diff --git a/BUCK b/BUCK
index a278127..6b4071e 100644
--- a/BUCK
+++ b/BUCK
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 gerrit_war(name = 'chrome',   ui = 'ui_chrome')
 gerrit_war(name = 'firefox',  ui = 'ui_firefox')
 gerrit_war(name = 'withdocs', context = DOCS)
-gerrit_war(name = 'release',  context = DOCS + ['//plugins:core.zip'])
+gerrit_war(name = 'release',  context = DOCS + ['//plugins:core.zip'],  visibility = ['//tools/maven:'])
 
 API_DEPS = [
   ':extension-api',
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-buck.txt b/Documentation/dev-buck.txt
index 9c993a8..899153c 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-buck.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dev-buck.txt
@@ -142,13 +142,13 @@
   buck-out/gen/{extension,plugin}-api.jar
 ----
 
-Install {extension,plugin}-api to the local maven repository:
+Install {extension,plugin}-api and gerrit.war to the local maven repository:
 
 ----
   buck build api_install
 ----
 
-Deploy {extension,plugin}-api to the remote maven repository
+Deploy {extension,plugin}-api and gerrit.war to the remote maven repository
 
 ----
   buck build api_deploy
diff --git a/tools/build.defs b/tools/build.defs
index b62c850..21191cf 100644
--- a/tools/build.defs
+++ b/tools/build.defs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     visibility = visibility,
   )
 
-def gerrit_war(name, ui = 'ui_optdbg', context = []):
+def gerrit_war(name, ui = 'ui_optdbg', context = [], visibility = []):
   war(
     name = name,
     libs = LIBS + ['//gerrit-war:version'],
@@ -77,4 +77,5 @@
       '//gerrit-war:webapp_assets.zip',
       '//gerrit-gwtui:' + ui + '.zip',
     ] + context,
+    visibility = visibility,
   )
diff --git a/tools/maven/BUCK b/tools/maven/BUCK
index 2553d03..ca38e45 100644
--- a/tools/maven/BUCK
+++ b/tools/maven/BUCK
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     'gerrit-plugin-api': '//:plugin-api-src',
     'gerrit-plugin-gwtui': '//:plugin-gwtui-src',
   },
+  war = {'gerrit-war': '//:release'},
 )
 
 python_binary(
diff --git a/tools/maven/package.defs b/tools/maven/package.defs
index 7306031..7fd227a 100644
--- a/tools/maven/package.defs
+++ b/tools/maven/package.defs
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@
     repository = None,
     url = None,
     jar = {},
-    src = {}):
+    src = {},
+    war = {}):
   cmd = ['$(exe //tools/maven:mvn)', '-v', version, '-o', '$OUT']
   dep = []
 
-  for type,d in [('jar', jar), ('java-source', src)]:
+  for type,d in [('jar', jar), ('java-source', src), ('war', war)]:
     for a,t in d.iteritems():
       cmd.append('-s %s:%s:$(location %s)' % (a,type,t))
       dep.append(t)