diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ba1f202bc..a0d973274 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ gen
 *.project
 .DS_Store
 target/
+.gradle
+build/
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2590e8ab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+buildscript {
+  repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+  }
+
+  dependencies {
+    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.5+'
+  }
+}
+
+allprojects {
+  group = 'com.jeremyfeinstein.slidingmenu'
+  version = '1.3-SNAPSHOT'
+}
diff --git a/library/build.gradle b/library/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9efd5608e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apply plugin: 'android-library'
+
+dependencies {
+    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:18.0.+'
+}
+
+android {
+  compileSdkVersion 17
+  buildToolsVersion '17'
+
+  sourceSets {
+    main {
+      manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
+      java.srcDirs = ['src']
+      res.srcDirs = ['res']
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/library/pom.xml b/library/pom.xml
index 081bbc74b..1dbfad777 100644
--- a/library/pom.xml
+++ b/library/pom.xml
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@
 					<nativeLibrariesDirectory>ignored</nativeLibrariesDirectory>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7</version>
+                <version>1.8</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>
@@ -54,6 +53,10 @@
                                     <type>jar</type>
                                     <file>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.jar</file>
                                 </artifact>
+                                <artifact>
+                                    <type>aar</type>
+                                    <file>${project.basedir}/build/libs/library-${project.version}.aar</file>
+                                </artifact>
                             </artifacts>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b0df6036..85d265890 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,29 @@
 				</plugin>
 			</plugins>
 		</pluginManagement>
+		<plugins>
+             <plugin>
+                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                 <version>1.2.1</version>
+                 <inherited>false</inherited>
+                 <executions>
+                     <execution>
+                         <phase>package</phase>
+                         <goals>
+                             <goal>exec</goal>
+                         </goals>
+                         <configuration>
+                             <executable>gradle</executable>
+                             <arguments>
+                                 <argument>clean</argument>
+                                 <argument>assemble</argument>
+                             </arguments>
+                         </configuration>
+                     </execution>
+                 </executions>
+             </plugin>
+         </plugins>
 	</build>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0acf9fc6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include 'library'
+