diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 9eefabb4..d18cf41b 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -121,6 +121,22 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     end
   end
 
+  config.vm.define "build_release", autostart: false do |build_release|
+    build_release.vm.box = "debian/contrib-jessie64"
+    build_release.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vr|
+      vr.memory = 10240
+    end
+    build_release.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 9130, host: 9130
+    build_release.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 3000, host: 3000
+    build_release.vm.provision "ansible" do |ansible|
+      ansible.playbook = "folio.yml"
+      ansible.groups = {
+        "vagrant" => ["build_release"],
+        "release" => ["build_release"]
+      }
+    end
+  end
+
   config.vm.define "build_curriculum", autostart: false do |build_curriculum|
     build_curriculum.vm.box = "debian/contrib-jessie64"
     build_curriculum.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 9130, host: 9130
diff --git a/folio.yml b/folio.yml
index f9031440..4649b419 100644
--- a/folio.yml
+++ b/folio.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # Ansible playbook to deploy Okapi and FOLIO modules
 # Provision a host as a backend FOLIO system
-- hosts: stable:stable-backend:testing:snapshot:minimal
+- hosts: stable:stable-backend:testing:snapshot:release:minimal
   roles:
     - common
     - postgresql
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@
     - create-tenant-admin
     - tenant-admin-permissions
 
+- name: Configure release build
+  hosts: release
+  roles:
+    - docker-engine
+    - okapi-pull
+    - tenant-data
+    - okapi-tenant-modules
+    - create-tenant-admin
+    - tenant-admin-permissions
+
 # Sample data for stable
 - name: Load sample data for stable build
   hosts: stable:stable-backend
@@ -92,6 +102,51 @@
         - { load_endpoint: /vendor, fileglob: sample-data/vendors/*.json }
     - mod-auth-demo-users
 
+# Sample data for release build
+# Most of the reference data is loaded from folio-install Q2-2018 release
+# There is a risk that the sample data not stored in folio-install will become incompatible
+- name: Load sample data for release build
+  hosts: release
+  roles:
+    - role: module-sample-data
+      module_name: folio-install
+      repository: "https://github.com/folio-org/folio-install"
+      module_version: Q2-2018
+      files:
+        - { load_endpoint: /classification-types, fileglob: reference-data/classification-types/*.json, dup_override: 400 }
+        - { load_endpoint: /contributor-name-types, fileglob: reference-data/contributor-name-types/*.json, dup_override: 400 }
+        - { load_endpoint: /contributor-types, fileglob: reference-data/contributor-types/*.json, dup_override: 400 }
+        - { load_endpoint: /identifier-types, fileglob: reference-data/identifier-types/*.json, dup_override: 400 }
+        - { load_endpoint: /instance-formats, fileglob: reference-data/instance-formats/*.json, dup_override: 400 }
+        - { load_endpoint: /instance-types, fileglob: reference-data/instance-types/*.json, dup_override: 400 }
+        - { load_endpoint: /loan-types, fileglob: reference-data/loan-types/*.json, dup_override: 400 }
+        - { load_endpoint: /location-units/institutions, fileglob: reference-data/location-units/institutions/*.json }
+        - { load_endpoint: /location-units/campuses, fileglob: reference-data/location-units/campuses/*.json }
+        - { load_endpoint: /location-units/libraries, fileglob: reference-data/location-units/libraries/*.json }
+        - { load_endpoint: /locations, fileglob: reference-data/locations/*.json }
+        - { load_endpoint: /material-types, fileglob: reference-data/material-types/*.json }
+        - { load_endpoint: /platforms, fileglob: reference-data/platforms/*.json, dup_override: 400 }
+        - { load_endpoint: /service-points, fileglob: reference-data/service-points/*.json }
+        - { load_endpoint: /loan-policy-storage/loan-policies, fileglob: reference-data/loan-policy-storage/loan-policies/*.json, dup_override: 500 }
+        - { load_endpoint: /loan-rules-storage, fileglob: reference-data/loan-rules-storage/*.json, http_method: PUT, updated_code: 204 }
+    - role: module-sample-data
+      module_name: mod-inventory-storage
+      repository: "https://github.com/folio-org/mod-inventory-storage"
+      duplicate_key_error: 400
+      files:
+        - { load_endpoint: /instance-storage/instances, fileglob: sample-data/instances/*.json }
+        - { load_endpoint: /instance-storage/instances, fileglob: sample-data/instances/*.json }
+        - { load_endpoint: /holdings-storage/holdings, fileglob: sample-data/holdingsrecords/*.json }
+        - { load_endpoint: /item-storage/items, fileglob: sample-data/items/*.json }
+    - mod-inventory-mods
+    - mod-circulation-sample-data
+    - role: module-sample-data
+      module_name: mod-vendors
+      repository: "https://github.com/folio-org/mod-vendors"
+      files:
+        - { load_endpoint: /vendor, fileglob: sample-data/vendors/*.json }
+    - mod-auth-demo-users
+
 # Set up stripes
 - name: Build stripes webpack, assign permissions
   hosts: stripes-build
@@ -107,7 +162,7 @@
     - tenant-admin-permissions
 
 - name: Build Stripes container
-  hosts: snapshot
+  hosts: snapshot:release
   roles:
     - stripes-docker
 
diff --git a/group_vars/release b/group_vars/release
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1bcb1d0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/group_vars/release
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+# Variables for building a FOLIO release
+okapi_pull: true
+okapi_pull_timeout: 600
+auth_required: true
+load_mods_larger: true
+enable_okapi: true
+deploy_url: https://cdn.rawgit.com/folio-org/folio-testing-platform/Q2-2018/okapi-install.json
+enable_url: https://cdn.rawgit.com/folio-org/folio-testing-platform/Q2-2018/stripes-install.json
+
+# Variables for building UI
+stripes_github_project: https://github.com/folio-org/folio-testing-platform
+stripes_github_version: Q2-2018
+folio_npm_repo: npm-folioci
+okapi_register_modules: no
+okapi_enable_modules: no
+platform_remove_lock: no
+with_sourcemap: no
+
+# Metadata for CI build
+version: Q2-2018