diff --git a/zookeeper-assembly/src/main/assembly/bin-package.xml b/zookeeper-assembly/src/main/assembly/bin-package.xml
index 1fa81d0bb22..2984477a63e 100644
--- a/zookeeper-assembly/src/main/assembly/bin-package.xml
+++ b/zookeeper-assembly/src/main/assembly/bin-package.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,18 @@
       <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
       <directoryMode>${rwx.file.permission}</directoryMode>
     </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <!-- ZooKeeper C client -->
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/target/c</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>usr</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>bin/*</include>
+        <include>include/**/*</include>
+        <include>lib/*</include>
+      </includes>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+      <directoryMode>${rwx.file.permission}</directoryMode>
+    </fileSet>
     <fileSet>
       <!-- License files for 3rd party libs -->
       <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-server/src/main/resources/lib</directory>