diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 295c86e572..b7ebccf366 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ tags
 /experimental/build
 /docs/build/doctrees
 /test-utils/build
+/client/build
 
 # gradle's buildSrc build/
 /buildSrc/build/
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index e284ae5b60..df2780c199 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/buildSrc.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/buildSrc.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/buildSrc_main.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/buildSrc_main.iml" group="buildSrc" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/buildSrc_test.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/buildSrc_test.iml" group="buildSrc" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/client/client.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/client/client.iml" group="client" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/client/client_main.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/client/client_main.iml" group="client" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/client/client_test.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/client/client_test.iml" group="client" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/contracts/contracts.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/contracts/contracts.iml" group="contracts" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/contracts/contracts_main.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/contracts/contracts_main.iml" group="contracts" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/contracts/contracts_test.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/contracts/contracts_test.iml" group="contracts" />
diff --git a/client/build.gradle b/client/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fe9e7006b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+apply plugin: 'kotlin'
+apply plugin: QuasarPlugin
+
+repositories {
+    mavenLocal()
+    mavenCentral()
+    maven {
+        url 'http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots'
+    }
+    jcenter()
+    maven {
+        url 'https://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/exposed'
+    }
+}
+
+
+//noinspection GroovyAssignabilityCheck
+configurations {
+
+    // we don't want isolated.jar in classPath, since we want to test jar being dynamically loaded as an attachment
+    runtime.exclude module: 'isolated'
+}
+
+sourceSets {
+    test {
+        resources {
+            srcDir "../config/test"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// To find potential version conflicts, run "gradle htmlDependencyReport" and then look in
+// build/reports/project/dependencies/index.html for green highlighted parts of the tree.
+
+dependencies {
+    compile project(':node')
+
+    // Log4J: logging framework (with SLF4J bindings)
+    compile "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:${log4j_version}"
+    compile "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:${log4j_version}"
+
+    compile "com.google.guava:guava:19.0"
+
+    // ReactFX: Functional reactive UI programming.
+    compile 'org.reactfx:reactfx:2.0-M5'
+    compile 'org.fxmisc.easybind:easybind:1.0.3'
+
+    // Unit testing helpers.
+    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
+    testCompile "org.assertj:assertj-core:${assertj_version}"
+}
+
+quasarScan.dependsOn('classes', ':core:classes', ':contracts:classes')
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index ee2860a7e5..43a8b99cde 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ include 'contracts'
 include 'contracts:isolated'
 include 'core'
 include 'node'
+include 'client'
 include 'experimental'
 include 'test-utils'