diff --git a/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.cxx b/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.cxx
index 22a2caf498..0a2ae03c1e 100644
--- a/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.cxx
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ GraphicsStateGuardian(CoordinateSystem internal_coordinate_system,
   _supports_basic_shaders = false;
   _supports_geometry_shaders = false;
   _supports_tessellation_shaders = false;
+  _supports_compute_shaders = false;
   _supports_glsl = false;
 
   _supports_stencil = false;