diff --git a/src/python/cram/__main__.py b/src/python/cram/__main__.py
index b2f1d88..87d39ae 100644
--- a/src/python/cram/__main__.py
+++ b/src/python/cram/__main__.py
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ Features
  - 0.2.1 TOML root config
  - 0.2.3 Single-file packages (ex. packages.d/foo.toml)
  - 0.2.4 Support tweaking the shell
+ - 0.2.5 Bugfix release; profiles not depending on subpackages correctly
 
 About
   {__copyright__}, {__author__}.
diff --git a/src/python/cram/v1.py b/src/python/cram/v1.py
index d814d38..0709155 100644
--- a/src/python/cram/v1.py
+++ b/src/python/cram/v1.py
@@ -120,6 +120,15 @@ class LightPackageV1(PackageV1):
 class ProfileV1(PackageV1):
     """Unline packages, profiles don't support recursive stow of contents."""
 
+    SPECIAL_FILES = []
+    _config = None
+
+    def config(self):
+        return {}
+
+    def test(self):
+        return self.root.is_dir()
+
     def do_install(self, fs: Vfs, dest: Path):
         self.do_sh_or_script(self.config().get("package", {}).get("install"), fs, dest)
 
@@ -127,8 +136,12 @@ class ProfileV1(PackageV1):
         requires = super().requires()
 
         # Implicitly depended subpackages
+        # FIXME: How to make this generic? Really this is a query over the loaded packages post-load, not a static thing.
         for p in self.root.glob("*"):
             if p.is_dir():
                 requires.append(self.name + "/" + p.name)
+            elif p.is_file() and p.name.endswith(".toml"):
+                # Use negative indexing to slice off the suffix which we've already established exists
+                requires.append(self.name + "/" + (p.name[0:-5]))
 
         return requires