diff --git a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
index 151bb6abb0905..a9d51557bd9bb 100644
--- a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
@@ -71,6 +71,20 @@ steps:
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
 
+  # x86 CPU wheel build
+  - label: "Build x86 CPU wheel"
+    depends_on: ~
+    id: build-wheel-x86-cpu
+    agents:
+      queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
+    commands:
+      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg VLLM_CPU_AVX512BF16=true --build-arg VLLM_CPU_AVX512VNNI=true --build-arg VLLM_CPU_AMXBF16=true --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target vllm-build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile.cpu ."
+      - "mkdir artifacts"
+      - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
+      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-wheels.sh manylinux_2_35"
+    env:
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+
   # Build release images (12.9)
   - label: "Build release image (x86)"
     depends_on: ~