diff --git a/gradle/backend/build.gradle b/gradle/backend/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56428a267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/backend/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+plugins {
+  id 'war'
+}
+
+// Set this directory before applying the appengine plugin so that the plugin
+// will recognize this as an app-engine standard app (and also obtains the
+// appengine-web.xml from the correct location)
+project.convention.plugins['war'].webAppDirName =
+    '../../java/google/registry/env/crash/backend'
+
+apply plugin: 'com.google.cloud.tools.appengine'
+
+// Get the web.xml file for the service.
+war {
+  webInf {
+    from '../../java/google/registry/env/common/backend/WEB-INF'
+  }
+}
+
+appengine {
+  deploy {
+    project = 'domain-registry-crash'
+  }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  compile project(':core')
+}
diff --git a/gradle/build.gradle b/gradle/build.gradle
index 9627978d6..206af2dcf 100644
--- a/gradle/build.gradle
+++ b/gradle/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+buildscript {
+  repositories {
+    jcenter()
+    mavenCentral()
+  }
+
+  dependencies {
+    classpath 'com.google.cloud.tools:appengine-gradle-plugin:1.3.3'
+  }
+}
+
 plugins {
   id 'nebula.lint' version '10.3.1'
   // Config helper for annotation processors such as AutoValue and Dagger.
@@ -19,6 +30,9 @@ subprojects {
     mavenCentral()
   }
 
+  // Exclude all of the module deployment projects.
+  if (project.name in ['default', 'backend', 'tools', 'pubapi']) return
+
   apply plugin: 'java'
   apply plugin: 'nebula.lint'
   apply plugin: 'net.ltgt.apt'
diff --git a/gradle/default/build.gradle b/gradle/default/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02db5a69a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/default/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+plugins {
+  id 'war'
+}
+
+// Set this directory before applying the appengine plugin so that the plugin
+// will recognize this as an app-engine standard app (and also obtains the
+// appengine-web.xml from the correct location)
+project.convention.plugins['war'].webAppDirName =
+    '../../java/google/registry/env/crash/default'
+
+apply plugin: 'com.google.cloud.tools.appengine'
+
+// Get the web.xml and cron.xml files for the service.
+war {
+  webInf {
+    from '../../java/google/registry/env/common/default/WEB-INF'
+    from '../../java/google/registry/env/crash/tools/WEB-INF/cron.xml'
+  }
+}
+
+appengine {
+  deploy {
+    project = 'domain-registry-crash'
+  }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  compile project(':core')
+}
diff --git a/gradle/pubapi/build.gradle b/gradle/pubapi/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27fbb9b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/pubapi/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+plugins {
+  id 'war'
+}
+
+// Set this directory before applying the appengine plugin so that the plugin
+// will recognize this as an app-engine standard app (and also obtains the
+// appengine-web.xml from the correct location)
+project.convention.plugins['war'].webAppDirName =
+    '../../java/google/registry/env/crash/pubapi'
+
+apply plugin: 'com.google.cloud.tools.appengine'
+
+// Get the web.xml file for the service.
+war {
+  webInf {
+    from '../../java/google/registry/env/common/pubapi/WEB-INF'
+    from '../../java/google/registry/env/crash/pubapi/WEB-INF/cron.xml'
+  }
+}
+
+appengine {
+  deploy {
+    project = 'domain-registry-crash'
+  }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  compile project(':core')
+}
diff --git a/gradle/settings.gradle b/gradle/settings.gradle
index a5d469cb3..1806b5156 100644
--- a/gradle/settings.gradle
+++ b/gradle/settings.gradle
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ include 'core'
 include 'proxy'
 include 'third_party'
 include 'util'
+include 'default'
+include 'backend'
+include 'tools'
+include 'pubapi'
diff --git a/gradle/tools/build.gradle b/gradle/tools/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddf0e2beb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/tools/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+plugins {
+  id 'war'
+}
+
+// Set this directory before applying the appengine plugin so that the plugin
+// will recognize this as an app-engine standard app (and also obtains the
+// appengine-web.xml from the correct location)
+project.convention.plugins['war'].webAppDirName =
+    '../../java/google/registry/env/crash/tools'
+
+apply plugin: 'com.google.cloud.tools.appengine'
+
+// Get the web.xml file for the service.
+war {
+  webInf {
+    from '../../java/google/registry/env/common/tools/WEB-INF'
+  }
+}
+
+appengine {
+  deploy {
+    project = 'domain-registry-crash'
+  }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  compile project(':core')
+}