diff --git a/makepanda/makepanda.py b/makepanda/makepanda.py
index 2fd81b6624..ad6230f0ed 100755
--- a/makepanda/makepanda.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepanda.py
@@ -2766,7 +2766,8 @@ def WriteConfigSettings():
         dtool_config["PYTHON_FRAMEWORK"] = 'Python'
         dtool_config["PHAVE_MALLOC_H"] = 'UNDEF'
         dtool_config["PHAVE_SYS_MALLOC_H"] = '1'
-        dtool_config["HAVE_OPENAL_FRAMEWORK"] = '1'
+        if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(GetThirdpartyDir(), 'openal')):
+            dtool_config["HAVE_OPENAL_FRAMEWORK"] = '1'
         dtool_config["HAVE_X11"] = 'UNDEF'  # We might have X11, but we don't need it.
         dtool_config["IS_LINUX"] = 'UNDEF'
         dtool_config["HAVE_VIDEO4LINUX"] = 'UNDEF'