diff --git a/release/release.gradle b/release/release.gradle
index c7c786fd9f..ea6dfd601c 100644
--- a/release/release.gradle
+++ b/release/release.gradle
@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ distributions {
                 from parent.project( 'hibernate-entitymanager' ).configurations.archives.allArtifacts.files.filter{ file -> !file.name.endsWith('-sources.jar') }
             }
 
+            into( 'lib/spatial' ) {
+                from(
+                        ( parent.project( 'hibernate-spatial' ).configurations.archives.allArtifacts.files.filter{ file -> !file.name.endsWith('-sources.jar') }
+                                + parent.project( 'hibernate-spatial' ).configurations.runtime )
+                                - parent.project( 'hibernate-core' ).configurations.runtime
+                                - parent.project( 'hibernate-core' ).configurations.archives.allArtifacts.files
+                )
+            }
+
             into( 'lib/jpa-metamodel-generator' ) {
                 from parent.project( 'hibernate-jpamodelgen' ).configurations.archives.allArtifacts.files.filter{ file -> !file.name.endsWith('-sources.jar') }
             }