diff --git a/config/path b/config/path
index 20559a1019..4ace4b59e5 100644
--- a/config/path
+++ b/config/path
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ SED="sed -i"
   PKG_DEPENDS=""
   PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS=""
   PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
-  PKG_SECTION="misc"
+  PKG_SECTION=""
   PKG_SHORTDESC="$1 (autogenerated)"
   PKG_LONGDESC=""
   PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ SED="sed -i"
   fi
 
   [ -r $PKG_DIR/meta ] && . $PKG_DIR/meta
-  [ "$PKG_IS_ADDON" = "yes" ] && PKG_ADDON_ID="`echo $PKG_SECTION | sed 's,/,.,g'`.$PKG_NAME"
+  if [ "$PKG_IS_ADDON" = "yes" ] ; then
+    [ -z $PKG_SECTION ] && PKG_ADDON_ID="$PKG_NAME" || PKG_ADDON_ID="`echo $PKG_SECTION | sed 's,/,.,g'`.$PKG_NAME"
+  fi
 
   [ -d $BUILD/${PKG_NAME}[-_.]${PKG_VERSION} ] && PKG_BUILD=`ls -d $BUILD/${PKG_NAME}[-_.]${PKG_VERSION}`
   [ -d $BUILD/${PKG_NAME}${PKG_VERSION} ] && PKG_BUILD=`ls -d $BUILD/${PKG_NAME}${PKG_VERSION}`