diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f97022..5ab777d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-target/
\ No newline at end of file
+target/
+.idea/
+build/
+bin/
+*.iml
+.gradle/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98de8a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        maven { url 'http://repo.springsource.org/plugins-release' }
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'org.springframework.build.gradle:docbook-reference-plugin:0.1.5'
+    }
+}
+
+configure(allprojects) {
+    apply plugin: 'java'
+    apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+    apply plugin: 'idea'
+
+    group = 'org.springframework.security.kerberos'
+
+    sourceCompatibility=1.5
+    targetCompatibility=1.5
+
+    ext.junitVersion = '4.10'
+    ext.springSecurityVersion = '3.1.3.RELEASE'
+    ext.springVersion = '3.0.3.RELEASE'
+
+    [compileJava, compileTestJava]*.options*.compilerArgs = ['-Xlint:none']
+
+    test.systemProperty("java.awt.headless", "true")
+
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+
+    // servlet-api (2.5) and tomcat-servlet-api (3.0) classpath entries should not be
+    // exported to dependent projects in Eclipse to avoid false compilation errors due
+    // to changing APIs across these versions
+    eclipse.classpath.file.whenMerged { classpath ->
+        classpath.entries.findAll { entry -> entry.path.contains('servlet-api') }*.exported = false
+    }
+}
+
+configure(subprojects) { subproject ->
+    apply from: "${rootProject.projectDir}/publish-maven.gradle"
+
+    jar {
+        manifest.attributes['Created-By'] =
+            "${System.getProperty('java.version')} (${System.getProperty('java.specification.vendor')})"
+        manifest.attributes['Implementation-Title'] = subproject.name
+        manifest.attributes['Implementation-Version'] = subproject.version
+
+        from("${rootProject.projectDir}/src/dist") {
+            include "license.txt"
+            include "notice.txt"
+            into "META-INF"
+            expand(copyright: new Date().format('yyyy'), version: project.version)
+        }
+    }
+
+    javadoc {
+        options.memberLevel = org.gradle.external.javadoc.JavadocMemberLevel.PROTECTED
+        options.author = true
+        options.header = project.name
+        //options.overview = "${projectDir}/src/main/java/overview.html"
+    }
+
+    task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn:classes) {
+        classifier = 'sources'
+        from sourceSets.main.allJava.srcDirs
+        include '**/*.java', '**/*.aj'
+    }
+
+    task javadocJar(type: Jar) {
+        classifier = 'javadoc'
+        from javadoc
+    }
+
+    artifacts {
+        archives sourcesJar
+        archives javadocJar
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        testCompile "junit:junit:$junitVersion"
+    }
+}
+
+
+project('spring-security-kerberos-core') {
+    description = 'Spring Security Kerberos Core'
+
+    dependencies {
+        compile "org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:$springSecurityVersion"
+        compile "org.springframework.security:spring-security-web:$springSecurityVersion"
+        compile("commons-logging:commons-logging:1.1.1", optional)
+        compile("javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5", provided)
+
+        testCompile "org.mockito:mockito-core:1.9.0"
+    }
+}
+
+project('spring-security-kerberos-sample') {
+    apply plugin: 'jetty'
+
+    description = 'Spring Security Kerberos Sample'
+    dependencies {
+        compile project(":spring-security-kerberos-core")
+        compile("javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5", provided)
+        compile("org.springframework.security:spring-security-config:$springSecurityVersion")
+    }
+}
+
+configure(rootProject) {
+    description = 'Spring Framework'
+
+    apply plugin: 'docbook-reference'
+
+    reference {
+        sourceDir = file('src/reference/docbook')
+    }
+
+    // don't publish the default jar for the root project
+    configurations.archives.artifacts.clear()
+
+    task api(type: Javadoc) {
+        group = 'Documentation'
+        description = 'Generates aggregated Javadoc API documentation.'
+        title = "${rootProject.description} ${version} API"
+        options.memberLevel = org.gradle.external.javadoc.JavadocMemberLevel.PROTECTED
+        options.author = true
+        options.header = rootProject.description
+//        options.overview = 'src/api/overview.html'
+        options.splitIndex = true
+        options.links(
+                'http://docs.jboss.org/jbossas/javadoc/4.0.5/connector'
+        )
+        source subprojects.collect { project ->
+            project.sourceSets.main.allJava
+        }
+        destinationDir = new File(buildDir, "api")
+        classpath = files(subprojects.collect { project ->
+            project.sourceSets.main.compileClasspath
+        })
+        maxMemory = '1024m'
+    }
+
+    task docsZip(type: Zip) {
+        group = 'Distribution'
+        classifier = 'docs'
+        description = "Builds -${classifier} archive containing api and reference " +
+                "for deployment at static.springframework.org/spring-security-kerberos/docs."
