diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/ppc/ppc64/installcd-stage1.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/ppc/ppc64/installcd-stage1.spec
index 7c3c22b7..b1549892 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/ppc/ppc64/installcd-stage1.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/ppc/ppc64/installcd-stage1.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ snapshot: 2008.0
 source_subpath: default/stage3-ppc64-32ul-2008.0
 compression_mode: pixz_x
 decompressor_search_order: tar pixz xz lbzip2 bzip2 gzip
+portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/weekly/portage/isos
 
 livecd/use:
 	fbcon
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/ppc/ppc64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/ppc/ppc64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec
index b481bbef..a4c8b8ec 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/ppc/ppc64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/ppc/ppc64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/17.0/32bit-userland
 source_subpath: default/livecd-stage1-ppc64-32ul-2008.0
 compression_mode: pixz_x
 decompressor_search_order: tar pixz xz lbzip2 bzip2 gzip
+portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/weekly/portage/isos
 
 livecd/fstype: squashfs 
 livecd/gk_mainargs: --utils-arch=ppc --arch-override=ppc