diff --git a/src/makeBaseExt/top/configure/RELEASE b/src/makeBaseExt/top/configure/RELEASE
index a2bbeff38..cb4c9cce2 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseExt/top/configure/RELEASE
+++ b/src/makeBaseExt/top/configure/RELEASE
@@ -15,5 +15,8 @@
 
 # Location of external products
 EPICS_BASE=_EPICS_BASE_
-EPICS_EXTENSIONS = $(EPICS_BASE)/../extensions
+EPICS_EXTENSIONS = $(TOP)
+
+# OAG_APPS may be needed by extension SDDS 
+#OAG_APPS=$(TOP)/../../oag/apps