diff --git a/packages.gradle b/packages.gradle
index 2901ea345a..00bacc3ff2 100644
--- a/packages.gradle
+++ b/packages.gradle
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ def genTasks = { target ->
     def final BASE_VERSION = config.bigtop.components[target].version.base
     def final SRCDEB = "${PKG_NAME}_$PKG_VERSION-${BIGTOP_BUILD_STAMP}.dsc"
     def final HADOOP_VERSION = config.bigtop.components["hadoop"].version.pkg
+    def final FULL_PARENT_DIR = getParentDir(config.bigtop.base_version, "deb")
+    def final DEB_PKG_NAME_SUFFIX =  getPkgNameSuffix(config.bigtop.components[target], "deb").pkgNameSuffix
+    def final BIGTOP_BASE_VERSION = "${config.bigtop.base_version}"
 
     exec {
       workingDir PKG_OUTPUT_DIR
@@ -399,6 +402,9 @@ def genTasks = { target ->
 --set-envvar=${toOldStyleName(target)}_BASE_VERSION=$BASE_VERSION \
 --set-envvar=${toOldStyleName(target)}_VERSION=$PKG_VERSION \
 --set-envvar=${toOldStyleName(target)}_RELEASE=$BIGTOP_BUILD_STAMP \
+--set-envvar=PARENT_DIR=$FULL_PARENT_DIR \
+--set-envvar=PKG_NAME_SUFFIX=$DEB_PKG_NAME_SUFFIX \
+--set-envvar=bigtop_base_version=${BIGTOP_BASE_VERSION} \
 -uc -us -b
 """
     exec {
@@ -428,7 +434,8 @@ def genTasks = { target ->
       println "\tNothing to do. Exiting..."
       return
     }
-     def final BIGTOP_BUILD_STAMP = System.getenv('BIGTOP_BUILD_STAMP') ?:
+    def final BIGTOP_BASE_VERSION = "${config.bigtop.base_version}"
+    def final BIGTOP_BUILD_STAMP = System.getenv('BIGTOP_BUILD_STAMP') ?:
              config.bigtop.components[target].version.release
     def final TARBALL_SRC = config.bigtop.components[target].tarball.source
     def final TARBALL_DST = config.bigtop.components[target].tarball.destination ?: TARBALL_SRC
@@ -443,6 +450,8 @@ def genTasks = { target ->
     def final DEB_PKG_DIR = "$PKG_BUILD_DIR/deb/$PKG_NAME-${PKG_VERSION}-${BIGTOP_BUILD_STAMP}"
     def final ENABLE_MAVEN_PARALLEL_BUILD = config.bigtop.components[target].maven_parallel_build
     def final MAVEN_BUILD_THREADS = project.hasProperty('buildThreads') ? project.property('buildThreads') : null
+    def final FULL_PARENT_DIR = getParentDir(config.bigtop.base_version, "deb")
+    def final DEB_PKG_NAME_SUFFIX =  getPkgNameSuffix(config.bigtop.components[target], "deb").pkgNameSuffix
 
     mkdir (DEB_BLD_DIR)
     copy {
@@ -511,6 +520,9 @@ def genTasks = { target ->
     // Creating source package
     exec {
       workingDir DEB_BLD_DIR
+      environment 'PARENT_DIR', FULL_PARENT_DIR
+      environment 'PKG_NAME_SUFFIX', DEB_PKG_NAME_SUFFIX
+      environment 'bigtop_base_version', BIGTOP_BASE_VERSION
       commandLine "dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -sa -S".split(' ')
     }
     mkdir(PKG_OUTPUT_DIR)