diff --git a/pmb/parse/arguments.py b/pmb/parse/arguments.py
index ba68bc34..a51ee1d6 100644
--- a/pmb/parse/arguments.py
+++ b/pmb/parse/arguments.py
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ def package_completer(prefix, action, parser, parsed_args):
     args = parsed_args
     pmb.config.merge_with_args(args)
     pmb.helpers.args.replace_placeholders(args)
+    pmb.helpers.args.add_cache(args)
     packages = set(
         package for package in pmb.helpers.pmaports.get_list(args)
         if package.startswith(prefix))