diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -2049,7 +2049,7 @@
 	env ${WMAKEENV} SRCDIR=${.CURDIR} PORTSDIR=${PORTSDIR} REVISION=${_REVISION} \
 		PKG_CMD=${PKG_CMD} PKG_VERSION=${PKG_VERSION} REPODIR=${REPODIR} \
 		WSTAGEDIR=${WSTAGEDIR} \
-		OSVERSION="${SRCRELDATE}" \
+		OSVERSION="${SRCRELDATE}" LOCALBASE=${LOCALBASE} \
 		sh ${.CURDIR}/release/scripts/make-pkg-package.sh
 .endif
 .endif
diff --git a/release/scripts/make-pkg-package.sh b/release/scripts/make-pkg-package.sh
--- a/release/scripts/make-pkg-package.sh
+++ b/release/scripts/make-pkg-package.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 export WRKDIR=$(make -C ${PORTSDIR}/ports-mgmt/pkg I_DONT_CARE_IF_MY_BUILDS_TARGET_THE_WRONG_RELEASE=YES -V WRKDIR)
 
 make -C ${PORTSDIR}/ports-mgmt/pkg TARGET=${TARGET} TARGET_ARCH=${TARGET_ARCH} \
-	CONFIGURE_ARGS="--host=$(uname -m)-portbld-freebsd${REVISION}" \
+	CONFIGURE_ARGS="--host=$(uname -m)-portbld-freebsd${REVISION} --prefix=${LOCALBASE}" \
 	I_DONT_CARE_IF_MY_BUILDS_TARGET_THE_WRONG_RELEASE=YES \
 	BATCH=YES stage create-manifest