diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,3 +43,6 @@ Session.vim
 .netrwhist
 *~
 tags
+
+# Gradle
+out/
diff --git a/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/README.md b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe76dd711f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Google App Engine Standard Environment Hello World Sample
+
+This sample demonstrates how to deploy an application on Google App Engine.
+
+See the [Google App Engine standard environment documentation][ae-docs] for more
+detailed instructions.
+
+[ae-docs]: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/java/
+
+## Setup
+
+Use either:
+
+* `gcloud init`
+* `gcloud beta auth application-default login`
+
+## Maven
+### Running locally
+
+    $ mvn appengine:run
+  
+### Deploying
+
+    $ mvn appengine:deploy
+
+## Gradle
+### Running locally
+
+    $ gradle appengineRun
+
+If you do not have gradle installed, you can run using `./gradlew appengineRun`.
+
+### Deploying
+
+    $ gradle appengineDeploy
+
+If you do not have gradle installed, you can deploy using `./gradlew appengineDeploy`.
+
+<!-- 
+## Intelij Idea
+Limitations - Appengine Standard support in the Intellij plugin is only available for the Ultimate Edition of Idea.
+
+### Install and Set Up Cloud Tools for IntelliJ
+
+To use Cloud Tools for IntelliJ, you must first install IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate edition.
+
+Next, install the plugins from the IntelliJ IDEA Plugin Repository.
+
+To install the plugins:
+
+1. From inside IDEA, open File > Settings (on Mac OS X, open IntelliJ IDEA > Preferences).
+1. In the left-hand pane, select Plugins.
+1. Click Browse repositories.
+1. In the dialog that opens, select Google Cloud Tools.
+1. Click Install.
+1. Click Close.
+1. Click OK in the Settings dialog.
+1. Click Restart (or you can click Postpone, but the plugins will not be available until you do restart IDEA.)
+
+### Running locally
+
+### Deploying
+ -->
diff --git a/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/build.gradle b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8306598ca12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+buildscript {
+  repositories {
+    jcenter() // Bintray's repository - a fast Maven Central mirror & more
+    mavenCentral()
+  }
+  dependencies {
+    classpath 'com.google.cloud.tools:appengine-gradle-plugin:+'    // latest App Engine Gradle plugin
+  }
+}
+
+repositories {
+  maven { 
+    url 'https://maven-central.storage.googleapis.com'            // Google's mirror of Maven Central
+//     url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots' // SNAPSHOT Reposiotry
+  }
+  jcenter()
+  mavenCentral()
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'java'
+apply plugin: 'war'
+apply plugin: 'com.google.cloud.tools.appengine'
+
+dependencies { // Servlet for App Engine Standard -- only one of these need to be uncommented.
+//  providedCompile group: 'javax.servlet', name: 'servlet-api', version:'2.5'
+  providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.1.0' // if beta-quickstart in appengine-web.xml
+// Add your dependencies here.
+}
+
+task wrapper(type: Wrapper) { // use the gradle wrapper "./gradlew.sh ..."
+  gradleVersion = '2.14'      // "gradle wrapper --gradle-version 2.14" (to create files and directories)
+}
+
+model {
+  appengine {
+    run {       // dev appserver configuration (standard environments only)
+      jvmFlags = ['-Dappengine.user.timezone=UTC']
+      host = '127.0.0.1'
+      port = 8080
+    }
+
+    deploy {    // deploy configuration
+      promote = true
+      stopPreviousVersion = true
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+group = 'com.example.appengine'
+version = '1.0-SNAPSHOT'
+
+sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
+targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
diff --git a/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..399d9f7ee28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#Thu Aug 04 16:12:44 PDT 2016
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14-bin.zip
diff --git a/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/gradlew b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..27309d92314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# 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\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn ( ) {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die ( ) {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$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 "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "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 "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    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 "$@"
diff --git a/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/gradlew.bat b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6d5974e72f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+goto execute
+
+:4NT_args
+@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
+
+: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/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/pom.xml b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..081284367e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<!--
+Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+-->
+<!-- [START pom] -->
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <packaging>war</packaging>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <groupId>com.example.appengine</groupId>
+  <artifactId>appengine-helloworld-newplugins</artifactId>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+    </properties>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
+    <artifactId>doc-samples</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0</version>
+    <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+      <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+      <type>jar</type>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <!-- for hot reload of the web application -->
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}/WEB-INF/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <plugins>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
+        <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>0.1.1-beta</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <!-- dev appserver configuration (standard environment only) -->
+          <!--
+          <devserver.host>127.0.0.1</devserver.port>
+          <devserver.port>8080</devserver.port>
+          -->
+          <!-- staging configuration (standard/flex-compat environment only) -->
+          <!--
+          <stage.enableJarSplitting>true</stage.enableJarSplitting>
+          -->
+          <!-- staging configuration (flexible environment only) -->
+          <!--
+          <stage.artifact>target/some-customer-artifact.jar</stage.artifact>
+          -->
+          <!-- deploy configuration -->
+          <deploy.promote>true</deploy.promote>
+          <deploy.stopPreviousVersion>true</deploy.stopPreviousVersion>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
+<!-- [END pom] -->
diff --git a/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/settings.gradle b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c0d21f2018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rootProject.name = 'appengine-helloworld'
diff --git a/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/src/main/java/com/example/appengine/helloworld/HelloServlet.java b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/src/main/java/com/example/appengine/helloworld/HelloServlet.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9135a0ce63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/src/main/java/com/example/appengine/helloworld/HelloServlet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.example.appengine.helloworld;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+// [START example]
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+public class HelloServlet extends HttpServlet {
+
+  @Override
+  public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    PrintWriter out = resp.getWriter();
+    out.println("Hello, world");
+  }
+}
+// [END example]
diff --git a/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/appengine-web.xml b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/appengine-web.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3ee2fa64c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/appengine-web.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+  Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+<!-- [START config] -->
+<appengine-web-app xmlns="http://appengine.google.com/ns/1.0">
+  <application>your-project-id</application>
+  <version>1</version>
+  <threadsafe>true</threadsafe>
+</appengine-web-app>
+<!-- [END config] -->
diff --git a/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a1704104a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
+  xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
+  version="2.5">
+  <servlet>
+    <servlet-name>hello</servlet-name>
+    <servlet-class>com.example.appengine.helloworld.HelloServlet</servlet-class>
+  </servlet>
+  <servlet-mapping>
+    <servlet-name>hello</servlet-name>
+    <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
+  </servlet-mapping>
+</web-app>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index faaab723c76..5d383b8ded0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
         <module>appengine/firebase-event-proxy/gae-firebase-event-proxy</module>
         <module>appengine/guestbook-objectify</module>
         <module>appengine/helloworld</module>
+        <module>appengine/helloworld-new-plugins</module>
         <module>appengine/images</module>
         <module>appengine/logs</module>
         <module>appengine/mailgun</module>