diff --git a/direct/src/showbase/DirectObject.py b/direct/src/showbase/DirectObject.py
index 71a9b0c99f..b7f6b2d289 100644
--- a/direct/src/showbase/DirectObject.py
+++ b/direct/src/showbase/DirectObject.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from direct.directnotify.DirectNotifyGlobal import directNotify
 from MessengerGlobal import messenger
 from direct.showbase.PythonUtil import ClassTree
 
-class DirectObject:
+class DirectObject(object):
     """
     This is the class that all Direct/SAL classes should inherit from
     """