diff --git a/tools/release/Bootstrap/Config.pm b/tools/release/Bootstrap/Config.pm
index a7f41c22eb4..905ab93f1dd 100644
--- a/tools/release/Bootstrap/Config.pm
+++ b/tools/release/Bootstrap/Config.pm
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use POSIX "uname";
 use File::Copy qw(move);
 
 use Bootstrap::Util qw(GetLocaleManifest CvsCatfile);
+use Bootstrap::Util qw(GetFtpNightlyDir);
 
 # shared static config
 my %config;
@@ -150,12 +151,10 @@ sub GetFtpCandidateDir {
     }
     my $bitsUnsigned = $args{'bitsUnsigned'};
 
-    my $product = $this->Get(var => 'product');
     my $version = $this->Get(var => 'version');
     my $rc = $this->Get(var => 'rc');
 
-    my $candidateDir = CvsCatfile('/home', 'ftp', 'pub', $product, 'nightly',
-                            $version . '-candidates', 'rc' . $rc ) . '/';
+    my $candidateDir = CvsCatfile(GetFtpNightlyDir(), $version . '-candidates', 'rc' . $rc ) . '/';
 
     my $osFileMatch = $this->SystemInfo(var => 'osname');
 
diff --git a/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/Build.pm b/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/Build.pm
index c2f89c7df13..87570bf58f0 100644
--- a/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/Build.pm
+++ b/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/Build.pm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package Bootstrap::Step::Build;
 use File::Temp qw(tempfile);
 
 use Bootstrap::Step;
-use Bootstrap::Util qw(CvsCatfile);
+use Bootstrap::Util qw(CvsCatfile SyncNightlyDirToStaging);
 
 @ISA = ("Bootstrap::Step");
 
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ sub Push {
                   $candidateDir],
       logFile => $pushLog,
     );
+
+    SyncNightlyDirToStaging(); 
 }
 
 sub Announce {
@@ -241,4 +243,3 @@ sub StoreBuildID() {
 }
 
 1;
-
diff --git a/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/PatcherConfig.pm b/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/PatcherConfig.pm
index 2689f96fc20..173dfe7e2a0 100644
--- a/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/PatcherConfig.pm
+++ b/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/PatcherConfig.pm
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ sub Execute {
     my $oldVersion = $config->Get(var => 'oldVersion');
     my $mofoCvsroot = $config->Get(var => 'mofoCvsroot');
     my $patcherConfig = $config->Get(var => 'patcherConfig');
-    my $stagingServer = $config->Get(var => 'stagingServer');
     my $ftpServer = $config->Get(var => 'ftpServer');
     my $bouncerServer = $config->Get(var => 'bouncerServer');
 
@@ -89,6 +88,7 @@ sub BumpPatcherConfig {
     my $patcherConfig = $config->Get(var => 'patcherConfig');
     my $stagingUser = $config->Get(var => 'stagingUser');
     my $stagingServer = $config->Get(var => 'stagingServer');
+    my $externalStagingServer = $config->Get(var => 'externalStagingServer');
     my $ftpServer = $config->Get(var => 'ftpServer');
     my $bouncerServer = $config->Get(var => 'bouncerServer');
     my $logDir = $config->Get(sysvar => 'logDir');
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ sub BumpPatcherConfig {
                                '.%locale%.%platform%.partial.mar');
 
     $partialUpdate->{'betatest-url'} =
-     'http://' . $stagingServer. '/pub/mozilla.org/' . $product. '/nightly/' . 
-     $version . '-candidates/' . $rcStr . '/' . $product . '-' . $oldVersion . 
-     '-' . $version . '.%locale%.%platform%.partial.mar';
+     'http://' . $externalStagingServer. '/pub/mozilla.org/' . $product . 
+     '/nightly/' .  $version . '-candidates/' . $rcStr . '/' . $product . 
+     '-' . $oldVersion .  '-' . $version . '.%locale%.%platform%.partial.mar';
 
     $partialUpdate->{'beta-url'} =
      'http://' . $ftpServer . '/pub/mozilla.org/' . $product. '/nightly/' . 
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ sub BumpPatcherConfig {
      '.%locale%.%platform%.complete.mar');
 
     $completeUpdate->{'betatest-url'} = 
-     'http://' . $stagingServer . '/pub/mozilla.org/' . $product. '/nightly/' .
-     $version . '-candidates/' . $rcStr .  '/' . $product . '-' . $version .
-     '.%locale%.%platform%.complete.mar';
+     'http://' . $externalStagingServer . '/pub/mozilla.org/' . $product . 
+     '/nightly/' .  $version . '-candidates/' . $rcStr .  '/' . $product . 
+     '-' . $version .  '.%locale%.%platform%.complete.mar';
 
     $completeUpdate->{'beta-url'} = 
      'http://' . $ftpServer . '/pub/mozilla.org/' . $product. '/nightly/' .
@@ -262,9 +262,9 @@ sub BumpPatcherConfig {
     $releaseObj->{'locales'} = join(' ', sort (keys(%{$localeInfo})));
 
     $releaseObj->{'completemarurl'} = 
-     'http://' . $stagingServer . '/pub/mozilla.org/' . $product. '/nightly/' .
-     $version . '-candidates/' . $rcStr . '/' . $product . '-'. $version .
-     '.%locale%.%platform%.complete.mar',
+     'http://' . $externalStagingServer . '/pub/mozilla.org/' . $product. 
+     '/nightly/' .  $version . '-candidates/' . $rcStr . '/' . $product . '-'. 
+     $version . '.%locale%.%platform%.complete.mar',
 
