diff --git a/lib/inspec/profile_context.rb b/lib/inspec/profile_context.rb
index 6bd84aa3a..48da54ffb 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/profile_context.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/profile_context.rb
@@ -19,11 +19,15 @@ module Inspec
       @profile_id = profile_id
       @rules = profile_registry
       @only_ifs = only_ifs
+      @backend = backend
 
-      dsl = create_inner_dsl(backend)
+      reload_dsl
+    end
+
+    def reload_dsl
+      dsl = create_inner_dsl(@backend)
       outer_dsl = create_outer_dsl(dsl)
       ctx = create_context(outer_dsl)
-
       @profile_context = ctx.new
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/inspec/runner.rb b/lib/inspec/runner.rb
index 836547820..777d0f5b3 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/runner.rb
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ module Inspec
       ctx = create_context
       libs.each do |lib|
         ctx.load(lib[:content].to_s, lib[:ref], lib[:line] || 1)
+        ctx.reload_dsl
       end
 
       # evaluate the test content