diff --git a/build/lib/release.sh b/build/lib/release.sh
index acf43de985b..ef61fe49cec 100644
--- a/build/lib/release.sh
+++ b/build/lib/release.sh
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ function kube::release::package_tarballs() {
   mkdir -p "${RELEASE_DIR}"
   kube::release::package_src_tarball &
   kube::release::package_client_tarballs &
+  kube::release::package_node_tarballs &
   kube::release::package_server_tarballs &
   kube::release::package_salt_tarball &
   kube::release::package_kube_manifests_tarball &
@@ -148,6 +149,50 @@ function kube::release::package_client_tarballs() {
   kube::util::wait-for-jobs || { kube::log::error "client tarball creation failed"; exit 1; }
 }
 
+# Package up all of the node binaries
+function kube::release::package_node_tarballs() {
+  local platform
+  for platform in "${KUBE_NODE_PLATFORMS[@]}"; do
+    local platform_tag=${platform/\//-} # Replace a "/" for a "-"
+    local arch=$(basename ${platform})
+    kube::log::status "Building tarball: node $platform_tag"
+
+    local release_stage="${RELEASE_STAGE}/node/${platform_tag}/kubernetes"
+    rm -rf "${release_stage}"
+    mkdir -p "${release_stage}/node/bin"
+
+    local node_bins=("${KUBE_NODE_BINARIES[@]}")
+    if [[ "${platform%/*}" == "windows" ]]; then
+      node_bins=("${KUBE_NODE_BINARIES_WIN[@]}")
+    fi
+    # This fancy expression will expand to prepend a path
+    # (${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}/) to every item in the
+    # KUBE_NODE_BINARIES array.
+    cp "${node_bins[@]/#/${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}/}" \
+      "${release_stage}/node/bin/"
+
+    # TODO: Docker images here
+    # kube::release::create_docker_images_for_server "${release_stage}/server/bin" "${arch}"
+
+    # Include the client binaries here too as they are useful debugging tools.
+    local client_bins=("${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES[@]}")
+    if [[ "${platform%/*}" == "windows" ]]; then
+      client_bins=("${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES_WIN[@]}")
+    fi
+    cp "${client_bins[@]/#/${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}/}" \
+      "${release_stage}/node/bin/"
+
+    cp "${KUBE_ROOT}/Godeps/LICENSES" "${release_stage}/"
+
+    cp "${RELEASE_DIR}/kubernetes-src.tar.gz" "${release_stage}/"
+
+    kube::release::clean_cruft
+
+    local package_name="${RELEASE_DIR}/kubernetes-node-${platform_tag}.tar.gz"
+    kube::release::create_tarball "${package_name}" "${release_stage}/.."
+  done
+}
+
 # Package up all of the server binaries
 function kube::release::package_server_tarballs() {
   local platform
diff --git a/hack/lib/golang.sh b/hack/lib/golang.sh
index 2a22af61e62..67dc4c276da 100755
--- a/hack/lib/golang.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/golang.sh
@@ -39,8 +39,22 @@ kube::golang::server_targets() {
 readonly KUBE_SERVER_TARGETS=($(kube::golang::server_targets))
 readonly KUBE_SERVER_BINARIES=("${KUBE_SERVER_TARGETS[@]##*/}")
 
+# The set of server targets that we are only building for Kubernetes nodes 
+kube::golang::node_targets() {
+  local targets=(
+    cmd/kube-proxy
+    cmd/kubelet
+  )
+  echo "${targets[@]}"
+}
+
+readonly KUBE_NODE_TARGETS=($(kube::golang::node_targets))
+readonly KUBE_NODE_BINARIES=("${KUBE_NODE_TARGETS[@]##*/}")
+readonly KUBE_NODE_BINARIES_WIN=("${KUBE_NODE_BINARIES[@]/%/.exe}")
+
 if [[ "${KUBE_FASTBUILD:-}" == "true" ]]; then
   readonly KUBE_SERVER_PLATFORMS=(linux/amd64)
+  readonly KUBE_NODE_PLATFORMS=(linux/amd64)
   if [[ "${KUBE_BUILDER_OS:-}" == "darwin"* ]]; then
     readonly KUBE_TEST_PLATFORMS=(
       darwin/amd64
@@ -68,6 +82,19 @@ else
   fi
   readonly KUBE_SERVER_PLATFORMS
 
+  # The node platforms we build for
+  KUBE_NODE_PLATFORMS=(
+    linux/amd64
+    linux/arm
+    linux/arm64
+    linux/s390x
+    windows/amd64
+  )
+  if [[ "${KUBE_BUILD_PPC64LE:-}" =~ ^[yY]$ ]]; then
+    KUBE_NODE_PLATFORMS+=(linux/ppc64le)
+  fi
+  readonly KUBE_NODE_PLATFORMS
+
   # If we update this we should also update the set of golang compilers we build
   # in 'build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile'. However, it's only a bit faster since go 1.5, not mandatory
   KUBE_CLIENT_PLATFORMS=(
diff --git a/hack/make-rules/cross.sh b/hack/make-rules/cross.sh
index 08ae0d8da35..e2c2f9f44d0 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/cross.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/cross.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 make all WHAT="${KUBE_SERVER_TARGETS[*]}" KUBE_BUILD_PLATFORMS="${KUBE_SERVER_PLATFORMS[*]}"
 
+make all WHAT="${KUBE_NODE_TARGETS[*]}" KUBE_BUILD_PLATFORMS="${KUBE_NODE_PLATFORMS[*]}"
+
 make all WHAT="${KUBE_CLIENT_TARGETS[*]}" KUBE_BUILD_PLATFORMS="${KUBE_CLIENT_PLATFORMS[*]}"
 
 make all WHAT="${KUBE_TEST_TARGETS[*]}" KUBE_BUILD_PLATFORMS="${KUBE_TEST_PLATFORMS[*]}"