diff --git a/tools/build/onos-release b/tools/build/onos-release
index 621d5fe..33576e5 100755
--- a/tools/build/onos-release
+++ b/tools/build/onos-release
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
 # Package test tar.gz
 onos-buck build //:onos-test
 
+# Package admin tar.gz
+onos-buck build //:onos-admin
+
 # Build ONOS archetypes & deploy to staging repo using the release profile.
 # Note that release of the staging repository is a separate manual step.
 if [ $dryRun -eq 0 ]; then