diff --git a/eclipse/scripts/create_all_symlinks.sh b/eclipse/scripts/create_all_symlinks.sh
index c6cd467..ebc3dc8 100755
--- a/eclipse/scripts/create_all_symlinks.sh
+++ b/eclipse/scripts/create_all_symlinks.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# This script copies the .jar files that each plugin depends on into the plugins libs folder.
+# By default, on Mac & Linux, this script creates symlinks from the libs folder to the jar file.
+# Since Windows does not support symlinks, the jar files are copied.
+# Use option "-f" to copy files rather than creating symlinks on the Mac/Linux platforms.
 
 echo "## Running $0"
 # CD to the top android directory
@@ -6,16 +10,34 @@
 cd "${PROG_DIR}/../../../"
 
 HOST=`uname`
+USE_COPY="" # force copy dependent jar files rather than creating symlinks
 
 function die() {
   echo "Error: $*"
   exit 1
 }
 
-if [ "${HOST:0:6}" == "CYGWIN" ]; then
-  PLATFORM="windows-x86"
+## parse arguments
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  if [ "$1" == "-f" ]; then
+    USE_COPY="1"
+  fi
+  shift
+done
 
-  # We can't use symlinks under Cygwin
+if [ "$HOST" == "Linux" ]; then
+  PLATFORM="linux-x86"
+elif [ "$HOST" == "Darwin" ]; then
+  PLATFORM="darwin-x86"
+elif [ "${HOST:0:6}" == "CYGWIN" ]; then
+  USE_COPY="1"      # We can't use symlinks under Cygwin
+  PLATFORM="windows-x86"
+else
+  echo "Unsupported platform ($HOST). Aborting."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$USE_COPY" == "1" ]; then
   function cpfile { # $1=source $2=dest
     cp -fv $1 $2/
   }
@@ -24,17 +46,6 @@
     rsync -avW --delete-after $1 $2
   }
 else
-  if [ "$HOST" == "Linux" ]; then
-    PLATFORM="linux-x86"
-  elif [ "$HOST" == "Darwin" ]; then
-    PLATFORM="darwin-x86"
-  else
-    echo "Unsupported platform ($HOST). Aborting."
-    exit 1
-  fi
-
-  # For all other systems which support symlinks
-
   # computes the "reverse" path, e.g. "a/b/c" => "../../.."
   function back() {
     echo $1 | sed 's@[^/]*@..@g'
@@ -132,6 +143,13 @@
 
 LIBS="$LIBS $SDKMAN_LIBS"
 
+### MONITOR ###
+
+MONITOR_DEST="sdk/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.monitor/libs"
+MONITOR_LIBS="sdklib sdkstats androidprefs"
+
+LIBS="$LIBS $MONITOR_LIBS"
+CP_FILES="$CP_FILES @:$MONITOR_DEST $MONITOR_LIBS"
 
 ### GL DEBUGGER ###
 
@@ -147,9 +165,9 @@
 
 # Make sure we have lunch sdk-<something>
 if [[ ! "$TARGET_PRODUCT" ]]; then
-    echo "## TARGET_PRODUCT is not set, running build/envsetup.sh"
+  echo "## TARGET_PRODUCT is not set, running build/envsetup.sh"
   . build/envsetup.sh
-    echo "## lunch sdk-eng"
+  echo "## lunch sdk-eng"
   lunch sdk-eng
 fi
 
