2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/application/data.rb b/lib/puppet/application/data.rb
index cfbf4305a..8d98d4416 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/application/data.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/application/data.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ class Puppet::Application::Data < Puppet::Application
   def setup
     Puppet::Util::Log.newdestination :console
 
+    load_applications # Call this to load all of the apps
+
     @verb, @arguments = command_line.args
     @arguments ||= []
 
@@ -77,8 +79,15 @@ class Puppet::Application::Data < Puppet::Application
   end
 
   def actions(indirection)
-    return [] unless app = Puppet::Application.find(indirection)
-    return app.actions.sort { |a,b| a.to_s <=> b.to_s }
+    return [] unless interface = Puppet::Interface.interface(indirection)
+    interface.load_actions
+    return interface.actions.sort { |a,b| a.to_s <=> b.to_s }
+  end
+
+  def load_applications
+    command_line.available_subcommands.each do |app|
+      command_line.require_application app
+    end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/application/data_baseclass.rb b/lib/puppet/application/data_baseclass.rb
index 95142b8ba..3f498f56f 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/application/data_baseclass.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/application/data_baseclass.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ class Puppet::Application::DataBaseclass < Puppet::Application
     @type = self.class.name.to_s.sub(/.+:/, '').downcase.to_sym
 
     @interface = Puppet::Interface.interface(@type).new
+    @interface.format = format if format
 
     validate