+
+        from('src/dist') {
+            include 'changelog.txt'
+        }
+
+        from (api) {
+            into 'api'
+        }
+
+        from (reference) {
+            into 'reference'
+        }
+    }
+
+    task schemaZip(type: Zip) {
+        group = 'Distribution'
+        classifier = 'schema'
+        description = "Builds -${classifier} archive containing all " +
+                "XSDs for deployment at static.springframework.org/schema."
+
+        subprojects.each { subproject ->
+            def Properties schemas = new Properties();
+
+            subproject.sourceSets.main.resources.find {
+                it.path.endsWith('META-INF/spring.schemas')
+            }?.withInputStream { schemas.load(it) }
+
+            for (def key : schemas.keySet()) {
+                def shortName = key.replaceAll(/http.*schema.(.*).spring-.*/, '$1')
+                assert shortName != key
+                File xsdFile = subproject.sourceSets.main.resources.find {
+                    it.path.endsWith(schemas.get(key))
+                }
+                assert xsdFile != null
+                into (shortName) {
+                    from xsdFile.path
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    task distZip(type: Zip, dependsOn: [docsZip, schemaZip]) {
+        group = 'Distribution'
+        classifier = 'dist'
+        description = "Builds -${classifier} archive, containing all jars and docs, " +
+                "suitable for community download page."
+
+        ext.baseDir = "${project.name}-${project.version}";
+
+        from('src/dist') {
+            include 'readme.txt'
+            include 'license.txt'
+            include 'notice.txt'
+            into "${baseDir}"
+            expand(copyright: new Date().format('yyyy'), version: project.version)
+        }
+
+        from(zipTree(docsZip.archivePath)) {
+            into "${baseDir}/docs"
+        }
+
+        from(zipTree(schemaZip.archivePath)) {
+            into "${baseDir}/schema"
+        }
+
+        subprojects.each { subproject ->
+            into ("${baseDir}/libs") {
+                from subproject.jar
+                if (subproject.tasks.findByPath('sourcesJar')) {
+                    from subproject.sourcesJar
+                }
+                if (subproject.tasks.findByPath('javadocJar')) {
+                    from subproject.javadocJar
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Create an distribution that contains all dependencies (required and optional).
+    // Not published by default; only for use when building from source.
+    task depsZip(type: Zip, dependsOn: distZip) { zipTask ->
+        group = 'Distribution'
+        classifier = 'dist-with-deps'
+        description = "Builds -${classifier} archive, containing everything " +
+                "in the -${distZip.classifier} archive plus all runtime dependencies."
+
+        from zipTree(distZip.archivePath)
+
+        gradle.taskGraph.whenReady { taskGraph ->
+            if (taskGraph.hasTask(":${zipTask.name}")) {
+                def projectNames = rootProject.subprojects*.name
+                def artifacts = new HashSet()
+                subprojects.each { subproject ->
+                    subproject.configurations.runtime.resolvedConfiguration.resolvedArtifacts.each { artifact ->
+                        def dependency = artifact.moduleVersion.id
+                        if (!projectNames.contains(dependency.name)) {
+                            artifacts << artifact.file
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                zipTask.from(artifacts) {
+                    into "${distZip.baseDir}/deps"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    artifacts {
+        archives docsZip
+        archives schemaZip
+        archives distZip
+    }
+
+    task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
+        description = 'Generates gradlew[.bat] scripts'
+        gradleVersion = '1.1'
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..096efb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+version=1.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b359d7
Binary files /dev/null and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d62aea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#Mon Oct 22 11:35:04 CDT 2012
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.1-bin.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3851082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn ( ) {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die ( ) {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched.
