diff --git a/release/Makefile b/release/Makefile
--- a/release/Makefile
+++ b/release/Makefile
@@ -238,7 +238,14 @@
 .endif
 .if ${.MAKE.OS} == "FreeBSD" && (!defined(NOPKG) || empty(NOPKG))
 # Install packages onto release media.
+
+	# If we're building pkgbase media, take the pkg package from the pkgbase
+	# repository we already created.
+.if !defined(NOPKGBASE) || empty(NOPKGBASE)
+	env ${PKG_ENV} ${PKG_CMD} ${PKG_ARGS} -R ${.OBJDIR}/pkgbase-repo-conf install -f pkg
+.else
 	${PKG_INSTALL} pkg
+.endif
 	${PKG_INSTALL} wifi-firmware-kmod-release || true
 	${PKG_CLEAN} || true
 .endif
@@ -279,7 +286,14 @@
 .endif
 .if ${.MAKE.OS} == "FreeBSD" && (!defined(NOPKG) || empty(NOPKG))
 # Install packages onto release media.
+#
+	# If we're building pkgbase media, take the pkg package from the pkgbase
+	# repository we already created.
+.if !defined(NOPKGBASE) || empty(NOPKGBASE)
+	env ${PKG_ENV} ${PKG_CMD} ${PKG_ARGS} -R ${.OBJDIR}/pkgbase-repo-conf install -f pkg
+.else
 	${PKG_INSTALL} pkg
+.endif
 	${PKG_INSTALL} wifi-firmware-iwlwifi-kmod wifi-firmware-rtw88-kmod || true
 	${PKG_CLEAN} || true
 .endif
@@ -333,7 +347,14 @@
 .endif
 .if ${.MAKE.OS} == "FreeBSD" && (!defined(NOPKG) || empty(NOPKG))
 # Install packages onto release media.
+#
+	# If we're building pkgbase media, take the pkg package from the pkgbase
+	# repository we already created.
+.if !defined(NOPKGBASE) || empty(NOPKGBASE)
+	env ${PKG_ENV} ${PKG_CMD} ${PKG_ARGS} -R ${.OBJDIR}/pkgbase-repo-conf install -f pkg
+.else
 	${PKG_INSTALL} pkg
+.endif
 	${PKG_INSTALL} wifi-firmware-kmod-release || true
 	${PKG_CLEAN} || true
 .endif