diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08a55c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.gradle
diff --git a/annotations/Android.mk b/annotations/Android.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..287eb65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/annotations/Android.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# 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.
+
+LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
+
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+LOCAL_MODULE := android-support-annotations
+LOCAL_SDK_VERSION := current
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(call all-java-files-under,src)
+include $(BUILD_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/annotations/build.gradle b/annotations/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1f94fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/annotations/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+apply plugin: 'java'
+
+archivesBaseName = 'support-annotations'
+
+sourceSets {
+    main.java.srcDir 'java'
+}
+
+jar {
+    from sourceSets.main.output
+}
+
+uploadArchives {
+    repositories {
+        mavenDeployer {
+
+            repository(url: uri(project.parent.ext.androidRepoOut)) {
+            }
+
+            pom.project {
+                name 'Android Support Library Annotations'
+                description "The Support Library is a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs."
+                url 'http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/support-library.html'
+                inceptionYear '2013'
+
+                licenses {
+                    license {
+                        name 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
+                        url 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
+                        distribution 'repo'
+                    }
+                }
+
+                scm {
+                    url "http://source.android.com"
+                    connection "scm:git:https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/support"
+                }
+                developers {
+                    developer {
+                        name 'The Android Open Source Project'
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// configuration for the javadoc to include all source sets.
+javadoc {
+    source    sourceSets.main.allJava
+}
+
+// custom tasks for creating source/javadoc jars
+task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn:classes) {
+    classifier = 'sources'
+    from sourceSets.main.allSource
+}
+
+task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn:javadoc) {
+    classifier         'javadoc'
+    from               javadoc.destinationDir
+}
+
+// add javadoc/source jar tasks as artifacts
+artifacts {
+    archives jar
+    archives sourcesJar
+    archives javadocJar
+}
diff --git a/annotations/src/android/support/annotations/NonNull.java b/annotations/src/android/support/annotations/NonNull.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a7c86d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/annotations/src/android/support/annotations/NonNull.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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 android.support.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.PARAMETER;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.CLASS;
+
+/**
+ * Denotes that a parameter, field or method return value can never be null.
+ * <p>
+ * This is a marker annotation and it has no specific attributes.
+ */
+@Retention(CLASS)
+@Target({METHOD, PARAMETER, FIELD})
+public @interface NonNull {
+}
diff --git a/annotations/src/android/support/annotations/Nullable.java b/annotations/src/android/support/annotations/Nullable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c427b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/annotations/src/android/support/annotations/Nullable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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 android.support.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.PARAMETER;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.CLASS;
+
+/**
+ * Denotes that a parameter, field or method return value can be null.
+ * <p>
+ * When decorating a method call parameter, this denotes that the parameter can
+ * legitimately be null and the method will gracefully deal with it. Typically
+ * used on optional parameters.
+ * <p>
+ * When decorating a method, this denotes the method might legitimately return
+ * null.
+ * <p>
+ * This is a marker annotation and it has no specific attributes.
+ */
+@Retention(CLASS)
+@Target({METHOD, PARAMETER, FIELD})
+public @interface Nullable {
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 7568f98..f92a203 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+include 'annotations'
 include 'v4'
 include 'v13'
 include 'v7:gridlayout'