diff --git a/dtool/src/cppparser/Sources.pp b/dtool/src/cppparser/Sources.pp
index 41ade7b414..eabe5201c8 100644
--- a/dtool/src/cppparser/Sources.pp
+++ b/dtool/src/cppparser/Sources.pp
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 
 #begin static_lib_target
   #define TARGET cppParser
-  
-  #define COMBINED_SOURCES $[TARGET]_composite1.cxx  $[TARGET]_composite2.cxx  
+
+  // The composite files are named cppparser_composite?.cxx instead of
+  // cppParser_composite?.cxx.
+  #define COMBINED_SOURCES cppparser_composite1.cxx  cppparser_composite2.cxx  
   
   #define SOURCES \
      cppArrayType.h cppBison.yxx cppBisonDefs.h  \