diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7ad08ba..6f4277e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ docs/examples/hipcc/hello_world/hello_world.o
 docs/examples/opencl/check_opencl_caps/check_opencl_caps
 docs/examples/opencl/hello_world/hello_world
 packages
+envsetup_pre.sh
diff --git a/babs.sh b/babs.sh
index e4d782f..28d8994 100755
--- a/babs.sh
+++ b/babs.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@
 # See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
 #
 
+# user configuration menu functionality
 source binfo/user_config.sh
 
+# allow enable doing some user specific extra actions before the build start
+source ./envsetup_pre.sh
+
 func_is_user_in_dev_kfd_render_group() {
     if [ -e /dev/kfd ]; then
         test -w /dev/kfd || {
diff --git a/binfo/build_version.sh b/binfo/build_version.sh
index 4bcf60d..0085b4e 100755
--- a/binfo/build_version.sh
+++ b/binfo/build_version.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export ROCM_SDK_RELEASE_VERSION=1
 
 # Set BABS version information
 # Stored in /opt/rocm_sdk_xyz/.info/rocm_sdk_builder
-export BABS_VERSION=2024_07_05_01
+export BABS_VERSION=2024_07_14_01
 
 # Get git hash used to build the system
 # Stored in /opt/rocm_sdk_xyz/.info/rocm_sdk_builder
diff --git a/binfo/envsetup.sh b/binfo/envsetup.sh
index c31fca8..9910ef7 100755
--- a/binfo/envsetup.sh
+++ b/binfo/envsetup.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@
 
 SDK_ROOT_DIR="$PWD"
 
+# user configuration menu functionality
 source binfo/user_config.sh
 
+# allow enable doing some user specific extra actions before the build start
+# like setting the INSTALL_DIR_PREFIX_SDK_ROOT
+source ../envsetup_pre.sh
+
 # check the linux distribution for the target triplet
 export ROCM_TARGET_TRIPLED=x86_64-rocm-linux-gnu
 if [[ -e "/etc/os-release" ]]; then
@@ -33,6 +38,7 @@ echo "ROCM_TARGET_TRIPLED: ${ROCM_TARGET_TRIPLED}"
 # set INSTALL_DIR_PREFIX_SDK_ROOT only if it not already set in the user environment variable or user_config.sh
 INSTALL_DIR_PREFIX_SDK_ROOT="${INSTALL_DIR_PREFIX_SDK_ROOT:-/opt/rocm_sdk_${ROCM_MAJOR_VERSION}${ROCM_MINOR_VERSION}${ROCM_PATCH_VERSION}}"
 export INSTALL_DIR_PREFIX_SDK_ROOT
+echo "INSTALL_DIR_PREFIX_SDK_ROOT: $INSTALL_DIR_PREFIX_SDK_ROOT"
 
 export ROCM_PATH=${INSTALL_DIR_PREFIX_SDK_ROOT}
 export BUILD_RULE_ROOT_DIR=${SDK_ROOT_DIR}/binfo