diff --git a/makepanda/makepanda.py b/makepanda/makepanda.py
index 4aae386994..9a5adae0e3 100755
--- a/makepanda/makepanda.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepanda.py
@@ -1657,6 +1657,7 @@ CreatePandaVersionFiles()
 if (PkgSkip("PYTHON")==0):
     CopyTree(GetOutputDir()+'/direct','direct/src')
     ConditionalWriteFile(GetOutputDir()+'/direct/__init__.py', "")
+    CopyFile(GetOutputDir()+'/lib/panda3d.py', input='direct/src/ffi/panda3d.py')
 
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