diff --git a/pandatool/src/egg-palettize/CMakeLists.txt b/pandatool/src/egg-palettize/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ed61c6cca..81e7da0ace 100644
--- a/pandatool/src/egg-palettize/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pandatool/src/egg-palettize/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ target_link_libraries(egg-palettize p3palettizer p3eggbase p3progbase)
 install(TARGETS egg-palettize DESTINATION bin)
 
 add_library(p3txafile txaFileFilter.cxx txaFileFilter.h txaFileFilter.I)
+set_target_properties(p3txafile PROPERTIES DEFINE_SYMBOL BUILDING_MISC)
 target_link_libraries(p3txafile p3palettizer)
 install(TARGETS p3txafile DESTINATION lib RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)