diff --git a/plugins/quasar/build.gradle b/plugins/quasar/build.gradle
index e1edf8cebc..4b4b16e854 100644
--- a/plugins/quasar/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/quasar/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+apply plugin: 'groovy'
+
+dependencies {
+    compile gradleApi()
+    compile localGroovy()
+}
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
diff --git a/plugins/quasar/gradle.properties b/plugins/quasar/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb4032f48a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/quasar/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+group = com.r3corda
+version = 1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/quasar/src/main/META-INF/gradle-plugins/com.r3corda.quasar.properties b/plugins/quasar/src/main/META-INF/gradle-plugins/com.r3corda.quasar.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b3062b003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/quasar/src/main/META-INF/gradle-plugins/com.r3corda.quasar.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+implementation-class=com.r3corda.QuasarPlugin
\ No newline at end of file