diff --git a/config/options b/config/options
index ea0a375dd5..53196342bf 100644
--- a/config/options
+++ b/config/options
@@ -94,3 +94,11 @@ check_config
 
 . config/graphic
 . config/path $1
+
+## package processing
+
+# If the package caches are unset, then populate them
+init_package_cache
+
+# set package metadata
+source_package "${1}"