diff --git a/guix/utils.scm b/guix/utils.scm
index d924e434bd..c77da5d846 100644
--- a/guix/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/utils.scm
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   #:use-module (ice-9 format)
   #:use-module ((ice-9 iconv) #:select (bytevector->string))
   #:use-module (system foreign)
+  #:re-export (memoize)         ; for backwards compatibility
   #:export (bytevector->base16-string
             base16-string->bytevector