diff --git a/rosjava/build.gradle b/rosjava/build.gradle
index 31face1892f6fbea250d20adf40df7280a7ead5a..0c3853cb2cda3f094f42f7f6713730653a02f185 100644
--- a/rosjava/build.gradle
+++ b/rosjava/build.gradle
@@ -14,17 +14,19 @@
  * the License.
  */
 
+apply plugin: "java-library"
+
 dependencies {
-  compile project(':apache_xmlrpc_common')
-  compile project(':apache_xmlrpc_server')
-  compile project(':apache_xmlrpc_client')
-  compile 'org.ros.rosjava_bootstrap:message_generation:[0.3,0.4)'
-  compile 'org.ros.rosjava_messages:rosgraph_msgs:[1.11,1.12)'
-  compile 'org.ros.rosjava_messages:tf2_msgs:[0.5,0.6)'
-  compile 'dnsjava:dnsjava:2.1.1'
-  compile 'org.apache.commons:com.springsource.org.apache.commons.logging:1.1.1'
-  compile 'org.apache.commons:com.springsource.org.apache.commons.net:2.0.0'
-  compile 'com.google.guava:guava:12.0'
+  api project(':apache_xmlrpc_common')
+  api project(':apache_xmlrpc_server')
+  api project(':apache_xmlrpc_client')
+  api 'org.ros.rosjava_bootstrap:message_generation:[0.3,0.4)'
+  api 'org.ros.rosjava_messages:rosgraph_msgs:[1.11,1.12)'
+  api 'org.ros.rosjava_messages:tf2_msgs:[0.5,0.6)'
+  api 'dnsjava:dnsjava:2.1.1'
+  api 'org.apache.commons:com.springsource.org.apache.commons.logging:1.1.1'
+  api 'org.apache.commons:com.springsource.org.apache.commons.net:2.0.0'
+  api 'com.google.guava:guava:12.0'
 }
 
 jar {