     # Compute locale exceptions; 
     # $localeInfo is hash ref of locales -> array of platforms the locale
diff --git a/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/Repack.pm b/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/Repack.pm
index 22255cecd10..4524c3f3e15 100644
--- a/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/Repack.pm
+++ b/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/Repack.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 package Bootstrap::Step::Repack;
 use Bootstrap::Step;
 use Bootstrap::Config;
-use Bootstrap::Util qw(CvsCatfile);
+use Bootstrap::Util qw(CvsCatfile SyncNightlyDirToStaging);
 use MozBuild::Util qw(MkdirWithPath);
 @ISA = ("Bootstrap::Step");
 
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ sub Push {
                   $pushDir, $candidateDir],
       logFile => $pushLog,
     );
+
+    SyncNightlyDirToStaging(); 
 }
 
 sub Announce {
diff --git a/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/Source.pm b/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/Source.pm
index 8287d793081..2df7e150016 100644
--- a/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/Source.pm
+++ b/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/Source.pm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use Bootstrap::Step;
 use Bootstrap::Config;
 use File::Copy qw(move);
 use MozBuild::Util qw(MkdirWithPath);
+use Bootstrap::Util qw(SyncNightlyDirToStaging);
 @ISA = ("Bootstrap::Step");
 
 sub Execute {
@@ -88,6 +89,8 @@ sub Push {
       logFile => catfile($logDir, 'source.log'),
       dir => catfile($stageDir),
     );
+
+    SyncNightlyDirToStaging();
 }
 
 sub Announce {
diff --git a/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/Updates.pm b/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/Updates.pm
index f496d04f831..7e0360abd30 100644
--- a/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/Updates.pm
+++ b/tools/release/Bootstrap/Step/Updates.pm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package Bootstrap::Step::Updates;
 
 use Bootstrap::Step;
 use Bootstrap::Config;
-use Bootstrap::Util qw(CvsCatfile);
+use Bootstrap::Util qw(CvsCatfile SyncNightlyDirToStaging);
 
 use File::Find qw(find);
 use POSIX qw(strftime);
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ sub Push {
         logFile => $pushLog,
       );
     }
+
+    SyncNightlyDirToStaging();
 }
 
 sub Announce {
diff --git a/tools/release/Bootstrap/Util.pm b/tools/release/Bootstrap/Util.pm
index 0a211f24866..e01a8286f24 100644
--- a/tools/release/Bootstrap/Util.pm
+++ b/tools/release/Bootstrap/Util.pm
@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@
 package Bootstrap::Util;
 
 use File::Temp qw(tempfile tempdir);
-
+use File::Spec::Functions;
 use MozBuild::Util qw(RunShellCommand);
-
 use base qw(Exporter);
 
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(CvsCatfile CvsTag
                     GetDiffFileList
+                    GetFtpNightlyDir
                     GetLocaleManifest
                     GetBouncerPlatforms GetPatcherPlatforms
-                    GetBouncerToPatcherPlatformMap);
+                    GetBouncerToPatcherPlatformMap
+                    SyncNightlyDirToStaging);
 
 our($DEFAULT_SHELL_TIMEOUT);
 
@@ -61,6 +62,21 @@ sub GetBouncerPlatforms {
    return keys(%PLATFORM_MAP);
 }
 
+##
+# GetFtpNightlyDir - construct the FTP path for pushing builds & updates to
+# returns scalar
+#
+# no mandatory arguments
+##
+
+sub GetFtpNightlyDir {
+    my $config = new Bootstrap::Config();
+    my $product = $config->Get(var => 'product');
+
+    my $nightlyDir = CvsCatfile('/home', 'ftp', 'pub', $product, 'nightly') . '/';
+    return $nightlyDir;  
+}
+
 sub GetPatcherPlatforms {
    return values(%PLATFORM_MAP);
 }
@@ -270,4 +286,29 @@ sub GetDiffFileList {
     return \@differentFiles;
 }
 
+sub SyncNightlyDirToStaging {
+    my $config = new Bootstrap::Config();
+    my $productTag = $config->Get(var => 'productTag');
+    my $rc = $config->Get(var => 'rc');
+    my $logDir = $config->Get(sysvar => 'logDir');
+    my $externalStagingUser = $config->Get(var => 'externalStagingUser');
+    my $externalStagingServer = $config->Get(var => 'externalStagingServer');
+    
+    my $rcTag = $productTag . '_RC' . $rc;
+    my $pushLog  = catfile($logDir, 'build_' . $rcTag . '-push.log');
+    my $nightlyDir = $config->GetFtpNightlyDir();
+
+
+    my $command = 'rsync';
+    my @cmdArgs = ('-av', $nightlyDir, $externalStagingUser.'@'.$externalStagingServer.':'.$nightlyDir);
+    print 'Bootstrap::Util::SyncNightlyDirToStaging() Running shell command: '.$command.' '.join(' ', @cmdArgs)."\n";
+    my $rv = RunShellCommand(command => $command,
+                             args => \@cmdArgs, 
+                             redirectStderr => 0,
+                             logfile => $pushLog);
+    if ($rv->{'exitValue'} != 0) {
+        die "ASSERT: SyncNightlyDirToStaging(): rsync failed\n";
+    }
+
+}
 1;
diff --git a/tools/release/bootstrap.cfg.example b/tools/release/bootstrap.cfg.example
index 56543fd2759..c5110194e12 100644
--- a/tools/release/bootstrap.cfg.example
+++ b/tools/release/bootstrap.cfg.example
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ buildTree       = MozillaTest
 # where QA updates/builds go
 stagingUser     = cltbld
 stagingServer   = stage.mozilla.org
+externalStagingUser     = cltbld
+externalStagingServer   = staging-build-console.build.mozilla.org
 # where beta updates/builds go
 ftpServer       = ftp.mozilla.org
 # where release updates/builds go