diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1a11476e3..2d6d3aca1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,5 +26,7 @@ gdbserver
 .settings
 
 # IntelliJ / Android Studio:
+build/
 idea/workspace.xml
-idea/tasks.xml
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+idea/tasks.xml
+*.iml
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78af87ace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        maven { url 'http://repo1.maven.org/maven2' }
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.4'
+    }
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'android-library'
+
+android {
+    compileSdkVersion 17
+    buildToolsVersion "17.0.0"
+
+    defaultConfig {
+        minSdkVersion 10
+        targetSdkVersion 16
+    }
+
+    sourceSets {
+        main {
+            manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
+            java.srcDirs = ['src']
+            resources.srcDirs = ['src']
+            aidl.srcDirs = ['src']
+            renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
+            res.srcDirs = ['res']
+            assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
+        }
+
+        instrumentTest.setRoot('tests')
+    }
+
+
+}
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