diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 35c81574d..e49e01821 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ CORE_DEPENDS?=		ca_root_nss \
 			unbound \
 			wpa_supplicant \
 			zip \
+			${CORE_ADDITIONS} \
 			${CORE_DEPENDS_${CORE_ARCH}}
 
 WRKDIR?=${.CURDIR}/work
diff --git a/Mk/version.mk b/Mk/version.mk
index 2c8438b3e..de0702fe2 100644
--- a/Mk/version.mk
+++ b/Mk/version.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2023 Franco Fichtner <franco@opnsense.org>
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Franco Fichtner <franco@opnsense.org>
 #
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 # SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 CORE_ABI?=	24.1
+CORE_ADDITIONS?=#empty
 CORE_MESSAGE?=	Carry on my wayward son
 CORE_NAME?=	opnsense-devel
 # adjust src/root/boot/lua/logo-hourglass.lua.in accordingly: