diff --git a/build/common.sh b/build/common.sh
index 08d31d5e0870f..2c4388f271040 100644
--- a/build/common.sh
+++ b/build/common.sh
@@ -489,11 +489,16 @@ function kube::release::package_client_tarballs() {
     rm -rf "${release_stage}"
     mkdir -p "${release_stage}/client/bin"
 
-    # This fancy expression will expand to prepend a path
-    # (${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}/) to every item in the
-    # KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES array.
-    cp "${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES[@]/#/${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}/}" \
-      "${release_stage}/client/bin/"
+    local client_bins=("${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES[@]}")
+    if [[ "${platform%/*}" == "windows" ]]; then
+      client_bins=("${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES_WIN[@]}")
+    fi
+
+    local bin
+    for bin in "${client_bins[@]}"; do
+      cp "${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}/${bin}" \
+        "${release_stage}/client/bin/"
+    done
 
     local package_name="${RELEASE_DIR}/kubernetes-client-${platform_tag}.tar.gz"
     kube::release::create_tarball "${package_name}" "${release_stage}/.."
@@ -518,7 +523,11 @@ function kube::release::package_server_tarballs() {
       "${release_stage}/server/bin/"
 
     # Include the client binaries here too as they are useful debugging tools.
-    cp "${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES[@]/#/${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}/}" \
+    local client_bins=("${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES[@]}")
+    if [[ "${platform%/*}" == "windows" ]]; then
+      client_bins=("${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES_WIN[@]}")
+    fi
+    cp "${client_bins[@]/#/${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}/}" \
       "${release_stage}/server/bin/"
 
     local package_name="${RELEASE_DIR}/kubernetes-server-${platform_tag}.tar.gz"
@@ -557,8 +566,12 @@ function kube::release::package_full_tarball() {
   # The server binaries are included with the server binary tarball.
   local platform
   for platform in "${KUBE_CLIENT_PLATFORMS[@]}"; do
+    local client_bins=("${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES[@]}")
+    if [[ "${platform%/*}" == "windows" ]]; then
+      client_bins=("${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES_WIN[@]}")
+    fi
     mkdir -p "${release_stage}/platforms/${platform}"
-    cp "${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES[@]/#/${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}/}" \
+    cp "${client_bins[@]/#/${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}/}" \
       "${release_stage}/platforms/${platform}"
   done
 
diff --git a/hack/lib/golang.sh b/hack/lib/golang.sh
index ee0c3a152535a..0d19ec4e5b9d9 100644
--- a/hack/lib/golang.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/golang.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ readonly KUBE_CLIENT_TARGETS=(
   cmd/kubernetes
 )
 readonly KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES=("${KUBE_CLIENT_TARGETS[@]##*/}")
+readonly KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES_WIN=("${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES[@]/%/.exe}")
 
 # The set of test targets that we are building for all platforms
 readonly KUBE_TEST_TARGETS=(
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ readonly KUBE_CLIENT_PLATFORMS=(
   linux/arm
   darwin/amd64
   darwin/386
+  windows/amd64
 )
 
 readonly KUBE_ALL_TARGETS=(
@@ -280,6 +282,9 @@ kube::golang::build_binaries() {
 
         for binary in "${binaries[@]}"; do
           local bin=$(basename "${binary}")
+          if [[ ${GOOS} == "windows" ]]; then
+            bin="${bin}.exe"
+          fi
           go build -o "${output_path}/${bin}" \
               "${goflags[@]:+${goflags[@]}}" \
               -ldflags "${version_ldflags}" \