diff --git a/configure/RELEASE b/configure/RELEASE
index 25c7fcf2150d7c54b06c30d47e91fb36b000aa32..423ebec443f16cb94c3ec446efde907d1fcd5ec7 100644
--- a/configure/RELEASE
+++ b/configure/RELEASE
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ E3_REQUIRE_VERSION:=3.0.0
 
 
 # The definitions shown below can also be placed in an untracked RELEASE.local
+-include $(TOP)/../../RELEASE.local
 -include $(TOP)/../RELEASE.local
 -include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.local
diff --git a/configure/RELEASE_DEV b/configure/RELEASE_DEV
index 5818eae6ad664798b7f929f40cc061eda7843f7e..edcd5c35eb8f15361be0de811d86693d09fa19a3 100644
--- a/configure/RELEASE_DEV
+++ b/configure/RELEASE_DEV
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ E3_REQUIRE_NAME:=require
 E3_REQUIRE_VERSION:=3.0.0
 
 # The definitions shown below can also be placed in an untracked RELEASE_DEV.local
+-include $(TOP)/../../RELEASE_DEV.local
 -include $(TOP)/../RELEASE_DEV.local
 -include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE_DEV.local