diff --git a/tools/comcom.lisp b/tools/comcom.lisp
index 84ed7bc931509f2274c881b38e7a6b25143ca912..89084b7fd0194dacb76c8b039f9dc9686614be01 100644
--- a/tools/comcom.lisp
+++ b/tools/comcom.lisp
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 #+bootstrap
 (export '(assem::nop) "ASSEM")
 
-(defparameter *load-stuff* #+bootstrap t #-bootstrap nil)
+(defparameter *load-stuff*
+  #+bootstrap t
+  #-bootstrap (eq c:*backend* c:*native-backend*))
 
 ;;; Import so that these types which appear in the globldb are the same...
 #+bootstrap