diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
index 6d3c1f08e30e..df1f63d5fda6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ let {
     jre
     kcachegrind
     keen4
+    kernel
     less
     libtool
     libxml2