diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 447c2cad541477e01faf77bf5aa8956a3a7fec7b..21a47a8ffcb8b8be99ccbafd7b1e9bee66e56da4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
  * the License.
  */
 
-task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-  gradleVersion = '2.2.1'
-}
+apply from: project.file('gradle.gradle')
 
 allprojects {
   group="org.ros.rosjava_bootstrap"
diff --git a/gradle.gradle b/gradle.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c7a1d7f10215f738eec622699a563a776d3af1cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
+    gradleVersion = '2.2.1'
+}
+
+