diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cc680e8..2780f30 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 *.tmp
 *~
 .tmp_versions
-/buildroot_config_fragment_cli
+/br2_cli
+/br2_local
 /rootfs_overlay/etc/init.d/S99
 /rootfs_overlay/ignore.sh
 /9p
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 653f5cf..29dade4 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ Only tested successfully in `x86_64`.
 Build:
 
 ....
-./build -i buildroot_config_fragment_x11
+./build -i br2_x11
 ./run
 ....
 
@@ -1996,7 +1996,6 @@ TODO is it possible to compile a single package with optimizations enabled? In a
 Buildroot built-in libraries, mostly under Libraries > Other:
 
 * Armadillo `C++`: linear algebra
-* CBLAS / CLAPACK: linear algebra
 * fftw: Fourier transform
 * Eigen: linear algebra
 * Flann
@@ -2008,7 +2007,7 @@ Buildroot built-in libraries, mostly under Libraries > Other:
 
 There are not yet enabled, but it should be easy to so:
 
-* enable them in link:buildroot_config_fragment[] and rebuild
+* enable them in link:br2[] and rebuild
 * create a test program that uses each library under link:kernel_module/user[]
 
 External open source benchmarks. We will try to create Buildroot packages for them, add them to this repo, and potentially upstream:
@@ -2028,7 +2027,7 @@ There are two ways to run PARSEC with this repo:
 ====== PARSEC benchmark without parsecmgmt
 
 ....
-configure -gpq && ./build -a arm -g -i buildroot_config_fragment_parsec
+configure -gpq && ./build -a arm -g -i br2_parsec
 ./run -a arm -g
 ....
 
@@ -2061,7 +2060,7 @@ Running a benchmark of a different size requires a rebuild wit:
   -c 'BR2_PACKAGE_PARSEC_BENCHMARK_INPUT_SIZE="simsmall"' \
   -c BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="500M" \
   -g \
-  -i buildroot_config_fragment_parsec \
+  -i br2_parsec \
   -- parsec-benchmark-reconfigure \
 ;
 ....
@@ -2113,7 +2112,7 @@ If you still want to run this, try it out with:
 ./build -a arm \
   -c BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="3G" \
   -g
-  -i buildroot_config_fragment_parsec
+  -i br2_parsec
   -- parsec-benchmark-reconfigure \
 ;
 ....
@@ -2131,7 +2130,7 @@ parsecmgmt -a run -p splash2x.fmm -i test
 
 One limitation is that only one input size is available on the guest for a given build.
 
-To change that, edit link:buildroot_config_fragment_parsec[] to contain for example:
+To change that, edit link:br2_parsec[] to contain for example:
 
 ....
 BR2_PACKAGE_PARSEC_BENCHMARK_INPUT_SIZE=simsmall
@@ -2140,7 +2139,7 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_PARSEC_BENCHMARK_INPUT_SIZE=simsmall
 and then rebuild with:
 
 ....
-./build -a arm -g -i buildroot_config_fragment_parsec -- parsec-benchmark-reconfigure
+./build -a arm -g -i br2_parsec -- parsec-benchmark-reconfigure
 ....
 
 This limitation exists because `parsecmgmt` generates the input files just before running via the Bash scripts, but we can't run `parsecmgmt` on gem5 as it is too slow!
@@ -2187,7 +2186,7 @@ before going for the cross compile build.
 Don't forget to explicitly rebuild PARSEC with:
 +
 ....
-./build -a arm -g -i buildroot_config_fragment_parsec parsec-benchmark-reconfigure
+./build -a arm -g -i br2_parsec parsec-benchmark-reconfigure
 ....
 +
 You may also want to test if your patches are still functionally correct inside of QEMU first, which is a faster emulator.
@@ -2538,6 +2537,18 @@ dmesg
 
 == Buildroot
 
+=== Change Buildroot options
+
+We provide the following mechanisms:
+
+* `br2_local`: a gitignored file that gets appended to the `.config`. Get started with:
++
+....
+cp br2_local.off br2_local
+....
+* `./build -i somefile`: append `somefile` to a single build. Must be passed every time you run `./build`.
+* `./build -c 'BR2_SOM_OPTION="myval"'`: append a single option to a single build.
+
 === ccache
 
 We have link:https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#ccache[enabled ccached] builds by default.
@@ -2774,7 +2785,7 @@ Save and quit.
 diff .config.olg .config
 ....
 
-Copy and paste the diff additions to `buildroot_config_fragment`.
+Copy and paste the diff additions to link:br2[].
 
 ==== Benchmarking this repo
 
diff --git a/buildroot_config_fragment b/br2
similarity index 99%
rename from buildroot_config_fragment
rename to br2
index 83f0a31..b822a4d 100644
--- a/buildroot_config_fragment
+++ b/br2
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_OVERRIDE_FILE="../buildroot_override"
 # For qemu-ga on guest. TODO: do something with it, and document it.
 BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_STRACE=y
-#BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSH=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="../rootfs_overlay"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="../rootfs_post_build_script"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="../rootfs_post_image_script"
diff --git a/br2_local.off b/br2_local.off
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9701d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/br2_local.off
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Rename this file to just br2_local
+# If is then gitignored, and you can add your own buildroot configs here to quickly test new buildroot features.
+# Often used for new packages.
+#BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSH=y
+#BR2_PACKAGE_OPENBLAS=y
diff --git a/buildroot_config_fragment_parsec b/br2_parsec
similarity index 100%
rename from buildroot_config_fragment_parsec
rename to br2_parsec
diff --git a/buildroot_config_fragment_qemu b/br2_qemu
similarity index 100%
rename from buildroot_config_fragment_qemu
rename to br2_qemu
diff --git a/buildroot_config_fragment_x11 b/br2_x11
similarity index 100%
rename from buildroot_config_fragment_x11
rename to br2_x11
diff --git a/build b/build
index a523461..bf077fd 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -eu
 arch=x86_64
-rm -f buildroot_config_fragment_cli
-touch buildroot_config_fragment_cli
+rm -f br2_cli
+touch br2_cli
 configure=true
-config_fragments='buildroot_config_fragment buildroot_config_fragment_cli'
+config_fragments='br2 br2_cli'
 extra_make_args=''
 gem5=false
 j="$(($(nproc) - 2))"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ while getopts 'a:c:Cgj:i:kK:lp:qS:v' OPT; do
       arch="$OPTARG"
     ;;
     c)
-      echo "$OPTARG" >> buildroot_config_fragment_cli
+      echo "$OPTARG" >> br2_cli
     ;;
     C)
       configure=false
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ while getopts 'a:c:Cgj:i:kK:lp:qS:v' OPT; do
 done
 shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
 extra_make_args="$extra_make_args $@"
+if [ -f br2_local ]; then
+  config_fragments="$config_fragments br2_local"
+fi
 case "$arch" in
   x86_64)
     defconfig=qemu_x86_64_defconfig
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ if "$gem5"; then
   # Networking was not working, so disable it to speed things up.
   post_script_args="$post_script_args -n"
 else
-  config_fragments="$config_fragments buildroot_config_fragment_qemu"
+  config_fragments="$config_fragments br2_qemu"
 fi
 root_dir="$(pwd)"
 buildroot_dir="${root_dir}/buildroot"