diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/alpha/stage1.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/alpha/stage1.spec
index a13e9670..395efd19 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/alpha/stage1.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/alpha/stage1.spec
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ profile: default/linux/alpha/13.0
 snapshot: 2008.0
 source_subpath: default/stage3-alpha-latest
 update_seed: yes
+portage_confdir: /release/releng/releases/weekly/portage/stages
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/alpha/stage2.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/alpha/stage2.spec
index 0e1e1182..2f576c79 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/alpha/stage2.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/alpha/stage2.spec
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ rel_type: default
 profile: default/linux/alpha/13.0
 snapshot: 2008.0
 source_subpath: default/stage1-alpha-2008.0
+portage_confdir: /release/releng/releases/weekly/portage/stages
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/alpha/stage3.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/alpha/stage3.spec
index 2ddc54e2..8d0fbc49 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/alpha/stage3.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/alpha/stage3.spec
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ rel_type: default
 profile: default/linux/alpha/13.0
 snapshot: 2008.0
 source_subpath: default/stage2-alpha-2008.0
+portage_confdir: /release/releng/releases/weekly/portage/stages