diff --git a/configure/RELEASE b/configure/RELEASE
index 81f0096daa2c1307297a8f54540dbbf5d9ad1123..a0b02da2020ce1e47e1c9d9e3f82d2c07dac60f7 100644
--- a/configure/RELEASE
+++ b/configure/RELEASE
@@ -24,4 +24,10 @@ SUPPORT=/home/oxygen/MOONEY/epics/synApps/support
 # Specify the standard synApps configuration.
 include $(SUPPORT)/configure/RELEASE
 
+# For a local, custom configuration; copy $(SUPPORT)/configure/RELEASE
+# to this directory as the file MASTER_RELEASE, edit the file, comment out
+# the above include, and uncomment the following line.
+#!include $(TOP)/configure/MASTER_RELEASE
+
+
 TEMPLATE_TOP=$(EPICS_BASE)/templates/makeBaseApp/top