diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.cast.java.test/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.cast.java.test/build.gradle
index 4ed7b41f2..df0898980 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.cast.java.test/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.cast.java.test/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.github.hauner.jarTest'
+apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+
+eclipse.project.natures 'org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature'
 
 sourceSets.test.java.srcDirs = ['src']
 
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.cast.java/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.cast.java/build.gradle
index 29cc65e99..3b364b547 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.cast.java/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.cast.java/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+
+eclipse.project.natures 'org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature'
+
 sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs = ['src']
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.cast.test/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.cast.test/build.gradle
index 6f9230d26..a28c6ae99 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.cast.test/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.cast.test/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.github.hauner.jarTest'
-
 apply plugin: 'cpp'
+apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+
+eclipse.project.natures 'org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature'
 
 sourceSets.test.java.srcDirs = ['harness-src/java']
 
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.cast/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.cast/build.gradle
index b01fed8c8..c5eba3dfb 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.cast/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.cast/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 apply plugin: 'cpp'
+apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+
+eclipse.project.natures 'org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature'
 
 sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs = ['source/java']
 
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.gradle
index 5e55e8617..8bdb39a7f 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.gradle
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+
+eclipse.project.natures 'org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature'
+
 sourceSets.test.java.srcDirs = ['src']
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.core.tests/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.core.tests/build.gradle
index 5c3f5129d..3777aefc3 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.core.tests/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.core.tests/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.github.hauner.jarTest'
+apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+
+eclipse.project.natures 'org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature'
 
 sourceSets.test {
 	java.srcDirs = ['src']
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.core/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.core/build.gradle
index 5c5d991d4..09082faa7 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.core/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.core/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+
+eclipse.project.natures 'org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature'
+
 sourceSets.main {
 	java.srcDirs = ['src']
 	resources.srcDirs = [
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.ide.tests/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.ide.tests/build.gradle
index c9a77a71a..ee18010ee 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.ide.tests/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.ide.tests/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.github.hauner.jarTest'
+apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+
+eclipse.project.natures 'org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature'
 
 sourceSets.test.java.srcDirs = ['src']
 
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.ide/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.ide/build.gradle
index e86618382..32a6368f2 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.ide/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.ide/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+
+eclipse.project.natures 'org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature'
+
 sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs = ['src']
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.shrike/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.shrike/build.gradle
index 6e9851bad..4325db32c 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.shrike/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.shrike/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+
+eclipse.project.natures 'org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature'
+
 sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs = ['src']
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.util/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.util/build.gradle
index f510516b4..f4df6c269 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.util/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.util/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+
+eclipse.project.natures 'org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature'
+
 sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs = ['src']
 
 tasks.javadoc {