diff --git a/addon.gradle b/addon.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..321d20b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addon.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+minecraft {
+    if (replaceGradleTokenInFile) {
+        replaceIn "CodeChickenCorePlugin.java"
+        if(gradleTokenVersion) {
+            replace gradleTokenVersion, versionDetails().lastTag
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/core/launch/CodeChickenCorePlugin.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/core/launch/CodeChickenCorePlugin.java
index c7f6183..5ff5ebf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/core/launch/CodeChickenCorePlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/core/launch/CodeChickenCorePlugin.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 public class CodeChickenCorePlugin implements IFMLLoadingPlugin, IFMLCallHook
 {
     public static final String mcVersion = "[1.7.10]";
+    public static final String version = "GRADLETOKEN_VERSION";
 
     public static File minecraftDir;
     public static String currentMcVersion;