diff --git a/build/lib/release.sh b/build/lib/release.sh
index 56ef17596354d..b012fbdecc188 100644
--- a/build/lib/release.sh
+++ b/build/lib/release.sh
@@ -476,6 +476,10 @@ EOF
   cp -R "${KUBE_ROOT}/federation/manifests" "${release_stage}/federation/"
   cp -R "${KUBE_ROOT}/federation/deploy" "${release_stage}/federation/"
 
+  # Include hack/lib as a dependency for the cluster/ scripts
+  mkdir -p "${release_stage}/hack"
+  cp -R "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib" "${release_stage}/hack/"
+
   cp -R "${KUBE_ROOT}/examples" "${release_stage}/"
   cp -R "${KUBE_ROOT}/docs" "${release_stage}/"
   cp "${KUBE_ROOT}/README.md" "${release_stage}/"
diff --git a/build/release-tars/BUILD b/build/release-tars/BUILD
index cc7e47f6d02e2..7e9d23db7b23f 100644
--- a/build/release-tars/BUILD
+++ b/build/release-tars/BUILD
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ pkg_tar(
         "//cluster:all-srcs",
         "//docs:all-srcs",
         "//examples:all-srcs",
+        "//hack/lib:all-srcs",
         "//third_party/htpasswd:all-srcs",
     ],
     package_dir = "kubernetes",