diff -r f96f77a190f2 -r 7c296802980b cubicweb/cwctl.py
--- a/cubicweb/cwctl.py	Tue Jan 31 11:06:28 2017 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/cwctl.py	Fri Feb 24 09:18:08 2017 +0100
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@
             print()
 
         if mode in ('all', 'config', 'configurations'):
+            cwcfg.load_available_configs()
             print('Available configurations:')
             for config in CONFIGURATIONS:
                 print('*', config.name)