diff --git a/etc/makefiles/kaleidoscope-env.mk b/etc/makefiles/kaleidoscope-env.mk
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+mkfile_path := $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
+mkfile_dir := $(dir $(mkfile_path))
+
+export KALEIDOSCOPE_DIR ?= $(abspath $(mkfile_dir)/../..)
+export KALEIDOSCOPE_BIN_DIR ?= $(KALEIDOSCOPE_DIR)/bin
+export KALEIDOSCOPE_ETC_DIR ?= $(KALEIDOSCOPE_DIR)/etc
+
+export ARDUINO_CONTENT ?= $(KALEIDOSCOPE_DIR)/.arduino
+export ARDUINO_DIRECTORIES_DATA ?= $(ARDUINO_CONTENT)/data
+export ARDUINO_DIRECTORIES_DOWNLOADS ?= $(ARDUINO_CONTENT)/downloads
+export ARDUINO_DIRECTORIES_USER ?= $(ARDUINO_CONTENT)/user
+export ARDUINO_CLI_CONFIG ?= $(ARDUINO_DIRECTORIES_DATA)/arduino-cli.yaml
+export ARDUINO_BOARD_MANAGER_ADDITIONAL_URLS ?= https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keyboardio/boardsmanager/master/package_keyboardio_index.json
+
+ifneq ($(VERBOSE),)
+export ARDUINO_VERBOSE ?= --verbose
+else
+export ARDUINO_VERBOSE ?=
+endif
+