diff --git a/fineract-avro-schemas/build.gradle.kts b/fineract-avro-schemas/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1248852db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fineract-avro-schemas/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/**
+ * 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.
+ */
+// TODO: @vidakovic we should publish this lib to Maven Central; do in separate PR
+
+plugins {
+    java 
+    id("com.github.davidmc24.gradle.plugin.avro-base") version "1.9.1"
+}
+
+description = "Fineract Avro Schemas"
+
+java {
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation("org.apache.avro:avro")
+}
+
+tasks.withType<JavaCompile> {
+    options.compilerArgs.add("-Werror")
+}
+
+val avroSourceDir = "$projectDir/src/main/avro"
+val avroPreProcessedDir = layout.buildDirectory.dir("generated/avro/src/main/avro")
+val avroGeneratedSourcesDir = layout.buildDirectory.dir("generated-src/avro/main")
+
+tasks.register("preprocessAvroSchemas") {
+    inputs.dir(avroSourceDir)
+    outputs.dir(avroPreProcessedDir)
+
+    doLast {
+        copy {
+            from(avroSourceDir)
+            into(avroPreProcessedDir)
+            filter { line: String ->
+                line.replace("\"bigdecimal\"", file("$projectDir/src/main/resources/avro-templates/bigdecimal.avsc").readText(Charsets.UTF_8))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+tasks.register<com.github.davidmc24.gradle.plugin.avro.GenerateAvroJavaTask>("generateAvroJava") {
+    dependsOn("preprocessAvroSchemas")
+    inputs.dir(avroPreProcessedDir)
+    outputs.dir(avroGeneratedSourcesDir)
+
+    source(avroPreProcessedDir)
+    setOutputDir(file(avroGeneratedSourcesDir))
+}
+
+sourceSets {
+    main {
+        java.srcDir(avroGeneratedSourcesDir)
+    }
+}
+
+spotless {
+    json {
+        target("**/*.avsc")
+        simple()
+    }
+}
+
+tasks.named("compileJava") {
+    dependsOn("preprocessAvroSchemas", "generateAvroJava", "spotlessJsonApply")
+}
+
+tasks.register("cleanGeneratedSources") {
+    delete(avroPreProcessedDir, avroGeneratedSourcesDir)
+}
+
+tasks.named("clean") {
+    dependsOn("cleanGeneratedSources")
+}
+
+tasks.named("licenseMain") {
+    dependsOn(tasks.named("generateAvroJava"))
+}
diff --git a/fineract-avro-schemas/build.gradle b/fineract-avro-schemas/build.gradle.off
similarity index 100%
rename from fineract-avro-schemas/build.gradle
rename to fineract-avro-schemas/build.gradle.off
diff --git a/fineract-avro-schemas/dependencies.gradle b/fineract-avro-schemas/dependencies.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index aac8795c3be..00000000000
--- a/fineract-avro-schemas/dependencies.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * 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.
- */
-dependencies {
-    implementation('org.apache.avro:avro')
-}