diff --git a/libs/util/cvar.c b/libs/util/cvar.c
index bb540c543..86de25e04 100644
--- a/libs/util/cvar.c
+++ b/libs/util/cvar.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ Cvar_WriteVariables (QFile *f)
 
 	for (var = cvar_vars; var; var = var->next)
 		if (var->flags & CVAR_ARCHIVE)
-			Qprintf (f, "%s \"%s\"\n", var->name, var->string);
+			Qprintf (f, "set %s \"%s\"\n", var->name, var->string);
 }
 
 static void