diff --git a/config/options b/config/options
index bcb3e622a4..8684e99c95 100644
--- a/config/options
+++ b/config/options
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ LINUX_DEPENDS="$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/linux/linux.$TARGET_ARCH.conf $ROOT/package
 # include versioning
   . config/version
 
+# read distro versioning if available
+ if [ -f "$PROJECT_DIR/version.$DISTRO" ]; then
+   . $PROJECT_DIR/version.$DISTRO
+ fi
+
 # read project options if available
  if [ -f "$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/options" ]; then
    . $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/options