+if $cygwin ; then
+    [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
+fi
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/"
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED"
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Split up the JVM_OPTS And GRADLE_OPTS values into an array, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+function splitJvmOpts() {
+    JVM_OPTS=("$@")
+}
+eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
+JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aec9973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windowz variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+goto execute
+
+:4NT_args
+@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 01a0b6c..0000000
--- a/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,301 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<groupId>org.springframework.security.extensions</groupId>
-	<artifactId>spring-security-kerberos-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	<name>Spring Security Kerberos parent</name>
-	<packaging>pom</packaging>
-	<modules>
-		<module>spring-security-kerberos-core</module>
-		<module>spring-security-kerberos-sample</module>
-	</modules>
-	<description>Spring Security Kerberos</description>
-	<organization>
-		<name>SpringSource, Inc</name>
-		<url>http://www.springsource.com/</url>
-	</organization>
-	<inceptionYear>2009</inceptionYear>
-	<licenses>
-		<license>
-			<name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
-			<url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
-			<distribution>repo</distribution>
-		</license>
-	</licenses>
-	<scm>
-		<connection>scm:svn:https://src.springframework.org/svn/se-security/trunk/spring-security-kerberos</connection>
-		<developerConnection>scm:svn:https://src.springframework.org/svn/se-security/trunk/spring-security-kerberos</developerConnection>
-		<url>https://src.springframework.org/svn/se-security/trunk/spring-security-kerberos</url>
-	</scm>
-	<issueManagement>
-		<system>jira</system>
-		<url>http://jira.springsource.org/browse/SES</url>
-	</issueManagement>
-	<distributionManagement>
-		<repository>
-			<id>spring-milestone</id>
-			<name>Spring Milestone Repository</name>
-			<url>s3://maven.springframework.org/milestone</url>
-		</repository>
-		<snapshotRepository>
-			<id>spring-snapshot</id>
-			<name>Spring Snapshot Repository</name>
-			<url>s3://maven.springframework.org/snapshot</url>
-		</snapshotRepository>
-		<site>
-			<id>local</id>
-			<name>Local Site Directory</name>
-			<url>file:///${user.dir}/site</url>
-		</site>
-	</distributionManagement>
-	<repositories>
-		<repository>
-			<releases>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
-			</releases>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>true</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-			<id>com.springsource.repository.maven.snapshot</id>
-			<name>SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Maven Repository - SpringSource Snapshot Releases</name>
-			<url>http://maven.springframework.org/snapshot</url>
-		</repository>
-		<repository>
-			<releases>
-				<enabled>true</enabled>
-			</releases>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-			<id>com.springsource.repository.maven.milestone</id>
-			<name>Spring Framework Maven Milestone Releases (Maven Central Format)</name>
-			<url>http://maven.springframework.org/milestone</url>
-		</repository>
-	</repositories>
-	<pluginRepositories>
-		<pluginRepository>
-			<id>com.springsource.repository.bundles.release</id>
-			<name>SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository - SpringSource Bundle Releases</name>
-			<url>http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/release</url>
-		</pluginRepository>
-		<pluginRepository>
-			<id>com.springsource.repository.bundles.external</id>
-			<name>SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository - External Bundle Releases</name>
-			<url>http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/external</url>
-		</pluginRepository>
-		<pluginRepository>
-			<id>com.springsource.repository.bundles.milestone</id>
-			<name>SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository - External Bundle Milestones</name>
-			<url>http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/milestone</url>
-		</pluginRepository>
-	</pluginRepositories>
-	<developers>
-		<developer>
-			<name>Mike Wiesner</name>
-			<id>mwiesner</id>
-			<organization>
-				SpringSource
-			</organization>
-		</developer>
-	</developers>
-	<build>
-		<extensions>
-			<extension>
-				<groupId>org.springframework.build.aws</groupId>
-				<artifactId>org.springframework.build.aws.maven</artifactId>
-				<version>3.0.0.RELEASE</version>
-			</extension>
-		</extensions>
-		<pluginManagement>
-			<plugins>
-				<plugin>
-					<groupId>com.springsource.bundlor</groupId>
-					<artifactId>com.springsource.bundlor.maven</artifactId>
-					<version>1.0.0.M5</version>
-					<executions>
-						<execution>
-							<id>bundlor</id>
-							<phase>package</phase>
-							<goals>
-								<goal>transform</goal>
-							</goals>
-						</execution>
-					</executions>
-				</plugin>
-					<plugin>
-						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-						<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>2.2-beta-2</version>
-						<executions>
-							<execution>
-								<id>create-project-bundle</id>
-								<phase>package</phase>
-								<goals>
-									<goal>single</goal>
-								</goals>
-								<configuration>
-									<descriptorRefs>
-										<descriptorRef>project</descriptorRef>
-									</descriptorRefs>
-								</configuration>
-							</execution>
-						</executions>
-					</plugin>
-			</plugins>
-
-		</pluginManagement>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.3</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.4.2</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<includes>
-						<include>**/*Tests.class</include>
-					</includes>
