diff --git a/core/core.el b/core/core.el
index 91531e739..b927c6dd1 100644
--- a/core/core.el
+++ b/core/core.el
@@ -466,6 +466,8 @@ in interactive sessions, nil otherwise (but logs a warning)."
 (unless noninteractive
   (doom-initialize-modules))
 
+(add-to-list 'load-path doom-private-dir)
+
 (after! package
   (require 'core-packages))