diff --git a/contrib/settings.sh b/contrib/settings.sh
index 5ca6a72f..9063cb3c 100644
--- a/contrib/settings.sh
+++ b/contrib/settings.sh
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ if [ "$DATE"x = ""x ] ; then
     export DATE=`date -u +%Y%m%d`
 fi
 export PARALLEL=0
+
+export EXTRACTED_SOURCES=/export/ftp/cdimage/cd-sources
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