diff --git a/cli2.el b/cli2.el
index 6a03e34..798c43d 100644
--- a/cli2.el
+++ b/cli2.el
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ it. Just skip it entirely."
 ;; - Load autoloads. Duplicated by generate-unstraightened-autoloads.
 ;; - Add to load-path. Doom already stores load-path.
 ;; - Add Info node. TODO.
-;; - Add name to package-activated-list. Maybe serialize that?
+;; - Add name to package-activated-list. Stored below.
 
 (defun generate-unstraightened-autoloads ()
   "Like doom-profile--generate-package-autoloads but for package.el."
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ it. Just skip it entirely."
  'doom-profile-generators
  '("90-loaddefs-unstraightened.auto.el" . generate-unstraightened-autoloads))
 
+(add-to-list 'doom-autoloads-cached-vars 'package-activated-list)
+
 (defcli! build-profile-for-nix-build ()
   "Write a Doom profile."
   ;; HACK: this initializes enough of straight (particularly