diff --git a/scripts/create-relocatable-package.py b/scripts/create-relocatable-package.py
index 0a20dd5265..5e4f550f35 100755
--- a/scripts/create-relocatable-package.py
+++ b/scripts/create-relocatable-package.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ def reloc_add(self, name, arcname=None, recursive=True, *, filter=None):
 ar.reloc_add('conf')
 ar.reloc_add('bin')
 ar.reloc_add('tools')
+ar.reloc_add('lib')
 ar.reloc_add('doc')
 ar.reloc_add('install.sh')
 ar.reloc_add('build/apache-cassandra-{}.jar'.format(version), arcname='lib/apache-cassandra-{}.jar'.format(version))