diff --git a/etc/evergreen_yml_components/variants/amazon/test_release.yml b/etc/evergreen_yml_components/variants/amazon/test_release.yml
index 9bd52198d45..de75204153a 100644
--- a/etc/evergreen_yml_components/variants/amazon/test_release.yml
+++ b/etc/evergreen_yml_components/variants/amazon/test_release.yml
@@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ buildvariants:
     crypt_task_compile_flags: SHLINKFLAGS_EXTRA="-Wl,-Bsymbolic -Wl,--no-gnu-unique" CCFLAGS="-fno-gnu-unique"
     test_flags: --excludeWithAnyTags=incompatible_with_amazon_linux,requires_ldap_pool,requires_v4_0,requires_external_data_source,requires_latch_analyzer
     has_packages: true
+    packager_script: packager_enterprise.py
+    packager_arch: x86_64
+    packager_distro: amazon2023
     multiversion_platform: amazon2023
     multiversion_edition: enterprise
     multiversion_architecture: x86_64
diff --git a/evergreen/packager.py_run.sh b/evergreen/packager.py_run.sh
index 4ed7c0b022d..f024abfa3b0 100644
--- a/evergreen/packager.py_run.sh
+++ b/evergreen/packager.py_run.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ if [ "${has_packages}" != "true" ]; then
   # exit 1
 fi
 
+if [ -z ${packager_script+x} ]; then
+  echo "Error: packager run when packager_script is not set, please remove the package task from this variant (or variant task group) or set packager_script if this variant is intended to run the packager."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 cd buildscripts
 $python ${packager_script} --prefix $(pwd)/.. --distros ${packager_distro} --tarball $(pwd)/../mongodb-dist.tgz -s ${version} -m HEAD -a ${packager_arch}
 cd ..