diff --git a/agent/gpg-agent.c b/agent/gpg-agent.c
index 9c7b8fcc9..dcc9bb6a4 100644
--- a/agent/gpg-agent.c
+++ b/agent/gpg-agent.c
@@ -1456,6 +1456,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv )
 #ifndef HAVE_W32_SYSTEM
       gnupg_fd_t fd, fd_extra, fd_browser, fd_ssh;
 
+      initialize_modules ();
+
       /* when supervised and sending logs to stderr, the process
          supervisor should handle log entry metadata (pid, name,
          timestamp) */