diff --git a/makepanda/makepanda.py b/makepanda/makepanda.py
index 89aec0e0f6..1087ce1aff 100755
--- a/makepanda/makepanda.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepanda.py
@@ -3818,7 +3818,7 @@ if (not RUNTIME):
 if (not RUNTIME):
   OPTS=['DIR:panda/src/gobj', 'BUILDING:PANDA',  'NVIDIACG', 'ZLIB', 'SQUISH']
   TargetAdd('p3gobj_composite1.obj', opts=OPTS, input='p3gobj_composite1.cxx')
-  TargetAdd('p3gobj_composite2.obj', opts=OPTS, input='p3gobj_composite2.cxx')
+  TargetAdd('p3gobj_composite2.obj', opts=OPTS+['BIGOBJ'], input='p3gobj_composite2.cxx')
 
   OPTS=['DIR:panda/src/gobj', 'NVIDIACG', 'ZLIB', 'SQUISH', 'PYTHON']
   IGATEFILES=GetDirectoryContents('panda/src/gobj', ["*.h", "*_composite*.cxx"])