1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e9b84d8e4e6..654734a9911 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ GUIX_FOR_BINARY_TARBALL = guile3.0-guix
 guix-binary.%.tar.xz:
         $(AM_V_GEN)GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=                                   \
         tarball=`$(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env guix pack -K -C xz        \
+          --fallback                                                    \
           -s "$*" --localstatedir --profile-name=current-guix           \
           $(GUIX_FOR_BINARY_TARBALL)` ;                                 \
         cp "$$tarball" "$@.tmp" ; mv "$@.tmp" "$@"
@@ -775,7 +776,7 @@ release: dist
         git commit -m "gnu: guix: Update to $(PACKAGE_VERSION)."
         $(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env guix build $(GUIX_FOR_BINARY_TARBALL)      \
               $(call system_flags,$(SUPPORTED_SYSTEMS)) \
-              -v1 --no-grafts
+              -v1 --no-grafts --fallback
         rm -f $(BINARY_TARBALLS)
         $(MAKE) $(BINARY_TARBALLS)
         for system in $(SUPPORTED_SYSTEMS) ; do                                 \
@@ -789,12 +790,12 @@ release: dist
         git commit -m "gnu: guix: Update to `git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-7`."
         $(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env guix build guix                    \
               $(call system_flags,$(GUIX_SYSTEM_SUPPORTED_SYSTEMS))     \
-              -v1 --no-grafts
+              -v1 --no-grafts --fallback
         for system in $(GUIX_SYSTEM_SUPPORTED_SYSTEMS) ; do                             \
           image=`$(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env                                           \
             guix system disk-image                                                      \
             --file-system-type=iso9660                                                  \
-            --system=$$system                                                           \
+            --system=$$system --fallback                                                \
             gnu/system/install.scm` ;                                                   \
           if [ ! -f "$$image" ] ; then                                                  \
             echo "failed to produced Guix installation image for $$system" >&2 ;        \
@@ -807,7 +808,7 @@ release: dist
         for system in $(GUIX_SYSTEM_VM_SYSTEMS) ; do                                    \
           image=`$(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env                                           \
             guix system vm-image $(GUIX_SYSTEM_VM_IMAGE_FLAGS)                          \
-            --system=$$system                                                           \
+            --system=$$system --fallback                                                \
             gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl` ;                                        \
           if [ ! -f "$$image" ] ; then                                                  \
             echo "failed to produced Guix VM image for $$system" >&2 ;                  \