diff --git a/common.gradle b/common.gradle
index 164dbee7b..33246566c 100644
--- a/common.gradle
+++ b/common.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ sourceCompatibility = '1.5'
 [compileJava, compileTestJava]*.options*.encoding = 'UTF-8'
 
 repositories {
-    mavenCentral();
+    mavenCentral()
     maven{
         url "http://nifty-gui.sourceforge.net/nifty-maven-repo"
     }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 1359f6f0e..0df1c0e51 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ jmeMainVersion = 3.1
 # Version addition -pre-alpha-svn, -Stable, -Beta
 jmeVersionSuffix = -pre-alpha-svn
 
+# specify if SDK and Native libraries get built
+buildSdkProject = true
+buildNativeProjects = true
+
 # Path to android NDK for building native libraries
 #ndkPath=/Users/normenhansen/Documents/Code-Import/android-ndk-r7
 ndkPath = D:/android/android-ndk-r8e
diff --git a/jme3-examples/build.gradle b/jme3-examples/build.gradle
index 9288c8a1c..4805e7d60 100644
--- a/jme3-examples/build.gradle
+++ b/jme3-examples/build.gradle
@@ -87,9 +87,11 @@ task dist (dependsOn: ['build', ':jme3-jogl:jar', ':jme3-bullet:jar']){
         into '../dist/opt/native-bullet'
         rename {project(':jme3-bullet').name+".jar"}
     }
-    copy { 
-        from project(':jme3-bullet-native').jar.archivePath
-        into '../dist/opt/native-bullet'
-        rename {"jme3-bullet-natives.jar"}
+    if(buildNativeProjects){
+        copy { 
+            from project(':jme3-bullet-native').jar.archivePath
+            into '../dist/opt/native-bullet'
+            rename {"jme3-bullet-natives.jar"}
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/build.gradle b/sdk/build.gradle
index c8bb68691..91349ace7 100644
--- a/sdk/build.gradle
+++ b/sdk/build.gradle
@@ -333,6 +333,10 @@ ant.properties['plugins.version'] = jmeVersion
 ant.properties['app.version']= jmeMainVersion + jmeVersionSuffix
 
 task buildSdk(dependsOn: [copyBaseLibs, copyProjectLibs, createProjectXml, createBaseXml]) <<{
+    ant.propertyfile(file: "nbproject/project.properties") {
+        entry( key: "plugins.version", value: "${jmeVersion}")
+        entry( key: "app.version", value: "${jmeMainVersion + jmeVersionSuffix}")
+    }
     ant.ant(dir: ".", antfile: "build.xml", target: "build")
 }
 
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 1e35568d6..dca053488 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -3,13 +3,6 @@
  **/
 rootProject.name = 'jmonkeyengine'
 
-/**
- * You can enable or disable different subprojects of the build here.
- * 
- * The SDK will only be built if the appropriate library folders exist,
- * call the "prepareSdk" target to prepare building the SDK.
- **/
-
 // Core classes, should work on all java platforms
 include 'jme3-core'
 include 'jme3-effects'
@@ -31,30 +24,16 @@ include 'jme3-android'
 
 //native builds
 include 'jme3-bullet' //java
-include 'jme3-bullet-native' //cpp
-include 'jme3-android-native' //cpp
-
+if(buildNativeProjects){
+    include 'jme3-bullet-native' //cpp
+    include 'jme3-android-native' //cpp
+}
 // Test Data project
 include 'jme3-testdata'
 
 // Example projects
 include 'jme3-examples'
 
-//include 'sdk'
-
-// Find the directories containing a 'build.gradle' file in the root directory
-// of the project. That is, every directory containing a 'build.gradle' will
-// be automatically the subproject of this project.
-/*def subDirs = rootDir.listFiles(new FileFilter() {
-    public boolean accept(File file) {
-        if (!file.isDirectory()) {
-            return false
-        }
-
-        return new File(file, 'build.gradle').isFile()
-    }
-});
-
-subDirs.each { File dir ->
-    include dir.name
-}*/
\ No newline at end of file
+if(buildSdkProject){
+    include 'sdk'
+}
\ No newline at end of file