diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5360fd4e5..f57ee80c0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ manifests:
 		--gh-release=${GH_RELEASE} \
 		--image-prefix=${IMAGE_PREFIX} \
 		--version=${VERSION} \
+		--staging-prefix=${STAGING_PREFIX} \
 		--dry-run=${DRY_RUN} \
 		--push=${PUSH}
 
diff --git a/hack/manifests.sh b/hack/manifests.sh
index e87bcaa36..42817bb88 100755
--- a/hack/manifests.sh
+++ b/hack/manifests.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BUCKET=""
 GH_RELEASE=""
 IMAGE_PREFIX="${DEFAULT_IMAGE_PREFIX}"
 VERSION=""
+STAGING_PREFIX=""
 DRY_RUN=false
 PUSH=false
 KUSTOMIZES=()
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ function usage() {
   echo "  --gh-release <gh-release> is github release"
   echo "  --image-prefix <image-prefix> is kwok image prefix"
   echo "  --version <version> is version of binary"
+  echo "  --staging-prefix <staging-prefix> is staging prefix for bucket"
   echo "  --push will push binary to bucket"
   echo "  --dry-run just show what would be done"
 }
@@ -62,6 +64,10 @@ function args() {
       [[ "${arg#*=}" != "${arg}" ]] && VERSION="${arg#*=}" || { VERSION="${2}" && shift; } || :
       shift
       ;;
+    --staging-prefix | --staging-prefix=*)
+      [[ "${arg#*=}" != "${arg}" ]] && STAGING_PREFIX="${arg#*=}" || { STAGING_PREFIX="${2}" && shift; } || :
+      shift
+      ;;
     --push | --push=*)
       [[ "${arg#*=}" != "${arg}" ]] && PUSH="${arg#*=}" || PUSH="true" || :
       shift
@@ -107,7 +113,11 @@ function main() {
     dry_run rm -r "./artifacts/kustomize"
     if [[ "${PUSH}" == "true" ]]; then
       if [[ "${BUCKET}" != "" ]]; then
-        dry_run gsutil cp -P "./artifacts/${kustomize}.yaml" "${BUCKET}/releases/${VERSION}/manifests/${kustomize}.yaml"
+        prefix="${BUCKET}/releases/"
+        if [[ "${STAGING_PREFIX}" != "" ]]; then
+          prefix="${BUCKET}/releases/${STAGING_PREFIX}-"
+        fi
+        dry_run gsutil cp -P "./artifacts/${kustomize}.yaml" "${prefix}${VERSION}/manifests/${kustomize}.yaml"
       fi
       if [[ "${GH_RELEASE}" != "" ]]; then
         dry_run gh -R "${GH_RELEASE}" release upload "${VERSION}" "./artifacts/${kustomize}.yaml"
diff --git a/test/release/build.test.sh b/test/release/build.test.sh
index d9cf51f47..c7b5601c3 100755
--- a/test/release/build.test.sh
+++ b/test/release/build.test.sh
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ function manifests_with_push_bucket() {
   echo "kustomize build . -o ../../kwok.yaml"
   echo "cd -"
   echo "rm -r ./artifacts/kustomize"
-  echo "gsutil cp -P ./artifacts/kwok.yaml bucket/releases/${VERSION}/manifests/kwok.yaml"
+  echo "gsutil cp -P ./artifacts/kwok.yaml bucket/releases/${PREFIX}-${VERSION}/manifests/kwok.yaml"
 }
 
 function main() {
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ function main() {
 
   make --no-print-directory -C "${ROOT_DIR}" IMAGE_PREFIX=${IMAGE_PREFIX} manifests | diff -u <(want_manifests) - || failed+=("manifests")
   make --no-print-directory -C "${ROOT_DIR}" PUSH=true GH_RELEASE=ghrelease IMAGE_PREFIX=${IMAGE_PREFIX} manifests | diff -u <(manifests_with_push_ghrelease) - || failed+=("manifests-with-push-ghrelease")
-  make --no-print-directory -C "${ROOT_DIR}" PUSH=true BUCKET=bucket IMAGE_PREFIX=${IMAGE_PREFIX} manifests | diff -u <(manifests_with_push_bucket) - || failed+=("manifests-with-push-bucket")
+  make --no-print-directory -C "${ROOT_DIR}" PUSH=true BUCKET=bucket STAGING=true STAGING_PREFIX=${PREFIX} IMAGE_PREFIX=${IMAGE_PREFIX} manifests | diff -u <(manifests_with_push_bucket) - || failed+=("manifests-with-push-bucket")
 
   if [[ "${#failed[@]}" -ne 0 ]]; then
     echo "Error: Some tests failed"