diff --git a/OpenKeychain/build.gradle b/OpenKeychain/build.gradle
index f4d18e82d..1ba392560 100644
--- a/OpenKeychain/build.gradle
+++ b/OpenKeychain/build.gradle
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'com.fidesmo:nordpol-android:0.1.18'
 
     // libs as submodules
-    compile project(':extern:openpgp-api-lib:openpgp-api')
-    compile project(':extern:openkeychain-api-lib:openkeychain-intents')
+    compile project(':openpgp-api-lib')
+    compile project(':openkeychain-api-lib')
     compile project(':extern:bouncycastle:core')
     compile project(':extern:bouncycastle:pg')
     compile project(':extern:bouncycastle:prov')
     compile project(':extern:minidns')
     compile project(':extern:KeybaseLib:Lib')
-    compile project(':extern:safeslinger-exchange:safeslinger-exchange')
+    compile project(':safeslinger-exchange')
 }
 
 // Output of ./gradlew -q calculateChecksums
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d70fb6a13..0c556795b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
 
     dependencies {
         // NOTE: Always use fixed version codes not dynamic ones, e.g. 0.7.3 instead of 0.7.+, see README for more information
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.5.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0'
         classpath files('gradle-witness.jar')
         // bintray dependency to satisfy dependency of openpgp-api lib
         classpath 'com.novoda:bintray-release:0.2.7'
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ allprojects {
 }
 
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-    gradleVersion = '2.5'
+    gradleVersion = '2.12'
 }
 
 subprojects {
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index cb5ccd9f1..2c6137b87 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 4828f29e8..3bb16075a 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-#Mon Aug 03 18:56:28 CEST 2015
+#Tue Apr 12 19:22:55 CEST 2016
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.5-all.zip
-distributionSha256Sum=b71ab21fa5e91dcc6a4bd723b13403e8610a6e1b4b9d4b314ff477820de00bf9
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+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.12-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=d8b1948a575dc9ec13e03db94502ce91815d73da023f611296c04b852164cb5f
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diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 91a7e269e..9d82f7891 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@ case "`uname`" in
     ;;
 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="$0"
@@ -61,9 +56,9 @@ while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
     fi
 done
 SAVED="`pwd`"
-cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >&-
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
 APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
-cd "$SAVED" >&-
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
 
 CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
@@ -114,6 +109,7 @@ fi
 if $cygwin ; then
     APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
 
     # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
     ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index aec99730b..72d362daf 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ echo location of your Java installation.
 goto fail
 
 :init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windowz variants
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
 
 if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
 if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 2d8a34da7..29532fbe1 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 include ':OpenKeychain'
-include ':extern:openpgp-api-lib:openpgp-api'
-include ':extern:openkeychain-api-lib:openkeychain-intents'
 include ':extern:bouncycastle:core'
 include ':extern:bouncycastle:pg'
 include ':extern:bouncycastle:prov'
 include ':extern:minidns'
 include ':extern:KeybaseLib:Lib'
-include ':extern:safeslinger-exchange:safeslinger-exchange'
+
+// Workaround for Android Gradle Plugin 2.0, as described in http://stackoverflow.com/a/36544850
+//include ':extern:safeslinger-exchange:safeslinger-exchange'
+include ':safeslinger-exchange'
+project(':safeslinger-exchange').projectDir = new File('extern/safeslinger-exchange/safeslinger-exchange')
+//include ':extern:openkeychain-api-lib:openkeychain-intents'
+include ':openkeychain-api-lib'
+project(':openkeychain-api-lib').projectDir = new File('extern/openkeychain-api-lib/openkeychain-intents')
+//include ':extern:openpgp-api-lib:openpgp-api'
+include ':openpgp-api-lib'
+project(':openpgp-api-lib').projectDir = new File('extern/openpgp-api-lib/openpgp-api')
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