diff --git a/nucleus/deployment/admin/src/main/java/org/glassfish/deployment/admin/AddLibraryCommand.java b/nucleus/deployment/admin/src/main/java/org/glassfish/deployment/admin/AddLibraryCommand.java
index 08811964243..e88c9ac2ec9 100644
--- a/nucleus/deployment/admin/src/main/java/org/glassfish/deployment/admin/AddLibraryCommand.java
+++ b/nucleus/deployment/admin/src/main/java/org/glassfish/deployment/admin/AddLibraryCommand.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  * only if the new code is made subject to such option by the copyright
  * holder.
  *
- * Portions Copyright 2017-2022 Payara Foundation and/or affiliates
+ * Portions Copyright 2017-2025 Payara Foundation and/or affiliates
  */
 
 package org.glassfish.deployment.admin;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class AddLibraryCommand implements AdminCommand {
     @Param(primary=true, multiple=true)
     File[] files = null;
 
-    @Param(optional=true, acceptableValues="common, app")
+    @Param(optional=true, acceptableValues="common, app, war")
     String type = "common";
 
     @Inject
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ public void execute(AdminCommandContext context) {
         if (type.equals("app")) {
             libDir = new File(libDir, "applibs");
         }
+        else if (type.equals("war")) {
+            libDir = new File(libDir, "warlibs");
+        }
 
         // rename or copy the library file to the appropriate 
         // library directory
diff --git a/nucleus/deployment/admin/src/main/manpages/org/glassfish/deployment/admin/add-library.1 b/nucleus/deployment/admin/src/main/manpages/org/glassfish/deployment/admin/add-library.1
index a7b46a43529..ac8c45bf130 100644
--- a/nucleus/deployment/admin/src/main/manpages/org/glassfish/deployment/admin/add-library.1
+++ b/nucleus/deployment/admin/src/main/manpages/org/glassfish/deployment/admin/add-library.1
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ NAME
        add-library - adds one or more library JAR files to GlassFish Server
 
 SYNOPSIS
-           add-library [--help] [--type={common|ext|app}] [--upload={false|true}]
+           add-library [--help] [--type={common|ext|app|war}] [--upload={false|true}]
 
            library-file-path [library-file-path ... ]
 
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ OPTIONS
                Adds the library files to the application-specific class loader
                directory, domain-dir/lib/applibs.
 
+           war
+               Adds the library files to the war-packaged class loader directory,
+               domain-dir/lib/warlibs.
+
            For more information about these directories, see "Class Loaders"
            in Oracle GlassFish Server Application Development Guide.