diff --git a/etc/rc1 b/etc/rc1
index 736454e40a8e..ab0d8811bffe 100755
--- a/etc/rc1
+++ b/etc/rc1
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ modload 0 cron sync=heartbeat.pulse
 modload 0 job-manager
 modload all job-info
 modload 0 job-list
+modload 0 job-archive
 
 modload all job-ingest
 modload 0 job-exec
diff --git a/etc/rc3 b/etc/rc3
index 38905d86e83d..27f83904e78a 100755
--- a/etc/rc3
+++ b/etc/rc3
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ shopt -u nullglob
 modrm 0 heartbeat
 modrm 0 sched-simple
 modrm all resource
+modrm 0 job-archive
 modrm 0 job-exec
 modrm 0 job-list
 modrm all job-info