diff --git a/MIGRATION_GUIDE.txt b/MIGRATION_GUIDE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5b0c36fdf1e58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MIGRATION_GUIDE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Apache Ignite Migration Guide
+===========================
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assembly/release-base.xml b/assembly/release-base.xml
index bc3d473b159a8..df8598f5453fe 100644
--- a/assembly/release-base.xml
+++ b/assembly/release-base.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
             <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
         </file>
 
+        <file>
+            <source>MIGRATION_GUIDE.txt</source>
+            <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+        </file>
+
         <file>
             <source>config/ignite-log4j.xml</source>
             <outputDirectory>/config</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/apache-ignite.spec b/packaging/rpm/apache-ignite.spec
index c735a921b1d5d..5929ea93b89f4 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/apache-ignite.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/apache-ignite.spec
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ ln -sf %{_log}/%{name} %{buildroot}%{_sharedstatedir}/%{name}/log
 %doc README.txt
 %doc NOTICE
 %doc RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+%doc MIGRATION_GUIDE.txt
 %license LICENSE