diff --git a/libctf/ChangeLog b/libctf/ChangeLog
index 9637cf37af..852ad6267c 100644
--- a/libctf/ChangeLog
+++ b/libctf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2019-07-30  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
+
+	* ctf-open-bfd.c (ctf_fdopen): Call bfd_set_cacheable.
+
 2019-07-13  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
 
 	* ctf-impl.h (includes): Include <sys/param.h> here.
diff --git a/libctf/ctf-open-bfd.c b/libctf/ctf-open-bfd.c
index 6fbbde8852..1083c87608 100644
--- a/libctf/ctf-open-bfd.c
+++ b/libctf/ctf-open-bfd.c
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ ctf_fdopen (int fd, const char *filename, const char *target, int *errp)
 		   bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error()));
       return (ctf_set_open_errno (errp, ECTF_FMT));
     }
+  bfd_set_cacheable (abfd, 1);
 
   if (!bfd_check_format (abfd, bfd_object))
     {