diff --git a/lisp/org-element.el b/lisp/org-element.el
index 1f36775a7..71c242ea6 100644
--- a/lisp/org-element.el
+++ b/lisp/org-element.el
@@ -5295,6 +5295,7 @@ indentation removed from its contents."
 ;; `org-element--cache-diagnostics-ring-size', `org-element--cache-map-statistics',
 ;; `org-element--cache-map-statistics-threshold'.
 
+;;;###autoload
 (defvar org-element-use-cache t
   "Non-nil when Org parser should cache its results.")