diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 60dde120d5..990fe4cde3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -540,6 +540,11 @@ def get_gaudi_sw_version():
 
 
 def get_vllm_version() -> str:
+    # Allow overriding the version. This is useful to build platform-specific
+    # wheels (e.g. CPU, TPU) without modifying the source.
+    if env_version := os.getenv("VLLM_VERSION_OVERRIDE"):
+        return env_version
+
     version = get_version(write_to="vllm/_version.py")
     sep = "+" if "+" not in version else "."  # dev versions might contain +
 
diff --git a/tools/vllm-tpu/build.sh b/tools/vllm-tpu/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbc91e379d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/vllm-tpu/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e # Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.
+# Script to build VLLM wheel for TPU with an optional version override.
+
+SCRIPT_PATH_PARAM="$0"
+TOOLS_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$SCRIPT_PATH_PARAM")" && pwd) # Absolute path to the script's directory
+REPO_ROOT=$(cd "$TOOLS_DIR/../../" && pwd) # Absolute path to the repo root
+VLLM_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/" # Path to the vllm sources
+
+# Ensure we are not running from within the vllm directory if SCRIPT_PATH_PARAM is relative like "."
+if [ "$TOOLS_DIR" = "$VLLM_DIR" ]; then
+    echo "Error: This script should not be run from the vllm directory directly if using relative paths."
+    echo "Place it in a subdirectory like 'tools/vllm-tpu' and run it from the repository root or via its full path."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Optional version argument
+if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+    USER_VERSION="$1"
+    export VLLM_VERSION_OVERRIDE="$USER_VERSION"
+    echo "User defined version: $USER_VERSION"
+else
+    echo "No version override supplied. Using default version from source."
+fi
+
+PYPROJECT_FILE="$VLLM_DIR/pyproject.toml"
+
+# Backup and update the project name.
+if ! grep -q "name = \"vllm-tpu\"" "$PYPROJECT_FILE"; then
+    echo "Patching pyproject.toml project name to vllm-tpu..."
+    cp "$PYPROJECT_FILE" "${PYPROJECT_FILE}.bak"
+    sed -i '0,/^name = "vllm"/s//name = "vllm-tpu"/' "$PYPROJECT_FILE"
+    PATCHED=true
+else
+    PATCHED=false
+fi
+
+# Navigate to the vllm directory
+cd "$VLLM_DIR"
+
+# Cleanup function to be called on exit or error
+cleanup() {
+    echo "Cleaning up..."
+    if [ "$PATCHED" = true ]; then
+        echo "Restoring original pyproject.toml..."
+        cp "${PYPROJECT_FILE}.bak" "$PYPROJECT_FILE"
+        rm -f "${PYPROJECT_FILE}.bak"
+    fi
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT HUP INT QUIT PIPE TERM # Register cleanup function to run on script exit and various signals
+
+echo "Updating pyproject.toml completed. Proceeding with build..."
+
+echo "Building wheel for TPU..."
+rm -rf dist/
+mkdir -p dist/
+
+# User confirmed to use 'python -m build' directly
+if ! VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=tpu python -m build; then
+    echo "Error: Python build command failed. Check if 'python -m build' works and the 'build' module is installed."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+trap - EXIT HUP INT QUIT PIPE TERM
+cleanup
+
+exit 0 
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