diff --git a/pack.sh b/pack.sh
index d270fb28271c5..86c29bacbd48c 100755
--- a/pack.sh
+++ b/pack.sh
@@ -92,8 +92,9 @@ cat > ${distdir}/build.json <<HERE
 }
 HERE
 
-# copy CHANGELOG.md to dist/ for github releases
+# copy CHANGELOG.md and RELEASE_NOTES.md to dist/ for github releases
 cp ${changelog_file} ${distdir}/CHANGELOG.md
+cp RELEASE_NOTES.md ${distdir}/RELEASE_NOTES.md
 
 # defensive: make sure our artifacts don't use the version marker (this means
 # that "pack" will always fails when building in a dev environment)