diff --git a/PARIKernel/kernel.pyx b/PARIKernel/kernel.pyx
index ee6fa37..07bf381 100644
--- a/PARIKernel/kernel.pyx
+++ b/PARIKernel/kernel.pyx
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ class PARIKernel(Kernel):
         cb_pari_err_recover = pari_recover
         self.io = PARIKernelIO(self)
         pari_use_readline(pari_rl)
+        gp_load_gprc()
         init_svg(self)
 
     def do_execute(self, code, silent, store_history=True, user_expressions=None,
diff --git a/PARIKernel/paridecl.pxd b/PARIKernel/paridecl.pxd
index d4fe00b..ee91d7b 100644
--- a/PARIKernel/paridecl.pxd
+++ b/PARIKernel/paridecl.pxd
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ cdef extern from "pari/pari.h" nogil:
     void    pari_init(size_t parisize, ulong maxprime)
     void    pari_sighandler(int sig)
 
+    void    gp_load_gprc()
+
     void    (*cb_pari_err_recover)(long)
 
     void    pari_free(void*)