diff --git a/config/path b/config/path
index 34de21a595..594d46a366 100644
--- a/config/path
+++ b/config/path
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ BUILD=$BUILD_BASE.OpenELEC-$PROJECT.$TARGET_ARCH.$OPENELEC_VERSION
 [ -n "$TARGET_PLATFORM" ] && BUILD=$BUILD.$TARGET_PLATFORM
 PKG_BUILD=$BUILD/$1\[-_][0-9]*
 STAMPS_NOARCH=.stamps
-STAMPS=$BUILD/$STAMPS_NOARCH
+STAMPS=$BUILD/.stamps
 DOCS=DOCS
 TOOLCHAIN=$BUILD/toolchain
 SYSROOT_PREFIX=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/$TARGET_NAME/sysroot
@@ -198,6 +198,15 @@ OPENELEC_SRC=http://sources.geexbox.org/src/$OPENELEC_VERSION
 VERSION_SUFFIX=$TARGET_ARCH
 [ -n "$TARGET_PLATFORM" ] && VERSION_SUFFIX=$TARGET_PLATFORM
 
+# read generic personal options if available
+ if [ -f ~/.openelec/options ]; then
+   . ~/.openelec/options
+ fi
+
+# read project based personal options if available
+ if [ -f ~/.openelec/$PROJECT/options ]; then
+   . ~/.openelec/$PROJECT/options
+ fi
 
 kernel_path() {
   ls -d $ROOT/$BUILD/linux*