diff --git a/BUCK b/BUCK
index 6aed3d72dd..5a38439429 100644
--- a/BUCK
+++ b/BUCK
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ gerrit_war(name = 'chrome',   ui = 'ui_chrome')
 gerrit_war(name = 'firefox',  ui = 'ui_firefox')
 gerrit_war(name = 'safari',   ui = 'ui_safari')
 gerrit_war(name = 'withdocs', docs = True)
-gerrit_war(name = 'release',  docs = True, context = ['//plugins:core.zip'])
+gerrit_war(name = 'release',  docs = True, context = ['//plugins:core.zip'],  visibility = ['//tools/maven:'])
 
 API_DEPS = [
   '//gerrit-extension-api:extension-api',
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-buck.txt b/Documentation/dev-buck.txt
index 45bd6ec936..10d0640c22 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-buck.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dev-buck.txt
@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ project directories in `buck-out/gen`, here as example for plugin API:
   buck-out/gen/gerrit-plugin-api/plugin-api-javadoc.jar
 ----
 
-Install {extension,plugin,gwt}-api to the local maven repository:
+Install {extension,plugin,gwt}-api and gerrit.war to the local maven repository:
 
 ----
   buck build api_install
 ----
 
-Deploy {extension,plugin,gwt}-api to the remote maven repository:
+Deploy {extension,plugin,gwt}-api and gerrit.war to the remote maven repository:
 
 ----
   buck build api_deploy
diff --git a/tools/build.defs b/tools/build.defs
index 4bb48ea035..af39c2a07c 100644
--- a/tools/build.defs
+++ b/tools/build.defs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def war(
     visibility = visibility,
   )
 
-def gerrit_war(name, ui = 'ui_optdbg', context = [], docs = False):
+def gerrit_war(name, ui = 'ui_optdbg', context = [], docs = False, visibility = []):
   war(
     name = name,
     libs = LIBS + ['//gerrit-war:version'],
@@ -89,4 +89,5 @@ def gerrit_war(name, ui = 'ui_optdbg', context = [], docs = False):
       '//gerrit-gwtui:' + ui + '.zip',
     ] + context,
     docs = docs,
+    visibility = visibility,
   )
diff --git a/tools/maven/BUCK b/tools/maven/BUCK
index f625b7b3d1..b6b501e20b 100644
--- a/tools/maven/BUCK
+++ b/tools/maven/BUCK
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ maven_package(
     'gerrit-plugin-api': '//gerrit-plugin-api:plugin-api-javadoc',
     'gerrit-plugin-gwtui': '//gerrit-plugin-gwtui:gwtui-api-javadoc',
   },
+  war = {'gerrit-war': '//:release'},
 )
 
 python_binary(
diff --git a/tools/maven/package.defs b/tools/maven/package.defs
index 3171a316fd..9e5a14465e 100644
--- a/tools/maven/package.defs
+++ b/tools/maven/package.defs
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ def maven_package(
     url = None,
     jar = {},
     src = {},
-    doc = {}):
+    doc = {},
+    war = {}):
   cmd = ['$(exe //tools/maven:mvn)', '-v', version, '-o', '$OUT']
   dep = []
 
-  for type,d in [('jar', jar), ('java-source', src), ('javadoc', doc)]:
+  for type,d in [('jar', jar), ('java-source', src), ('javadoc', doc), ('war', war)]:
     for a,t in d.iteritems():
       cmd.append('-s %s:%s:$(location %s)' % (a,type,t))
       dep.append(t)