diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 836a9dd5..53ce1ddc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+/.gradle
 /baksmali/target
 /dexlib/target
 /smali/target
-/util/target
+/util/build
 /maven-smali-plugin/target
 /smali-integration-tests/target
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4556d940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+subprojects {
+    apply plugin: 'java'
+
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..335740c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.gradle.daemon=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0c634a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include 'util'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/util/.gitignore b/util/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ea8c4bf7..00000000
--- a/util/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/target
diff --git a/util/build.gradle b/util/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c488217d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+dependencies {
+    compile 'commons-cli:commons-cli:1.2'
+    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.6'
+}
\ No newline at end of file