diff --git a/cmd/build.go b/cmd/build.go
index e8489af3..72194cc9 100644
--- a/cmd/build.go
+++ b/cmd/build.go
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ Build packages specifying multiple definition trees:
 			if err != nil {
 				util.DefaultContext.Warning("errors while loading trees from repositories", err.Error())
 			}
+
+			for _, r := range bt.RepoDir {
+				helpers.CheckErr(installerRecipe.Load(r))
+			}
+
 			templateFolders = util.TemplateFolders(util.DefaultContext, bt, treePaths)
 		} else {
 			templateFolders = util.TemplateFolders(util.DefaultContext, installer.BuildTreeResult{}, treePaths)
diff --git a/pkg/api/core/types/config.go b/pkg/api/core/types/config.go
index 5aa27768..57a1ec45 100644
--- a/pkg/api/core/types/config.go
+++ b/pkg/api/core/types/config.go
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ type LuetConfig struct {
 	FinalizerEnvs Finalizers `json:"finalizer_envs,omitempty" yaml:"finalizer_envs,omitempty" mapstructure:"finalizer_envs,omitempty"`
 
 	ConfigProtectConfFiles []config.ConfigProtectConfFile `yaml:"-" mapstructure:"-"`
+
 }
 
 // AddSystemRepository is just syntax sugar to add a repository in the system set
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@ func (c *LuetConfig) loadRepositories() error {
 				continue
 			}
 
+
 			c.AddSystemRepository(*r)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/installer/repository.go b/pkg/installer/repository.go
index f9b01386..54711d25 100644
--- a/pkg/installer/repository.go
+++ b/pkg/installer/repository.go
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ func SystemRepositories(t types.LuetRepositories) Repositories {
 type BuildTreeResult struct {
 	Repositories Repositories
 	TemplatesDir map[*LuetSystemRepository][]string
+	RepoDir      map[*LuetSystemRepository]string
 }
 
 // LoadBuildTree loads to the tree the compilation specs from the system repositories
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ func LoadBuildTree(t tree.Builder, db types.PackageDatabase, ctx types.Context)
 	var reserr error
 	res := &BuildTreeResult{
 		TemplatesDir: make(map[*LuetSystemRepository][]string),
+		RepoDir:      make(map[*LuetSystemRepository]string),
 	}
 
 	repos := SystemRepositories(ctx.GetConfig().SystemRepositories)
@@ -147,6 +149,8 @@ func LoadBuildTree(t tree.Builder, db types.PackageDatabase, ctx types.Context)
 
 		r.SetTree(generalRecipe)
 		res.TemplatesDir[r] = template.FindPossibleTemplatesDir(repodir)
+		res.RepoDir[r] = ctx.GetConfig().System.GetRepoDatabaseDirPath(r.GetName())
+		ctx.Debugf("Loaded repository '%s' with template dir '%s' and repository dir '%s'", r.Name, res.TemplatesDir[r], res.RepoDir[r])
 	}
 
 	res.Repositories = repos