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diff --git a/xmake/core/package/addon.lua b/xmake/core/package/addon.lua
index 586a3ea15..6d56205fd 100644
--- a/xmake/core/package/addon.lua
+++ b/xmake/core/package/addon.lua
@@ -656,6 +656,17 @@ function addon.remove(name, opt)
return true
end
+-- reload the addons registry and the caches which are built from it
+--
+-- @note we need it if the addons have been installed by another process,
+-- e.g. the addons which a project declares, @see core/project/project.lua
+--
+function addon.reload()
+ addon._ADDONS = nil
+ addon._MANIFESTS = nil
+ addon._GLOBALMODULES = nil
+end
+
-- rescan the install directory and rebuild the registry
--
-- it's only used to repair the registry file, e.g. the user removed some addon directories manually