diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 8ee1650..d9cd6f9 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@
     void
 common_init(mparm_T *paramp)
 {
+    cmdline_init();
 
 #ifdef FEAT_MBYTE
     (void)mb_init();	/* init mb_bytelen_tab[] to ones */