diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/CONFIG b/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/CONFIG
index 55ed7e861..ae1e38dc9 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/CONFIG
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/CONFIG
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # CONFIG
 
+# You might want to change this to some shared set of rules, e.g.
+# RULES=/path/to/epics/support/modules/rules/x-y
+RULES=$(EPICS_BASE)
+
 include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE
 -include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)
 -include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH).Common
@@ -8,7 +12,7 @@ ifdef T_A
 -include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH).$(T_A)
 endif
 
-CONFIG=$(EPICS_BASE)/configure
+CONFIG=$(RULES)/configure
 include $(CONFIG)/CONFIG
 
 # Override for definition in base
diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/Makefile b/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/Makefile
index 0052e7ed3..ade29a7e9 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/Makefile
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# Makefile
-
 TOP=..
 
 include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES b/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES
index 1f2cb5d37..6d56e14e8 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # RULES
 
-include $(EPICS_BASE)/configure/RULES
+include $(CONFIG)/RULES
 
 # Library should be rebuilt because LIBOBJS may have changed.
 $(LIBNAME): ../Makefile
diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES.ioc b/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES.ioc
index 5ba101303..901987c6c 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES.ioc
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES.ioc
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #RULES.ioc
-include $(EPICS_BASE)/configure/RULES.ioc
+include $(CONFIG)/RULES.ioc
diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES_DIRS b/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES_DIRS
index 804faee5e..3ba269dcc 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES_DIRS
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES_DIRS
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #RULES_DIRS
-include $(EPICS_BASE)/configure/RULES_DIRS
+include $(CONFIG)/RULES_DIRS
diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES_TOP b/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES_TOP
index 0620f08fb..d09d668d5 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES_TOP
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES_TOP
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #RULES_TOP
-include $(EPICS_BASE)/configure/RULES_TOP
+include $(CONFIG)/RULES_TOP
 
diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleBoot/Makefile b/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleBoot/Makefile
index d097ef0ad..91e47d0b5 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleBoot/Makefile
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleBoot/Makefile
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ TOP = ..
 include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
 DIRS += $(wildcard *ioc*)
 DIRS += $(wildcard as*)
-include $(EPICS_BASE)/configure/RULES_DIRS
+include $(CONFIG)/RULES_DIRS
 
diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/iocBoot/Makefile b/src/makeBaseApp/top/iocBoot/Makefile
index d097ef0ad..91e47d0b5 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/top/iocBoot/Makefile
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/top/iocBoot/Makefile
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ TOP = ..
 include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
 DIRS += $(wildcard *ioc*)
 DIRS += $(wildcard as*)
-include $(EPICS_BASE)/configure/RULES_DIRS
+include $(CONFIG)/RULES_DIRS