diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/default.nix
index 23bb40dd3cf3..3b991cb2ef7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 callPackage :
 
 {
+  recurseForRelease = true;
 
 ### SUPPORT
   akonadi = callPackage ./support/akonadi { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
index ffee50b4e496..a470098529f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ rec {
     
   # May fail as much as it wishes, we will catch the error.
   processPackage = attrSet: 
-    if attrSet ? recurseForDerivations && attrSet.recurseForDerivations then 
+    if attrSet ? recurseForDerivations && attrSet.recurseForDerivations then
+      packagesWithMetaPlatform attrSet
+    else if attrSet ? recurseForRelease && attrSet.recurseForRelease then
       packagesWithMetaPlatform attrSet
     else
       if attrSet ? meta && attrSet.meta ? platforms