diff --git a/release/Makefile b/release/Makefile
index fc91b31df579..a2667ed853a6 100644
--- a/release/Makefile
+++ b/release/Makefile
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ PKG_ABI= $$(${PKG_CMD} -o ABI_FILE=${PKG_ABI_FILE} config ABI)
PKG_ENV+= INSTALL_AS_USER=yes
PKG_ENV+= ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=yes
PKG_ARGS+= -o METALOG=METALOG
+.if !defined(NOPKGBASE) || empty(NOPKGBASE)
PKG_ARGS+= -o ABI=${PKG_ABI}
+.endif
PKG_ARGS+= -r ${.TARGET}
PKG_REPO_ARGS= -o REPOS_DIR=${.CURDIR}/pkg_repos
PKGBASE_REPO_ARGS=-o REPOS_DIR=${.OBJDIR}/pkgbase-repo-dir
diff --git a/release/tools/vmimage.subr b/release/tools/vmimage.subr
index 0ca9ba267ce0..c9f8fee06cab 100644
--- a/release/tools/vmimage.subr
+++ b/release/tools/vmimage.subr
@@ -207,10 +207,13 @@ vm_extra_install_packages() {
return 0
fi
if [ -n "${NO_ROOT}" ]; then
+ if [ -z "${NOPKGBASE}" ]; then
+ PKG_ABIOPT= "-o ABI=${PKG_ABI}"
+ fi
for pkg in ${VM_EXTRA_PACKAGES}; do
INSTALL_AS_USER=yes \
${PKG_CMD} \
- -o ABI=${PKG_ABI} \
+ ${PKG_ABIOPT} \
-o METALOG=${DESTDIR}/METALOG.pkg \
-o REPOS_DIR=${PKG_REPOS_DIR} \
-o PKG_DBDIR=${DESTDIR}/var/db/pkg \
@@ -219,7 +222,7 @@ vm_extra_install_packages() {
done
INSTALL_AS_USER=yes \
${PKG_CMD} \
- -o ABI=${PKG_ABI} \
+ ${PKG_ABIOPT} \
-o REPOS_DIR=${PKG_REPOS_DIR} \
-o PKG_DBDIR=${DESTDIR}/var/db/pkg \
-r ${DESTDIR} \