diff --git a/make/Defs-internal.gmk b/make/Defs-internal.gmk
index 5d5e7491b34..8656ffa1c20 100644
--- a/make/Defs-internal.gmk
+++ b/make/Defs-internal.gmk
@@ -225,7 +225,10 @@ COMMON_BUILD_ARGUMENTS = \
     JDK_MKTG_VERSION=$(JDK_MKTG_VERSION) \
     JDK_MAJOR_VERSION=$(JDK_MAJOR_VERSION) \
     JDK_MINOR_VERSION=$(JDK_MINOR_VERSION) \
-    JDK_MICRO_VERSION=$(JDK_MICRO_VERSION)
+    JDK_MICRO_VERSION=$(JDK_MICRO_VERSION) \
+    PREVIOUS_MAJOR_VERSION=$(PREVIOUS_MAJOR_VERSION) \
+    PREVIOUS_MINOR_VERSION=$(PREVIOUS_MINOR_VERSION) \
+    PREVIOUS_MICRO_VERSION=$(PREVIOUS_MICRO_VERSION)
 
 ifdef ARCH_DATA_MODEL
   COMMON_BUILD_ARGUMENTS += ARCH_DATA_MODEL=$(ARCH_DATA_MODEL)