diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..91ea7410d8977ededc4a968849a65b194e570976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+build
+.gradle
diff --git a/briar-android/.gitignore b/briar-android/.gitignore
index 4f384f17c37c590d20a08be857d0e61bb045bdd1..216c35063ecddba09d050a3e6d558df0f1190226 100644
--- a/briar-android/.gitignore
+++ b/briar-android/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 bin
 gen
+build
 local.properties
 .settings
diff --git a/briar-android/build.gradle b/briar-android/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c4373618431e463c27b76dd027738dff615d9301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/briar-android/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
+
+dependencies {
+    compile fileTree(dir: '../briar-api/libs', include: '*.jar')
+    compile project(':briar-api')
+    compile fileTree(dir: '../briar-core/libs', include: '*.jar')
+    compile project(':briar-core')
+    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
+}
+
+android {
+    compileSdkVersion 20
+    buildToolsVersion "20.0.0"
+
+    sourceSets {
+        main {
+            manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
+            java.srcDirs = ['src']
+            resources.srcDirs = ['src']
+            aidl.srcDirs = ['src']
+            renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
+            res.srcDirs = ['res']
+            assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
+        }
+
+        // Move the tests to tests/java, tests/res, etc...
+        instrumentTest.setRoot('tests')
+
+        // Move the build types to build-types/<type>
+        // For instance, build-types/debug/java, build-types/debug/AndroidManifest.xml, ...
+        // This moves them out of them default location under src/<type>/... which would
+        // conflict with src/ being used by the main source set.
+        // Adding new build types or product flavors should be accompanied
+        // by a similar customization.
+        debug.setRoot('build-types/debug')
+        release.setRoot('build-types/release')
+    }
+}
diff --git a/briar-api/build.gradle b/briar-api/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8612e93610ae315e7f818543949582286422b81d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/briar-api/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apply plugin: 'java'
+
+dependencies {
+    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
+}
+
+sourceSets {
+    main.java.srcDirs = ['src']
+    main.resources.srcDirs = ['src']
+}
diff --git a/briar-core/build.gradle b/briar-core/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ad7abbba79cccf809b93405e99c3cf905f6a24c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/briar-core/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+apply plugin: 'java'
+
+dependencies {
+    compile fileTree(dir: '../briar-api/libs', include: '*.jar')
+    compile project(':briar-api')
+    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
+}
+
+sourceSets {
+    main.java.srcDirs = ['src']
+    main.resources.srcDirs = ['src']
+}
diff --git a/briar-desktop/build.gradle b/briar-desktop/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3a21e105376d3cb755c132aceaad56246c862014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/briar-desktop/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+apply plugin: 'java'
+
+dependencies {
+    compile fileTree(dir: '../briar-api/libs', include: '*.jar')
+    compile project(':briar-api')
+    compile fileTree(dir: '../briar-core/libs', include: '*.jar')
+    compile project(':briar-core')
+    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
+}
+
+sourceSets {
+    main.java.srcDirs = ['src']
+    main.resources.srcDirs = ['src']
+}
diff --git a/briar-tests/build.gradle b/briar-tests/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a93c46de41f73cd02e8565622d76bba51acdf492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/briar-tests/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+apply plugin: 'java'
+
+dependencies {
+    compile fileTree(dir: '../briar-api/libs', include: '*.jar')
+    compile project(':briar-api')
+    compile fileTree(dir: '../briar-core/libs', include: '*.jar')
+    compile project(':briar-core')
+    compile fileTree(dir: '../briar-desktop/libs', include: '*.jar')
+    compile project(':briar-desktop')
+    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
+}
+
+sourceSets {
+    main.java.srcDirs = ['src']
+    main.resources.srcDirs = ['src']
+    test.java.srcDirs = ['src']
+    test.resources.srcDirs = ['src']
+}
+
+tasks.withType(Test) {
+    systemProperty 'java.library.path', '../briar-desktop/libs'
+}
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0d9b5eb8cf36c8cf2baa985842d64497a868d3c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.12.+'
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8c0fb64a8698b08ecc4158d828ca593c4928e9dd
Binary files /dev/null and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1e61d1fd3a9bc5be8381127e4d6457cf08e7c473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#Wed Apr 10 15:27:10 PDT 2013
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.12-all.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..91a7e269e19dfc62e27137a0b57ef3e430cee4fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn ( ) {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die ( ) {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched.
+if $cygwin ; then
+    [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
+fi
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >&-
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >&-
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Split up the JVM_OPTS And GRADLE_OPTS values into an array, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+function splitJvmOpts() {
+    JVM_OPTS=("$@")
+}
+eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
+JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aec99730b4e8fcd90b57a0e8e01544fea7c31a89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windowz variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+goto execute
+
+:4NT_args
+@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..06909cf9ea1cdad2ae1bbcfdf3829c72bd9ef6f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+include ':briar-api'
+include ':briar-core'
+include ':briar-desktop'
+include ':briar-tests'
+include ':briar-android'