direct/src/plugin_npapi/Sources.pp
+++ b/direct/src/plugin_npapi/Sources.pp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     nppanda3d_common.h \
     ppDownloadRequest.h ppDownloadRequest.I \
     ppInstance.h ppInstance.I \
-    ppObject.h \
+    ppObject.h ppObject.I \
     startup.h
 
   #define INCLUDED_SOURCES \
diff --git a/direct/src/plugin_npapi/ppObject.I b/direct/src/plugin_npapi/ppObject.I
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b19c5bb1c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/direct/src/plugin_npapi/ppObject.I
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Filename: ppObject.I
+// Created by:  drose (03Jul09)
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
+// Copyright (c) Carnegie Mellon University.  All rights reserved.
+//
+// All use of this software is subject to the terms of the revised BSD
+// license.  You should have received a copy of this license along
+// with this source code in a file named "LICENSE."
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: PPObject::set_p3d_object
+//       Access: Public
+//  Description: Returns the p3d_object this PPObject maps to.  This
+//               may be NULL if the object is not fully initialized.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+inline P3D_object *PPObject::
+get_p3d_object() const {
+  return _p3d_object;
+}