diff --git a/srcpkgs/gradle/files/gradle b/srcpkgs/gradle/files/gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..24ff500f4f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gradle/files/gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+APP_HOME="/usr/lib/gradle"
+APP_VERSION=2.3
+
+java $JAVA_OPTS -classpath $APP_HOME/lib/gradle-launcher-$APP_VERSION.jar org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain "$@"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gradle/template b/srcpkgs/gradle/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5fec1e4e655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gradle/template
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Template file for 'gradle'
+pkgname=gradle
+version=2.3
+revision=1
+noarch="yes"
+hostmakedepends="unzip"
+depends="virtual?java-environment"
+short_desc="Build system for Java/C/C++ software"
+maintainer="Adrian Siekierka <kontakt@asie.pl>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="http://gradle.org/"
+distfiles="https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-${version}-bin.zip"
+checksum=010dd9f31849abc3d5644e282943b1c1c355f8e2635c5789833979ce590a3774
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir "usr/lib/gradle"
+	vmkdir "usr/share/doc/gradle"
+	vbin ${FILESDIR}/gradle
+
+	cp -v getting-started.html changelog.txt ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/gradle
+	mv lib ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/gradle/
+}