diff --git a/configure/CONFIG_SITE b/configure/CONFIG_SITE
index 076f0ed..be5b210 100644
--- a/configure/CONFIG_SITE
+++ b/configure/CONFIG_SITE
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ endif
 INSTALL_INCLUDE = $(INSTALL_LOCATION)/include/pv
 USR_INCLUDES += -I $(INSTALL_LOCATION)/include
 
+-include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG_SITE.local
diff --git a/configure/RELEASE b/configure/RELEASE
index 134c7c4..4ca3c1b 100644
--- a/configure/RELEASE
+++ b/configure/RELEASE
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ EPICS_BASE=/home/install/epics/base
 # Set RULES here if you want to take build rules from somewhere
 # other than EPICS_BASE:
 #RULES=/path/to/epics/support/module/rules/x-y
+
+-include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.local