-					<excludes>
-						<exclude>**/Abstract*</exclude>
-					</excludes>
-					<forkMode>once</forkMode>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0.2</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.6</source>
-					<target>1.6</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.1</version>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>test-jar</goal>
-						</goals>
-						<phase>package</phase>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
-<!-- Other -->
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0.2</version>
-			</plugin>
-
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.2</version>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.3</version>
-			</plugin>
-<!-- IDE -->
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.9</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
-					<wtpversion>2.0</wtpversion>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-idea-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
-<!--<downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>-->
-					<dependenciesAsLibraries>
-						true
-					</dependenciesAsLibraries>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
-	<reporting>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.11</version>
-<!--
-				<configuration>
-					<aggregate>true</aggregate>
-				</configuration>
--->
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-				<artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.2</version>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.5</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<breakiterator>true</breakiterator>
-					<aggregate>true</aggregate>
-					<links>
-						<link>http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/</link>
-						<link>http://static.springsource.org/spring-security/site/docs/3.0.x/apidocs/</link>
-						<link>http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/javadoc-api/</link>
-					</links>
-				</configuration>
-				<reportSets>
-					<reportSet>
-						<reports>
-							<report>javadoc</report>
-						</reports>
-					</reportSet>
-				</reportSets>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-				<artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0.1</version>
-<!--
-				<reportSets>
-					<reportSet>
-						<reports>
-							<report>dependencies</report>
-							<report>project-team</report>
-							<report>mailing-list</report>
-							<report>issue-tracking</report>
-							<report>license</report>
-						</reports>
-					</reportSet>
-				</reportSets>
--->
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</reporting>
-	<properties>
-		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-		<jetty.version>6.1.26</jetty.version>
-	</properties>
-</project>
diff --git a/publish-maven.gradle b/publish-maven.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8076d2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/publish-maven.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+apply plugin: 'maven'
+
+ext.optionalDeps = []
+ext.providedDeps = []
+
+ext.optional = { optionalDeps << it }
+ext.provided = { providedDeps << it }
+
+install {
+    repositories.mavenInstaller {
+        customizePom(pom, project)
+    }
+}
+
+def customizePom(pom, gradleProject) {
+    pom.whenConfigured { generatedPom ->
+        // respect 'optional' and 'provided' dependencies
+        gradleProject.optionalDeps.each { dep ->
+            generatedPom.dependencies.find { it.artifactId == dep.name }?.optional = true
+        }
+        gradleProject.providedDeps.each { dep ->
+            generatedPom.dependencies.find { it.artifactId == dep.name }?.scope = 'provided'
+        }
+
+        // eliminate test-scoped dependencies (no need in maven central poms)
+        generatedPom.dependencies.removeAll { dep ->
+            dep.scope == 'test'
+        }
+
+        // add all items necessary for maven central publication
+        generatedPom.project {
+            name = gradleProject.description
+            description = gradleProject.description
+            url = 'http://static.springsource.org/spring-security/site/extensions/krb/index.html'
+            organization {
+                name = 'SpringSource'
+                url = 'http://springsource.org/spring-security-kerberos'
+            }
+            licenses {
+                license {
+                    name 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
+                    url 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
+                    distribution 'repo'
+                }
+            }
+            scm {
+                url = 'https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-security-kerberos'
+                connection = 'scm:git:git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-security-kerberos'
+                developerConnection = 'scm:git:git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-security-kerberos'
+            }
+            developers {
+                developer {
+                    id = 'mwiesner'
+                    name = 'Mike Wiesner'
+                    email = 'mwiesner@vmware.com'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..972f69d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+rootProject.name = 'spring-security-kerberos'
+
+include 'spring-security-kerberos-core'
+include 'spring-security-kerberos-sample'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-kerberos-core/pom.xml b/spring-security-kerberos-core/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c4e0d4..0000000
--- a/spring-security-kerberos-core/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<parent>
-		<groupId>org.springframework.security.extensions</groupId>
-		<artifactId>spring-security-kerberos-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	</parent>
-	<groupId>org.springframework.security.extensions</groupId>
-	<artifactId>spring-security-kerberos-core</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	<name>Spring Security Kerberos Core</name>
