diff --git a/release/scripts/pkg-stage.sh b/release/scripts/pkg-stage.sh
index e53bd72db249..bdfa3643bacb 100755
--- a/release/scripts/pkg-stage.sh
+++ b/release/scripts/pkg-stage.sh
@@ -1,95 +1,94 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 #
 
 set -e
 
 export ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES="YES"
 export PKG_DBDIR="/tmp/pkg"
 export PERMISSIVE="YES"
 export REPO_AUTOUPDATE="NO"
-export PKGCMD="/usr/sbin/pkg -d"
+export ROOTDIR="$PWD/dvd"
+export PKGCMD="/usr/sbin/pkg -d --rootdir ${ROOTDIR}"
 export PORTSDIR="${PORTSDIR:-/usr/ports}"
 
 _DVD_PACKAGES="archivers/unzip
 devel/git
 emulators/linux_base-c7
 graphics/drm-kmod
 graphics/drm-510-kmod
 graphics/drm-515-kmod
 misc/freebsd-doc-all
 net/mpd5
 net/rsync
 ports-mgmt/pkg
 ports-mgmt/portmaster
 shells/bash
 shells/zsh
 security/sudo
 sysutils/screen
 sysutils/tmux
 www/firefox
 www/links
 x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware
 x11/gnome
 x11/kde5
 x11/xorg"
 
 # If NOPORTS is set for the release, do not attempt to build pkg(8).
 if [ ! -f ${PORTSDIR}/Makefile ]; then
 	echo "*** ${PORTSDIR} is missing!    ***"
 	echo "*** Skipping pkg-stage.sh     ***"
 	echo "*** Unset NOPORTS to fix this ***"
 	exit 0
 fi
 
 if [ ! -x /usr/local/sbin/pkg ]; then
 	/etc/rc.d/ldconfig restart
 	/usr/bin/make -C ${PORTSDIR}/ports-mgmt/pkg install clean
 fi
 
-export DVD_DIR="dvd/packages"
-export PKG_ABI=$(pkg config ABI)
-export PKG_ALTABI=$(pkg config ALTABI 2>/dev/null)
-export PKG_REPODIR="${DVD_DIR}/${PKG_ABI}"
+export PKG_ABI=$(pkg --rootdir ${ROOTDIR} config ABI)
+export PKG_ALTABI=$(pkg --rootdir ${ROOTDIR} config ALTABI 2>/dev/null)
+export PKG_REPODIR="packages/${PKG_ABI}"
 
-/bin/mkdir -p ${PKG_REPODIR}
+/bin/mkdir -p ${ROOTDIR}/${PKG_REPODIR}
 if [ ! -z "${PKG_ALTABI}" ]; then
-	(cd ${DVD_DIR} && ln -s ${PKG_ABI} ${PKG_ALTABI})
+	ln -s ${PKG_ABI} ${ROOTDIR}/packages/${PKG_ALTABI}
 fi
 
 # Ensure the ports listed in _DVD_PACKAGES exist to sanitize the
 # final list.
 for _P in ${_DVD_PACKAGES}; do
 	if [ -d "${PORTSDIR}/${_P}" ]; then
 		DVD_PACKAGES="${DVD_PACKAGES} ${_P}"
 	else
 		echo "*** Skipping nonexistent port: ${_P}"
 	fi
 done
 
 # Make sure the package list is not empty.
 if [ -z "${DVD_PACKAGES}" ]; then
 	echo "*** The package list is empty."
 	echo "*** Something is very wrong."
 	# Exit '0' so the rest of the build process continues
 	# so other issues (if any) can be addressed as well.
 	exit 0
 fi
 
 # Print pkg(8) information to make debugging easier.
 ${PKGCMD} -vv
 ${PKGCMD} update -f
 ${PKGCMD} fetch -o ${PKG_REPODIR} -d ${DVD_PACKAGES}
 
 # Create the 'Latest/pkg.txz' symlink so 'pkg bootstrap' works
 # using the on-disc packages.
-mkdir -p ${PKG_REPODIR}/Latest
-(cd ${PKG_REPODIR}/Latest && \
-	ln -s ../All/$(${PKGCMD} rquery %n-%v pkg).pkg pkg.pkg)
-(cd ${PKG_REPODIR}/Latest && \
-	rm -f pkg.txz && ln -s pkg.pkg pkg.txz)
+export LATEST_DIR="${ROOTDIR}/${PKG_REPODIR}/Latest"
+mkdir -p ${LATEST_DIR}
+ln -s ../All/$(${PKGCMD} rquery %n-%v pkg).pkg ${LATEST_DIR}/pkg.pkg
+ln -sf pkg.pkg ${LATEST_DIR}/pkg.txz
 
 ${PKGCMD} repo ${PKG_REPODIR}
 
 # Always exit '0', even if pkg(8) complains about conflicts.
 exit 0