diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/stage1.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/stage1.spec
index 230f7064..1074fd53 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/stage1.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/stage1.spec
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ profile: default/linux/ia64/13.0
 snapshot: 2008.0
 source_subpath: default/stage3-ia64-latest
 update_seed: yes
+portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/weekly/portage/stages
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/stage2.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/stage2.spec
index d3f5f47a..5671c355 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/stage2.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/stage2.spec
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ rel_type: default
 profile: default/linux/ia64/13.0
 snapshot: 2008.0
 source_subpath: default/stage1-ia64-2008.0
+portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/weekly/portage/stages
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/stage3.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/stage3.spec
index abc463ff..7507890d 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/stage3.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/stage3.spec
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ rel_type: default
 profile: default/linux/ia64/13.0
 snapshot: 2008.0
 source_subpath: default/stage2-ia64-2008.0
+portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/weekly/portage/stages