diff --git a/infrastructure/build/configuration.mk b/infrastructure/build/configuration.mk
index cdf85cecd..49379edff 100644
--- a/infrastructure/build/configuration.mk
+++ b/infrastructure/build/configuration.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,14 @@ configuration_files: $(WORKING_DIR)/config_loader_mod.f90 \
 $(CONFIG_DIR)/rose-meta.json $(CONFIG_DIR)/config_namelists.txt: $(META_FILE_DIR)/rose-meta.conf
 	$(call MESSAGE,Generating namelist configuration file.)
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-ifdef APPS_ROOT_DIR
+
+ifdef EXTRA_ROSE_META
+	$(Q)rose_picker $(META_FILE_DIR)/rose-meta.conf          \
+					-directory $(CONFIG_DIR)                 \
+					-include_dirs $(APPS_ROOT_DIR)/rose-meta \
+					-include_dirs $(CORE_ROOT_DIR)/rose-meta \
+					-include_dirs $(WORKING_DIR)/../rose-meta
+else ifdef APPS_ROOT_DIR
 	$(Q)rose_picker $(META_FILE_DIR)/rose-meta.conf          \
 	                -directory $(CONFIG_DIR)                 \
 	                -include_dirs $(APPS_ROOT_DIR)/rose-meta \