diff --git a/dev/create-release/release-build.sh b/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
index 1dbfa3b6e361b..aa42750f26679 100755
--- a/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
+++ b/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ if [[ "$1" == "package" ]]; then
     NAME=$1
     FLAGS=$2
     ZINC_PORT=$3
+    BUILD_PIP_PACKAGE=$4
     cp -r spark spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-$NAME
 
     cd spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-$NAME
@@ -170,24 +171,32 @@ if [[ "$1" == "package" ]]; then
     # Get maven home set by MVN
     MVN_HOME=`$MVN -version 2>&1 | grep 'Maven home' | awk '{print $NF}'`
 
-    echo "Creating distribution"
-    ./dev/make-distribution.sh --name $NAME --mvn $MVN_HOME/bin/mvn --tgz --pip $FLAGS \
-      -DzincPort=$ZINC_PORT 2>&1 >  ../binary-release-$NAME.log
-    cd ..
 
-    echo "Copying and signing python distribution"
-    PYTHON_DIST_NAME=pyspark-$PYSPARK_VERSION.tar.gz
-    cp spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-$NAME/python/dist/$PYTHON_DIST_NAME .
-
-    echo $GPG_PASSPHRASE | $GPG --passphrase-fd 0 --armour \
-      --output $PYTHON_DIST_NAME.asc \
-      --detach-sig $PYTHON_DIST_NAME
-    echo $GPG_PASSPHRASE | $GPG --passphrase-fd 0 --print-md \
-      MD5 $PYTHON_DIST_NAME > \
-      $PYTHON_DIST_NAME.md5
-    echo $GPG_PASSPHRASE | $GPG --passphrase-fd 0 --print-md \
-      SHA512 $PYTHON_DIST_NAME > \
-      $PYTHON_DIST_NAME.sha
+    if [ -z "$BUILD_PIP_PACKAGE" ]; then
+      echo "Creating distribution without PIP package"
+      ./dev/make-distribution.sh --name $NAME --mvn $MVN_HOME/bin/mvn --tgz $FLAGS \
+        -DzincPort=$ZINC_PORT 2>&1 >  ../binary-release-$NAME.log
+      cd ..
+    else
+      echo "Creating distribution with PIP package"
+      ./dev/make-distribution.sh --name $NAME --mvn $MVN_HOME/bin/mvn --tgz --pip $FLAGS \
+        -DzincPort=$ZINC_PORT 2>&1 >  ../binary-release-$NAME.log
+      cd ..
+
+      echo "Copying and signing python distribution"
+      PYTHON_DIST_NAME=pyspark-$PYSPARK_VERSION.tar.gz
+      cp spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-$NAME/python/dist/$PYTHON_DIST_NAME .
+
+      echo $GPG_PASSPHRASE | $GPG --passphrase-fd 0 --armour \
+        --output $PYTHON_DIST_NAME.asc \
+        --detach-sig $PYTHON_DIST_NAME
+      echo $GPG_PASSPHRASE | $GPG --passphrase-fd 0 --print-md \
+        MD5 $PYTHON_DIST_NAME > \
+        $PYTHON_DIST_NAME.md5
+      echo $GPG_PASSPHRASE | $GPG --passphrase-fd 0 --print-md \
+        SHA512 $PYTHON_DIST_NAME > \
+        $PYTHON_DIST_NAME.sha
+    fi
 
     echo "Copying and signing regular binary distribution"
     cp spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-$NAME/spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-$NAME.tgz .
@@ -211,7 +220,7 @@ if [[ "$1" == "package" ]]; then
   make_binary_release "hadoop2.3" "-Phadoop-2.3 $FLAGS" "3033" &
   make_binary_release "hadoop2.4" "-Phadoop-2.4 $FLAGS" "3034" &
   make_binary_release "hadoop2.6" "-Phadoop-2.6 $FLAGS" "3035" &
-  make_binary_release "hadoop2.7" "-Phadoop-2.7 $FLAGS" "3036" &
+  make_binary_release "hadoop2.7" "-Phadoop-2.7 $FLAGS" "3036" "withpip" &
   make_binary_release "hadoop2.4-without-hive" "-Psparkr -Phadoop-2.4 -Pyarn -Pmesos" "3037" &
   make_binary_release "without-hadoop" "-Psparkr -Phadoop-provided -Pyarn -Pmesos" "3038" &
   wait