diff --git a/package/base/linux24-src/linux24-src.conf b/package/base/linux24-src/linux24-src.conf
index a5b8a769c..c0fccf869 100644
--- a/package/base/linux24-src/linux24-src.conf
+++ b/package/base/linux24-src/linux24-src.conf
@@ -27,24 +27,20 @@ main_lx_src() {
 	cd $root/usr/src
 
 	echo "Extracting the Linux Kernel Sources [$vanilla_ver] ... "
-	rm -rf linux-$ver-rock ; mkdir -p linux-$ver-rock
+	lx_tempdir=`mktemp -d tmp.XXXXXXXXXX`
 
 	# hack to extract the files into our usr/src dir ...
-	ln -sf $PWD/linux-$ver-rock $builddir/linux-${vanilla_ver}
+	# this part is continued inside lx_injectextraversion
+	ln -sf $PWD/${lx_tempdir} $builddir/linux-${vanilla_ver}
 	tar -k $taropt $archdir/$srctar -C $builddir/
-	chown -R 0:0 linux-$ver-rock ; chmod go=u,go-w linux-$ver-rock
-
-	if [ "${pkg%-src}" = "$ROCKCFG_DEFAULT_KERNEL" ] ; then
-		rm -f linux
-		ln -svf linux-$ver-rock linux
-	fi
+	chown -R 0:0 ${lx_tempdir} ; chmod go=u,go-w ${lx_tempdir}
 
 	echo "Copying kernel patches ... "
 	rm -rf linux$treever-patches ; mkdir -p linux$treever-patches
 	cp -v $base/package/$repository/linux$treever/README linux$treever-patches/
 	cp -v $patchfiles linux$treever-patches/
 
-	cd linux-$ver-rock
+	cd ${lx_tempdir}
 
 	lx_config
 	# remove debug configs 
diff --git a/package/base/linux24/linux24.conf b/package/base/linux24/linux24.conf
index 9febf5c72..81530e12a 100644
--- a/package/base/linux24/linux24.conf
+++ b/package/base/linux24/linux24.conf
@@ -45,19 +45,19 @@ main_lx() {
 	case "$lx_cpu" in
 	    i386)
 		eval $MAKE bzImage
-		cp -vf arch/i386/boot/bzImage $root/boot/vmlinuz_$ver-rock
+		cp -vf arch/i386/boot/bzImage $root/boot/vmlinuz_${lx_kernelrelease}
 		[ "$default" ] && \
 		  cp -vf arch/i386/boot/bzImage $root/boot/vmlinuz
 		;;
 	    x86_64)
 		eval $MAKE bzImage
-		cp -vf arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage $root/boot/vmlinuz_$ver-rock
+		cp -vf arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage $root/boot/vmlinuz_${lx_kernelrelease}
 		[ "$default" ] && \
 		  cp -vf arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage $root/boot/vmlinuz
 		;;
 	    alpha)
 		eval $MAKE vmlinux
-		gzip < vmlinux > $root/boot/vmlinux_$ver-rock.gz
+		gzip < vmlinux > $root/boot/vmlinux_${lx_kernelrelease}.gz
 		[ "$default" ] && \
 		  cp -vf $root/boot/vmlinux_$ver-rock.gz $root/boot/vmlinux.gz
 		;;
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ main_lx() {
 		eval $MAKE vmlinux
 		$BUILDCC arch/mips/boot/elf2ecoff.c -o elf2ecoff
 		./elf2ecoff vmlinux vmlinux.ecoff
-		cp -vf vmlinux.ecoff $root/boot/vmlinux_$ver-rock.ecoff
+		cp -vf vmlinux.ecoff $root/boot/vmlinux_${lx_kernelrelease}.ecoff
 		[ "$default" ] && \
 		  cp -vf vmlinux.ecoff $root/boot/
 		;;
 	    ppc)
 		eval $MAKE vmlinux
-		cp -vf vmlinux $root/boot/vmlinux_$ver-rock
+		cp -vf vmlinux $root/boot/vmlinux_${lx_kernelrelease}
 		[ "$default" ] && \
 		  cp -vf vmlinux $root/boot/vmlinux
 		eval $MAKE zImage
@@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ main_lx() {
 		;;
 	    *)
 		eval $MAKE vmlinux
-		cp -vf vmlinux $root/boot/vmlinux_$ver-rock
+		cp -vf vmlinux $root/boot/vmlinux_${lx_kernelrelease}
 		[ "$default" ] && \
 		  cp -vf vmlinux $root/boot/vmlinux
 		;;
 	esac
-	cp -vf .config $root/boot/kconfig_$ver-rock
-	cp -vf System.map $root/boot/System.map_$ver-rock
+	cp -vf .config $root/boot/kconfig_${lx_kernelrelease}
+	cp -vf System.map $root/boot/System.map_${lx_kernelrelease}
 	[ "$default" ] && cp -vf System.map $root/boot/System.map
 
 	echo "Building the modules ..."
@@ -118,25 +118,25 @@ main_lx() {
 			INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$root DEPMOD=/bin/true
 	else
 		eval $MAKE modules_install DEPMOD=/bin/true
-		echo "Running 'depmod -a -q -F /boot/System.map $ver-rock' .."
-		depmod -a -q -F /boot/System.map_$ver-rock $ver-rock
-		for x in /lib/modules/$ver-rock/modules.*
+		echo "Running 'depmod -a -q -F /boot/System.map ${lx_kernelrelease}' .."
+		depmod -a -q -F /boot/System.map_${lx_kernelrelease} ${lx_kernelrelease}
+		for x in /lib/modules/${lx_kernelrelease}/modules.*
 		do [ -f $x ] && add_flist $x; done
 	fi
 
