diff --git a/build/root/BUILD.root b/build/root/BUILD.root
index 66778a602bd5e..9fefdf382eb76 100644
--- a/build/root/BUILD.root
+++ b/build/root/BUILD.root
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ gcs_upload(
         ":_binary-artifacts-and-hashes",
         "//build/release-tars:release-tars-and-hashes",
         "//cluster/gce/gci:gcs-release-artifacts-and-hashes",
+        "//cluster/gce/windows:gcs-release-artifacts-and-hashes",
     ],
     tags = ["manual"],
     # Use for_platforms to format the upload path based on the configured
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ gcs_upload(
     upload_paths = select(for_platforms(for_all = {
         "//build/release-tars:release-tars-and-hashes": "",
         "//cluster/gce/gci:gcs-release-artifacts-and-hashes": "extra/gce",
+        "//cluster/gce/windows:gcs-release-artifacts-and-hashes": "extra/gce/windows",
         "//:_binary-artifacts-and-hashes": "bin/{OS}/{ARCH}",
     })),
 )
diff --git a/cluster/gce/BUILD b/cluster/gce/BUILD
index f61070528f9b4..1996bdbd19f13 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/BUILD
+++ b/cluster/gce/BUILD
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ filegroup(
         "//cluster/gce/addons:all-srcs",
         "//cluster/gce/gci:all-srcs",
         "//cluster/gce/manifests:all-srcs",
+        "//cluster/gce/windows:all-srcs",
     ],
     tags = ["automanaged"],
 )
diff --git a/cluster/gce/windows/BUILD b/cluster/gce/windows/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..158aef837d184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/gce/windows/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+load("@io_k8s_repo_infra//defs:build.bzl", "release_filegroup")
+
+# Having the Windows code from the GCE cluster deploy hosted with the release is
+# useful for GKE.  This list should match the list in k8s.io/release/lib/releaselib.sh.
+
+# IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE:
+# Any time the file structure in the `windows` directory changes, `windows/BUILD`
+# and `k8s.io/release/lib/releaselib.sh` must be manually updated with the changes.
+# We HIGHLY recommend not changing the file structure, because consumers of
+# Kubernetes releases depend on the release structure remaining stable.
+release_filegroup(
+    name = "gcs-release-artifacts",
+    srcs = [
+        "common.psm1",
+        "configure.ps1",
+        "k8s-node-setup.psm1",
+        "testonly/install-ssh.psm1",
+        "testonly/user-profile.psm1",
+    ],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "package-srcs",
+    srcs = glob(["**"]),
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "all-srcs",
+    srcs = [":package-srcs"],
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/cluster/gce/windows/README-GCE-Windows-kube-up.md b/cluster/gce/windows/README-GCE-Windows-kube-up.md
index a32642c1e1740..819581bcd68c3 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/windows/README-GCE-Windows-kube-up.md
+++ b/cluster/gce/windows/README-GCE-Windows-kube-up.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Starting a Windows Kubernetes cluster on GCE using kube-up
 
+## IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE!
+Any time the file structure in the `windows` directory changes, `windows/BUILD`
+and `k8s.io/release/lib/releaselib.sh` must be manually updated with the changes.
+We HIGHLY recommend not changing the file structure, because consumers of
+Kubernetes releases depend on the release structure remaining stable.
+
 ## Bring up the cluster
 
 Prerequisites: a Google Cloud Platform project.
@@ -185,3 +191,4 @@ These steps are based on
       user@kubernetes-minion-windows-group-mk0p:C:\\etc\\kubernetes\\logs \
       kubetest-logs/
     ```
+
diff --git a/cluster/gce/windows/common.psm1 b/cluster/gce/windows/common.psm1
index f345ac2d3aefc..28cef98d6306c 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/windows/common.psm1
+++ b/cluster/gce/windows/common.psm1
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
   and scripts for configuring Windows nodes.
 #>
 
+# IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE:
+# Any time the file structure in the `windows` directory changes, `windows/BUILD`
+# and `k8s.io/release/lib/releaselib.sh` must be manually updated with the changes.
+# We HIGHLY recommend not changing the file structure, because consumers of
+# Kubernetes releases depend on the release structure remaining stable.
+
 # Disable progress bar to increase download speed.
 $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
 
diff --git a/cluster/gce/windows/configure.ps1 b/cluster/gce/windows/configure.ps1
index e5503601743fb..53b778745e979 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/windows/configure.ps1
+++ b/cluster/gce/windows/configure.ps1
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
   Top-level script that runs on Windows nodes to join them to the K8s cluster.
 #>
 
+# IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE:
+# Any time the file structure in the `windows` directory changes, `windows/BUILD`
+# and `k8s.io/release/lib/releaselib.sh` must be manually updated with the changes.
+# We HIGHLY recommend not changing the file structure, because consumers of
+# Kubernetes releases depend on the release structure remaining stable.
+
 $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
 
 # Turn on tracing to debug
diff --git a/cluster/gce/windows/k8s-node-setup.psm1 b/cluster/gce/windows/k8s-node-setup.psm1
index 01fe4d0072540..99af7fe05a5f5 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/windows/k8s-node-setup.psm1
+++ b/cluster/gce/windows/k8s-node-setup.psm1
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@
     # Execute functions manually or run configure.ps1.
 #>
 
+# IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE:
+# Any time the file structure in the `windows` directory changes, `windows/BUILD`
+# and `k8s.io/release/lib/releaselib.sh` must be manually updated with the changes.
+# We HIGHLY recommend not changing the file structure, because consumers of
+# Kubernetes releases depend on the release structure remaining stable.
+
 # TODO: update scripts for these style guidelines:
 #  - Remove {} around variable references unless actually needed for clarity.
 #  - Always use single-quoted strings unless actually interpolating variables
diff --git a/cluster/gce/windows/testonly/install-ssh.psm1 b/cluster/gce/windows/testonly/install-ssh.psm1
index 312b0be18f75e..066bb6f0071d0 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/windows/testonly/install-ssh.psm1
+++ b/cluster/gce/windows/testonly/install-ssh.psm1
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
   clusters. DO NOT USE THIS MODULE FOR PRODUCTION.
 #>
 
+# IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE:
+# Any time the file structure in the `windows` directory changes, `windows/BUILD`
+# and `k8s.io/release/lib/releaselib.sh` must be manually updated with the changes.
+# We HIGHLY recommend not changing the file structure, because consumers of
+# Kubernetes releases depend on the release structure remaining stable.
+
 Import-Module -Force C:\common.psm1
 
 $OPENSSH_ROOT = 'C:\Program Files\OpenSSH'
diff --git a/cluster/gce/windows/testonly/user-profile.psm1 b/cluster/gce/windows/testonly/user-profile.psm1
index 62abd578116cc..9f89f2e440f49 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/windows/testonly/user-profile.psm1
+++ b/cluster/gce/windows/testonly/user-profile.psm1
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
             powershellposse.com
 #>
 
+# IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE:
+# Any time the file structure in the `windows` directory changes, `windows/BUILD`
+# and `k8s.io/release/lib/releaselib.sh` must be manually updated with the changes.
+# We HIGHLY recommend not changing the file structure, because consumers of
+# Kubernetes releases depend on the release structure remaining stable.
+
 
 #Function to create the new local user first
 function New-LocalUser