diff --git a/lib/as3/build.gradle b/lib/as3/build.gradle
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        mavenLocal()
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath group: 'org.gradlefx', name: 'gradlefx', version: '1.5.0'
+    }
+}
+
+plugins {
+    id 'maven-publish'
+    id 'signing'
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'gradlefx'
+
+description = 'Apache Thrift ActionScript Library'
+frameworkLinkage = 'none'
+group = property('thrift.groupid')
+srcDirs = ['src']
+type = 'swc'
+
+// We use the SNAPSHOT suffix for non-release versions
+if (Boolean.parseBoolean(project.release)) {
+    additionalCompilerOptions = ['-compiler.debug=false', '-compiler.strict=true']
+    version = property('thrift.version')
+} else {
+    additionalCompilerOptions = ['-compiler.debug=true', '-compiler.strict=true']
+    version = property('thrift.version') + '-SNAPSHOT'
+}
+
+defaultTasks 'compile'
+
+// Keeping the rest of the build logic in functional named scripts for clarity
+apply from: 'gradle/publishing.gradle'
+