diff --git a/conf/type/__package/parameter/optional b/conf/type/__package/parameter/optional
index 712ea892..6f793411 100644
--- a/conf/type/__package/parameter/optional
+++ b/conf/type/__package/parameter/optional
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 name
 version
 type
+pkgsite
diff --git a/conf/type/__package_pkg_freebsd/gencode-remote b/conf/type/__package_pkg_freebsd/gencode-remote
index 4d3c9844..022c727a 100755
--- a/conf/type/__package_pkg_freebsd/gencode-remote
+++ b/conf/type/__package_pkg_freebsd/gencode-remote
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ execcmd(){
 	# Set the PACKAGESITE if we're ADDing a new package
 	if [ "$1" = "add" -a -n "$pkgsite" ]; then
 		# Use http.../All/ if we know the exact version we want, use .../Latest/ otherwise
+		pkgsite="export PACKAGESITE=${pkgsite}"
 		[ -n "$version" ] && pkgsite="${pkgsite}/All/" || pkgsite="${pkgsite}/Latest/"
 		echo "${pkgsite}"
 	fi