diff --git a/scripts/shared-repo-unpack b/scripts/shared-repo-unpack
index b75f163..a2a6df3 100755
--- a/scripts/shared-repo-unpack
+++ b/scripts/shared-repo-unpack
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ targetdir = sys.argv[3]
 
 ourconfig = utils.loadconfig(__file__)
 
+stashdir = ourconfig["REPO_STASH_DIR"]
+
 with open(repojson) as f:
     repos = json.load(f)