 	# fix /lib/modules/${ver}/build symlink
-	rm -f $root/lib/modules/${ver}-rock/build
-	ln -sf ../../../usr/src/linux-${ver}-rock \
-	       $root/lib/modules/${ver}-rock/build
+	rm -f $root/lib/modules/${lx_kernelrelease}/build
+	ln -sf ../../../usr/src/linux-${lx_kernelrelease} \
+	       $root/lib/modules/${lx_kernelrelease}/build
 
 	if [ "$default" ] ; then
 		cp $base/package/base/linux24/mkinitrd.sh $root/sbin/mkinitrd
 		chmod +x $root/sbin/mkinitrd
 
 		if [ -z "$root" ]; then
-			mkinitrd empty ${ver}-rock
+			mkinitrd empty ${lx_kernelrelease}
 			rm -f /boot/initrd.img
-			ln -s initrd-${ver}-rock.img /boot/initrd.img
+			ln -s initrd-${lx_kernelrelease}.img /boot/initrd.img
 		fi
 	fi
 }
diff --git a/package/base/linux24/lx_config.sh b/package/base/linux24/lx_config.sh
index ba27c5fc4..8ca8cae11 100644
--- a/package/base/linux24/lx_config.sh
+++ b/package/base/linux24/lx_config.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ srctar="linux-${vanilla_ver}.tar.bz2"
 
 lx_cpu=`echo "$arch_machine" | sed -e s/x86$/i386/ \
   -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/powerpc/ppc/ -e s/hppa/parisc/`
+lx_extraversion=""
+lx_kernelrelease=""
+lx_tempdir=""
 
 [ $arch = sparc -a "$ROCKCFG_SPARC_64BIT_KERNEL" = 1 ] && \
         lx_cpu=sparc64
@@ -146,25 +149,69 @@ auto_config ()
 	fi
 }
 
+lx_grabextraversion () {
+	local ev
+	ev=$( sed -n -e 's,^[ \t]*EXTRAVERSION[ \t]*=[ \t]*\([^ \t]*\),\1,p' Makefile | tail -1 )
+	if [ "$ev" ]; then
+		lx_extraversion="${lx_extraversion}$ev"
+		# keep intact but commented since the second EXTRAVERSION
+		# definition, and clean the first.
+		sed -e 's,^\([ \t]*EXTRAVERSION[ \t]*=.*\),#\1,g' \
+		    -e 's,^#\(EXTRAVERSION =\).*,\1,' \
+		    Makefile > Makefile.new
+		mv Makefile.new Makefile
+	fi
+}
+lx_injectextraversion () {
+	lx_extraversion="${lx_extraversion}-rock"
+
+	# inject final EXTRAVERSION into Makefile
+	sed -e "s,^\([ \t]*EXTRAVERSION[ \t]*\)=.*,\1= ${lx_extraversion},g" Makefile > Makefile.new
+	mv Makefile.new Makefile
+
+	# update version.h
+	eval $MAKE include/linux/version.h
+
+	# get kernel_release
+	lx_kernelrelease="$( echo -e "#include <linux/version.h>\nUTS_RELEASE" \
+                    > conftest.c &&	\
+                    gcc -E -I./include conftest.c | tail -1	\
+                    | cut -d '"' -f 2 && rm -f conftest.c )"
+
+	# rename temp directory 
+	if [ "${lx_tempdir}" ]; then
+		cd ..
+		rm -rf linux-${lx_kernelrelease} ; mv ${lx_tempdir} linux-${lx_kernelrelease}
+		ln -sf $PWD/linux-${lx_kernelrelease} $builddir/linux-${vanilla_ver}
+
+		if [ "${pkg%-src}" = "$ROCKCFG_DEFAULT_KERNEL" ] ; then
+			rm -f linux
+			ln -svf linux-${lx_kernelrelease} linux
+		fi
+		cd linux-${lx_kernelrelease}
+	fi
+}
+
 lx_config ()
 {
 	echo "Generic linux source patching and configuration ..."
 
+	# grab extraversion from vanilla
+	lx_grabextraversion
+
 	hook_eval prepatch
-	apply_patchfiles
+	apply_patchfiles "lx_grabextraversion"
 	hook_eval postpatch
 
 	echo "Redefining some VERSION flags ..."
-	x="-`echo $ver-rock | cut -d - -f 2-`"
-	sed -e "s/^EXTRAVERSION =.*/EXTRAVERSION = $x/" Makefile > Makefile.new
-	mv Makefile.new Makefile
+	lx_injectextraversion
 
 	echo "Correcting user and permissions ..."
 	chown -R root:root . * ; chmod -R u=rwX,go=rX .
 
 	if [[ $treever = 24* ]] ; then
 		echo "Create symlinks and a few headers for <$lx_cpu> ... "
-		eval $MAKE include/linux/version.h symlinks
+		eval $MAKE symlinks
 		cp $base/package/base/linux24/autoconf.h include/linux/
 		touch include/linux/modversions.h
 	fi
@@ -182,7 +229,7 @@ lx_config ()
 
 	if [[ $treever != 24* ]] ; then
 		echo "Create symlinks and a few headers for <$lx_cpu> ... "
-		eval $MAKE include/linux/version.h include/asm
+		eval $MAKE include/asm
 		eval $MAKE oldconfig > /dev/null
 	fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/functions b/scripts/functions
index 19a67b441..dd6250e46 100644
--- a/scripts/functions
+++ b/scripts/functions
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ apply_patchfiles() {
 		else
 			patch $patchopt < $x
 		fi
+		eval "$@"
         done
 }