diff --git a/auto-scale/gui/gulpfile.js b/auto-scale/gui/gulpfile.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de911e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/auto-scale/gui/gulpfile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var gulp = require('gulp');
+var wrench = require('wrench');
+
+var options = {
+  src: 'src/',
+  css: 'src/css/',
+  scripts: 'src/js/',
+  tmp: 'src/.tmp',
+  dist: 'dist/',
+  api: '../../ngXosLib/api/',
+  helpers: '../../ngXosLib/xosHelpers/src/',
+  static: '../../static/', // this is the django static folder
+  dashboards: '../../dashboards/' // this is the django html folder
+};
+
+wrench.readdirSyncRecursive('./gulp')
+.map(function(file) {
+  require('./gulp/' + file)(options);
+});
+
+gulp.task('default', function () {
+  gulp.start('build');
+});