diff --git a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/macros.jl b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/macros.jl
index 290f05eb86730..9d6a34ead21da 100644
--- a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/macros.jl
+++ b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/macros.jl
@@ -830,5 +830,7 @@ macro activate(what)
     options = map(options) do opt
         Expr(:kw, opt, true)
     end
-    return :(Base.require($__module__, $(QuoteNode(Component))).activate!(; $(options...)))
+    return :(let M = Base.require($__module__, $(QuoteNode(Component)))
+                 @invokelatest M.activate!(; $(options...))
+             end)
 end
diff --git a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/test/runtests.jl b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/test/runtests.jl
index 825dc579d514a..48c89ba746d9d 100644
--- a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1054,3 +1054,17 @@ end # module
     using .OuterModule
     @test_nowarn subtypes(Integer);
 end
+
+let code = """
+        using InteractiveUtils
+        @activate Compiler[:codegen, :reflection]
+        println("done compiling")
+    """
+    orig_compiler = realpath(joinpath(Sys.BINDIR, Base.DATAROOTDIR, "julia", "Compiler"))
+    mktempdir() do dir
+        new_compiler = joinpath(dir, "Compiler")
+        cp(orig_compiler, new_compiler)
+        output = read(`$(Base.julia_cmd()) -g0 -O0 --startup-file=no --project=$(new_compiler) -e $code`, String)
+        @test occursin("done compiling", output)
+    end
+end