diff --git a/release/release.sh b/release/release.sh
index cff917949cf..1e7e86f330f 100755
--- a/release/release.sh
+++ b/release/release.sh
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ chroot_arm_build_release() {
 	[ ! -z "${RELEASECONF}" ] && . "${RELEASECONF}"
 	export MAKE_FLAGS="${MAKE_FLAGS} TARGET=${EMBEDDED_TARGET}"
 	export MAKE_FLAGS="${MAKE_FLAGS} TARGET_ARCH=${EMBEDDED_TARGET_ARCH}"
+	export MAKE_FLAGS="${MAKE_FLAGS} ${CONF_FILES}"
 	eval chroot ${CHROOTDIR} env WITH_UNIFIED_OBJDIR=1 make ${MAKE_FLAGS} -C /usr/src/release obj
 	export WORLDDIR="$(eval chroot ${CHROOTDIR} make ${MAKE_FLAGS} -C /usr/src/release -V WORLDDIR)"
 	export OBJDIR="$(eval chroot ${CHROOTDIR} env WITH_UNIFIED_OBJDIR=1 make ${MAKE_FLAGS} -C /usr/src/release -V .OBJDIR)"
diff --git a/release/tools/arm.subr b/release/tools/arm.subr
index 5b024334188..7deee754654 100644
--- a/release/tools/arm.subr
+++ b/release/tools/arm.subr
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ arm_install_base() {
 		TARGET=${EMBEDDED_TARGET} \
 		TARGET_ARCH=${EMBEDDED_TARGET_ARCH} \
 		DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} KERNCONF=${KERNEL} \
-		installworld installkernel distribution
+		${CONF_FILES} installworld installkernel distribution
 	chroot ${CHROOTDIR} mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/boot/msdos
 
 	arm_create_user