-	<packaging>jar</packaging>
-	<description>Spring Security Kerberos Core</description>
-	<developers>
-		<developer>
-			<name>Mike Wiesner</name>
-			<id>mwiesner</id>
-			<organization>
-				SpringSource
-			</organization>
-		</developer>
-	</developers>
-	<build>
-	  <plugins>
-		<plugin>
-		  <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-		</plugin>
-	  </plugins>
-	</build>
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.10</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-			<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-			<version>1.9.0</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring.security.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring.security.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-			<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1.1</version>
-			<optional>true</optional>
-		</dependency>
-	</dependencies>
-	<properties>
-		<spring.version>3.0.7.RELEASE</spring.version>
-		<spring.security.version>3.1.2.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
-	</properties>
-</project>
diff --git a/spring-security-kerberos-sample/pom.xml b/spring-security-kerberos-sample/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5585f6f..0000000
--- a/spring-security-kerberos-sample/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<parent>
-		<groupId>org.springframework.security.extensions</groupId>
-		<artifactId>spring-security-kerberos-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	</parent>
-	<groupId>org.springframework.security.extensions</groupId>
-	<artifactId>spring-security-kerberos-sample</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	<name>Spring Security Kerberos Sample</name>
-	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<description>Spring Security Kerberos Sample</description>
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.7</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-			<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.security.extensions</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-security-kerberos-core</artifactId>
-			<version>1.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
-			<version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.14</version>
-		</dependency>
-	</dependencies>
-	<build>
-		<pluginManagement>
-			<plugins>
-				<plugin>
-					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-					<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-				</plugin>
-				<plugin>
-					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-					<artifactId>tomcat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				</plugin>
-				<plugin>
-					<groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-					<artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>6.1.22</version>
-					<configuration>
-						<contextPath>/krb-sample</contextPath>
-					</configuration>
-				</plugin>
-			</plugins>
-		</pluginManagement>
-			<plugins> 
-		    <plugin> 
-		      <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId> 
-		    </plugin> 
-		  </plugins>
-	</build>
-</project>
diff --git a/src/reference/docbook/index.xml b/src/reference/docbook/index.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6263bd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/reference/docbook/index.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<book xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0"
+    xml:id="spring-framework-reference"
+    xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+  <bookinfo>
+    <title>Spring Security Kerberos Reference Manual</title>
+
+    <productname>Spring Framework</productname>
+
+    <releaseinfo>${version}</releaseinfo>
+
+    <mediaobject>
+      <imageobject role="fo">
+        <imagedata align="center" fileref="images/logo-pdf.png" format="PNG"
+                   width="240" />
+      </imageobject>
+    </mediaobject>
+
+    <authorgroup>
+      <author>
+        <firstname>Mike</firstname>
+        <surname>Wiesner</surname>
+      </author>
+    </authorgroup>
+
+    <copyright>
+      <year>2004-2012</year>
+
+      <holder>Mike Wiesner</holder>
+    </copyright>
+
+    <legalnotice>
+      <para>Copies of this document may be made for your own use and for
+      distribution to others, provided that you do not charge any fee for such
+      copies and further provided that each copy contains this Copyright
+      Notice, whether distributed in print or electronically.</para>
+    </legalnotice>
+  </bookinfo>
+
+  <!-- front matter -->
+
+  <toc></toc>
+
+  <part id="spring-security-kerberos-introduction">
+    <title>Overview of Spring Security Kerberos</title>
+
+    <partintro id="spring-security-kerberos-intro">
+        <para>The Kerberos Extension was created by Mike Wiesner. For additional information refer to the links below.
+          </para>
+        <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem>
+                <para><ulink url="http://forum.springsource.org/">The second milestone</ulink> of the extension is now available.
+                    You'll find more detailed information in Mike Wiesner's
+                    <ulink url="http://blog.springsource.com/2009/09/28/spring-security-kerberos/">blog article</ulink></para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+                <para>For
+                    updated samples refer to the
+                    <ulink url="https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-security-kerberos/tree/master/spring-security-kerberos-sample">spring-security-kerberos-sample</ulink>.</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+                <para>The JavaDoc is available online <ulink url="http://static.springsource.org/spring-security/site/extensions/krb/docs/1.0.x/apidocs/index.html">Here</ulink> </para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+                <para>Documentation coming soon</para>
+            </listitem>
+        </itemizedlist>
+    </partintro>
+  </part>
+</book>