diff --git a/eclipse/scripts/rcp/HOWTO-BUILD b/eclipse/scripts/rcp/HOWTO-BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9278f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eclipse/scripts/rcp/HOWTO-BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+To build the Monitor RCP based application, do:
+
+$ lunch sdk-eng
+$ ./sdk/eclipse/scripts/create_all_symlinks.sh -f
+$ cd sdk/eclipse/scripts/rcp
+$ ant
+
+This will build the RCP in the folder:
+$ANDROID_SRC/out/host/eclipse/rcp/build/I.RcpBuild/
diff --git a/eclipse/scripts/rcp/build.properties b/eclipse/scripts/rcp/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..493665e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eclipse/scripts/rcp/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+###############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2003, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
+# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+# are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+# http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+#
+# Contributors:
+#     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+###############################################################################
+
+############# PRODUCT/PACKAGING CONTROL #############
+product=/com.android.ide.eclipse.monitor/monitor.product
+runPackager=true
+archivePrefix=monitor
+collectingFolder=${archivePrefix}
+configs=linux,gtk,x86_64 & \
+        linux,gtk,x86 & \
+        macosx,cocoa,x86_64 & \
+        win32,win32,x86_64 & \
+        win32,win32,x86
+allowBinaryCycles = true
+buildType=I
+buildId=RcpBuild
+buildLabel=${buildType}.${buildId}
+timestamp=007
+launcherName=monitor
+
+############# BASE CONTROL #############
+baseos=linux
+basews=gtk
+basearch=x86_64
+filteredDependencyCheck=false
+resolution.devMode=false
+skipBase=true
+
+############# MAP FILE CONTROL ################
+skipMaps=true
+
+############ REPOSITORY CONTROL ###############
+skipFetch=true
+
+############# JAVA COMPILER OPTIONS ##############
+logExtension=.log
+javacDebugInfo=false 
+javacFailOnError=true
+javacVerbose=true
+javacSource=1.5
+javacTarget=1.5
diff --git a/eclipse/scripts/rcp/build.xml b/eclipse/scripts/rcp/build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0079d0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eclipse/scripts/rcp/build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<project name="com.android.eclipse.rcp.build" default="build">
+    <!-- Root of Android Source Tree -->
+    <property name="ANDROID_SRC" location="../../../../" />
+
+    <!-- Host Eclipse used for building the RCP -->
+    <property name="basebuilder" value="${ANDROID_SRC}/prebuilts/tools/build/basebuilder/org.eclipse.releng.basebuilder/" />
+
+    <!-- Source for target prebuilts -->
+    <property name="targetSrcDir" value="${ANDROID_SRC}/prebuilts/tools/build/target-platform/" />
+
+    <!-- Location where build happens and resulting binaries are generated -->
+    <property name="outDir" value="${ANDROID_SRC}/out/host/eclipse/rcp/" />
+
+    <!-- Location where the target platform is created -->
+    <property name="targetDir" value="${outDir}/target" />
+
+    <!-- Location where the target platform is created -->
+    <property name="buildDir" value="${outDir}/build" />
+
+    <!-- Location of the sources -->
+    <property name="srcDir" value="${ANDROID_SRC}/sdk/eclipse/" />
+
+    <!-- locate launcher plugin inside eclipse -->
+	<path id="equinox.launcher.path">
+		<fileset dir="${basebuilder}/plugins">
+			<include name="org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_*.jar" />
+		</fileset>
+	</path>
+	<property name="equinox.launcher" refid="equinox.launcher.path" />
+
+    <!-- locate pde build plugin inside eclipse -->
+	<path id="pde.build.dir.path">
+		<dirset dir="${basebuilder}/plugins">
+			<include name="org.eclipse.pde.build_*" />
+		</dirset>
+	</path>
+	<property name="pde.build.dir" refid="pde.build.dir.path" />
+
+    <!-- create the build directory, copy plugins and features into it -->
+	<target name="copy_srcs">
+		<mkdir dir="${buildDir}" />
+		<copy todir="${buildDir}">
+			<fileset dir="${srcDir}/">
+                <include name="plugins/**" />
+                <include name="features/**" />
+            </fileset>
+		</copy>
+	</target>
+
+    <!-- create target platform -->
+    <target name="create-target">
+		<mkdir dir="${targetDir}" />
+		<mkdir dir="${targetDir}/deltapack" />
+		<mkdir dir="${targetDir}/repos" />
+
+        <unzip src="${targetSrcDir}/eclipse-3.6.2-delta-pack.zip" dest="${targetDir}/deltapack" />
+        <unzip src="${targetSrcDir}/org.eclipse.platform-3.6.2.zip" dest="${targetDir}/repos/platform" />
+        <unzip src="${targetSrcDir}/org.eclipse.jdt-3.6.2.zip" dest="${targetDir}/repos/jdt" />
+    </target>
+	
+    <!-- Launch pde build -->
+	<target name="pde-build">
+		<java classname="org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main" fork="true" failonerror="true">
+			<arg value="-application" />
+			<arg value="org.eclipse.ant.core.antRunner" />
+			<arg value="-buildfile" />
+			<arg value="${pde.build.dir}/scripts/productBuild/productBuild.xml" />
+            <arg value="-data" />
+            <arg value="${buildDir}/workspace" />
+			<arg value="-Dtimestamp=${timestamp}" />
+            <arg value="-DeclipseLocation=${baseBuilder}" />
+            <arg value="-DbuildDirectory=${buildDir}" />
+            <arg value="-DbaseLocation=${targetDir}/deltapack/eclipse" />
+            <arg value="-DrepoBaseLocation=${targetDir}/repos/" />
+            <arg value="-DtransformedRepoLocation=${targetDir}/transformedRepos/" />
+			<classpath>
+				<pathelement location="${equinox.launcher}" />
+			</classpath>
+		</java>
+	</target>
+		
+	<target name="clean">
+		<delete dir="${outDir}" />
+		<delete dir="${targetDir}" />
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="build" depends="clean, copy_srcs, create-target, pde-build" /> 
+</project>
+