diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 83d4522477..fb572f7dba 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildscript {
         classpath 'com.jfrog.bintray.gradle:gradle-bintray-plugin:1.4'
         classpath 'net.corda.plugins:publish-utils:0.5'
         classpath 'net.corda.plugins:quasar-utils:0.5.2'
-        classpath 'net.corda.plugins:cordformation:0.5.3'
+        classpath 'net.corda.plugins:cordformation:0.5.4'
 
         // Can run 'gradle dependencyUpdates' to find new versions of things.
         classpath 'com.github.ben-manes:gradle-versions-plugin:0.12.0'
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/build.gradle b/gradle-plugins/build.gradle
index ffc80eb9dd..04e9074d75 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/build.gradle
+++ b/gradle-plugins/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
 
 allprojects {
     group 'net.corda'
-    version "$corda_version"
 }
 
 subprojects {
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/build.gradle b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/build.gradle
index 9ae980c4b1..23ce13be03 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/build.gradle
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/build.gradle
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
 apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
 apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.bintray'
 
+version = "0.5.4" // Increment appropriately before publishing locally
+
 dependencies {
     compile gradleApi()
     compile localGroovy()
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/Node.groovy b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/Node.groovy
index 3b64b31704..88defd2cda 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/Node.groovy
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/Node.groovy
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 package net.corda.plugins
 
-import com.typesafe.config.Config
-import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-import com.typesafe.config.ConfigRenderOptions
-import com.typesafe.config.ConfigValueFactory
+import com.typesafe.config.*
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 import java.nio.file.Files
+
 /**
  * Represents a node that will be installed.
  */
@@ -30,10 +28,18 @@ class Node {
      * @note Your app will be installed by default and does not need to be included here.
      */
     protected List<String> cordapps = []
+    /**
+     * Set the configuration closure list that create the RPC users for this node. This configuration block allows
+     * arbitrary configuration. The recommended current structure is:
+     * [[['user': "username_here", 'password': "password_here", 'permissions': ["permissions_here"]]]
+     * The above is a list to a map of keys to values using Groovy map and list shorthands.
+     *
+     * @note Incorrect configurations will not cause a DSL error.
+     */
+    protected List<Map<String, Object>> rpcUsers = []
 
     private String dirName
     private Config config = ConfigFactory.empty()
-    //private Map<String, Object> config = new HashMap<String, Object>()
     private File nodeDir
     private Project project
 
@@ -122,6 +128,7 @@ class Node {
      */
     void build(File baseDir) {
         nodeDir = new File(baseDir, dirName)
+        configureRpcUsers()
         installCordaJAR()
         installBuiltPlugin()
         installCordapps()
@@ -138,6 +145,13 @@ class Node {
         return config.getString("artemisAddress")
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Write the RPC users to the config
+     */
+    private void configureRpcUsers() {
+        config = config.withValue("rpcUsers", ConfigValueFactory.fromIterable(rpcUsers))
+    }
+
     /**
      * Installs the corda fat JAR to the node directory.
      */
@@ -213,12 +227,14 @@ class Node {
      * @return A file representing the Corda JAR.
      */
     private File verifyAndGetCordaJar() {
-        def maybeCordaJAR = project.configurations.runtime.filter { it.toString().contains("corda-${project.corda_version}.jar")}
-        if(maybeCordaJAR.size() == 0) {
+        def maybeCordaJAR = project.configurations.runtime.filter {
+            it.toString().contains("corda-${project.corda_version}.jar")
+        }
+        if (maybeCordaJAR.size() == 0) {
             throw new RuntimeException("No Corda Capsule JAR found. Have you deployed the Corda project to Maven? Looked for \"corda-${project.corda_version}.jar\"")
         } else {
             def cordaJar = maybeCordaJAR.getSingleFile()
-            assert(cordaJar.isFile())
+            assert (cordaJar.isFile())
             return cordaJar
         }
     }
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/build.gradle b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/build.gradle
index bdaff87a9e..d13683c4a5 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/build.gradle
+++ b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ apply plugin: 'groovy'
 apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
 apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.bintray'
 
+version = "0.5" // Increment appropriately before publishing locally
+
 dependencies {
     compile gradleApi()
     compile localGroovy()
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/build.gradle b/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/build.gradle
index 32ebb113c9..c241bd21a6 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/build.gradle
+++ b/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/build.gradle
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
 apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.bintray'
 apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
 
+version = "0.5.2" // Increment appropriately before publishing locally
+
 dependencies {
     compile gradleApi()
     compile localGroovy()