diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 983d43d45..2873fd804 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ ndkPath = /opt/android-ndk-r10c
 bulletUrl = http://bullet.googlecode.com/files/bullet-2.82-r2704.zip
 bulletFolder = bullet-2.82-r2704
 bulletZipFile = bullet.zip
+
+# Path for downloading NetBeans Base
+netbeansUrl = "http://download.netbeans.org/netbeans/8.0/final/zip/netbeans-8.0-201403101706-javase.zip"
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diff --git a/sdk/build.gradle b/sdk/build.gradle
index 78765254f..67821fd41 100644
--- a/sdk/build.gradle
+++ b/sdk/build.gradle
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ task checkPlatformConfig {
         if(!netbeansFolder.exists()){
             println "Downloading NetBeans Platform base, this only has to be done once.."
             def f = file("netbeans.zip")
-            new URL("http://download.netbeans.org/netbeans/8.0/final/zip/netbeans-8.0-201403101706-javase.zip").withInputStream{ i -> f.withOutputStream{ it << i }}
+            new URL(netbeansUrl).withInputStream{ i -> f.withOutputStream{ it << i }}
             copy{
                 from zipTree(f)
                 into "../"