diff --git a/src/bin/repo.rs b/src/bin/repo.rs
index c4a10a28b..25704bb5d 100644
--- a/src/bin/repo.rs
+++ b/src/bin/repo.rs
@@ -514,32 +514,9 @@ fn parse_args(args: Vec<String>) -> anyhow::Result<(CliConfig, CliCommand, Vec<C
                     }
                 }
             };
-            match last_rule {
-                // build from source as usual
-                "source" => {}
-                // keep local changes
-                "local" => recipe.recipe.source = None,
-                // download from remote build
-                "binary" => {
-                    recipe.recipe.source = None;
-                    recipe.recipe.build.set_as_remote();
-                }
-                // don't build this recipe (unlikely to go here unless some deps need it)
-                // TODO: Note that we're assuming this being ignored from e.g. metapackages
-                // TODO: Will totally broke build if this recipe needed as some other build dependencies
-                "ignore" => {
-                    recipe.recipe.source = None;
-                    recipe.recipe.build.set_as_none();
-                }
-                rule => {
-                    bail!(
-                        // Fail fast because we could risk losing local changes if "local" was typo'ed
-                        "Invalid pkg config {} = \"{}\"\nExpecting either 'source', 'local', 'binary' or 'ignore'",
-                        recipe.name.as_str(),
-                        rule
-                    );
-                }
-            }
+            recipe
+                .apply_filesystem_config(last_rule)
+                .map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))?;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/recipe.rs b/src/recipe.rs
index 953c2f6c3..184f17b9c 100644
--- a/src/recipe.rs
+++ b/src/recipe.rs
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ pub struct CookRecipe {
     pub target: &'static str,
     /// If false, it's listed on install config
     pub is_deps: bool,
+    pub rule: String,
 }
 
 impl Recipe {
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ impl CookRecipe {
             recipe,
             target,
             is_deps: false,
+            rule: "".into(),
         })
     }
 
@@ -420,8 +422,8 @@ impl CookRecipe {
     }
 
     pub fn reload_recipe(&mut self) -> Result<(), PackageError> {
-        let r = Self::from_path(&self.dir, true, self.name.is_host())?;
-        self.recipe = r.recipe;
+        self.recipe = Self::from_path(&self.dir, true, self.name.is_host())?.recipe;
+        let _ = self.apply_filesystem_config(&self.rule.clone());
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -437,6 +439,38 @@ impl CookRecipe {
     pub fn target_dir(&self) -> PathBuf {
         self.dir.join("target").join(self.target)
     }
+
+    pub fn apply_filesystem_config(&mut self, rule: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
+        match rule {
+            // build from source as usual
+            "source" => {}
+            // keep local changes
+            "local" => self.recipe.source = None,
+            // download from remote build
+            "binary" => {
+                self.recipe.source = None;
+                self.recipe.build.set_as_remote();
+            }
+            // don't build this recipe (unlikely to go here unless some deps need it)
+            // TODO: Note that we're assuming this being ignored from e.g. metapackages
+            // TODO: Will totally broke build if this recipe needed as some other build dependencies
+            "ignore" => {
+                self.recipe.source = None;
+                self.recipe.build.set_as_none();
+            }
+            rule => {
+                return Err(format!(
+                    // Fail fast because we could risk losing local changes if "local" was typo'ed
+                    "Invalid pkg config {} = \"{}\"\nExpecting either 'source', 'local', 'binary' or 'ignore'",
+                    self.name.as_str(),
+                    rule
+                ));
+            }
+        }
+        self.rule = rule.to_string();
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]