diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/installcd-stage1.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/installcd-stage1.spec
index 5e416c13..16a22777 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/installcd-stage1.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/installcd-stage1.spec
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ rel_type: default
 profile: default/linux/ia64/13.0
 snapshot: 2008.0
 source_subpath: default/stage3-ia64-2008.0
+portage_confdir: @GITDIR@/releases/weekly/portage/installcd
+
 livecd/use:
 	deprecated
 	fbcon
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec
index 052c3497..bcce5d39 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ rel_type: default
 profile: default/linux/ia64/13.0
 snapshot: 2008.0
 source_subpath: default/livecd-stage1-ia64-2008.0
+portage_confdir: @GITDIR@/releases/weekly/portage/installcd
 
 livecd/bootargs: dokeymap
 livecd/cdtar: /home/armin76/tmp/elilo-3.6-cdtar.tar.bz2