diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f80f5ac3195..022fcd35a1d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .DS_Store
 .idea/shelf
-dependencies
+/dependencies/all
 dist
 translator/src/test/kotlin/tests/*/linked
 out
diff --git a/Interop/Indexer/build.gradle b/Interop/Indexer/build.gradle
index e5f942750fd..7478f6dafdb 100644
--- a/Interop/Indexer/build.gradle
+++ b/Interop/Indexer/build.gradle
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ model {
 
             binaries.all {
                 cCompiler.args compilerArgsForJniIncludes
-                cCompiler.args "-I$llvmInstallPath/include"
+                cCompiler.args "-I$llvmDir/include"
             }
 
             binaries.withType(SharedLibraryBinarySpec) {
-                linker.args "-L$llvmInstallPath/lib", "-lclang"
+                linker.args "-L$llvmDir/lib", "-lclang"
             }
         }
    }
diff --git a/Interop/Runtime/build.gradle b/Interop/Runtime/build.gradle
index 06fd98a191d..0c25acce013 100644
--- a/Interop/Runtime/build.gradle
+++ b/Interop/Runtime/build.gradle
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@ model {
             }
             binaries.all {
                 cCompiler.args compilerArgsForJniIncludes
-                cCompiler.args "-I$ffiIncludePath"
+                cCompiler.args "-I$libffiDir/include"
 
-                String libffiPicPath = "$ffiLibPath/libffi_pic.a"
-                linker.args file(libffiPicPath).exists() ? libffiPicPath : "$ffiLibPath/libffi.a"
+                linker.args "$libffiDir/lib/libffi.a"
             }
         }
    }
diff --git a/InteropExample/build.gradle b/InteropExample/build.gradle
index 74a6f498b63..4b06b429071 100644
--- a/InteropExample/build.gradle
+++ b/InteropExample/build.gradle
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ repositories {
 kotlinNativeInterop {
     llvm {
         defFile '../backend.native/llvm.def'
-        compilerOpts "-I$llvmInstallPath/include"
-        linkerOpts "-L$llvmInstallPath/lib"
+        compilerOpts "-I$llvmDir/include"
+        linkerOpts "-L$llvmDir/lib"
     }
 
 }
@@ -31,3 +31,7 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 mainClassName = 'MainKt'
+
+run {
+    environment 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' : "$llvmDir/lib"
+}
diff --git a/backend.native/build.gradle b/backend.native/build.gradle
index 85fd514dfb9..aa1625fe52d 100644
--- a/backend.native/build.gradle
+++ b/backend.native/build.gradle
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ sourceSets {
 kotlinNativeInterop {
    llvm {
      defFile 'llvm.def'
-     compilerOpts "-I$llvmInstallPath/include"
-     linkerOpts "-L$llvmInstallPath/lib"
+     compilerOpts "-I$llvmDir/include"
+     linkerOpts "-L$llvmDir/lib"
    }
 
    hash { // TODO: copy-pasted from ':common:compileHash'
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ task run(type: JavaExec) {
    doFirst {
        args '-runtime', project(':runtime').build.outputs.files.singleFile
    }
+
+   environment 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' : "$llvmDir/lib"
 }
 
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1a8ef7e6587..d44a0f53fc1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -4,4 +4,10 @@ if (new File("$project.rootDir/local.properties").exists()) {
   Properties props = new Properties()
   props.load(new FileInputStream("$project.rootDir/local.properties"))
   props.each {prop -> project.ext.set(prop.key, prop.value)}
+}
+
+allprojects {
+    if (path != ":dependencies") {
+        evaluationDependsOn(":dependencies")
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CompileToBitcode.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CompileToBitcode.groovy
index 2cc4f2ab0c7..d74bdeeb5ef 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CompileToBitcode.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CompileToBitcode.groovy
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class CompileCppToBitcode extends DefaultTask {
 
         project.exec {
             workingDir objDir
-            executable "$project.llvmInstallPath/bin/clang++"
+            executable "$project.llvmDir/bin/clang++"
             args '-std=c++11'
 
             args compilerArgs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class CompileCppToBitcode extends DefaultTask {
         }
 
         project.exec {
-            executable "$project.llvmInstallPath/bin/llvm-link"
+            executable "$project.llvmDir/bin/llvm-link"
             args project.fileTree(objDir).include('**/*.bc')
 
             args linkerArgs
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/NativeInteropPlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/NativeInteropPlugin.groovy
index 07fc7507828..4d9a0b70307 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/NativeInteropPlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/NativeInteropPlugin.groovy
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ class NamedNativeInteropConfig extends AbstractFileCollection implements Named {
                     new File(project.findProject(":Interop:Indexer").buildDir, "nativelibs"),
                     new File(project.findProject(":Interop:Runtime").buildDir, "nativelibs")
             ).asPath
-            systemProperties "llvmInstallPath" : project.llvmInstallPath
+            systemProperties "llvmInstallPath" : project.llvmDir
             environment "LIBCLANG_DISABLE_CRASH_RECOVERY": "1"
-            environment "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH": "${project.llvmInstallPath}/lib"
-            environment "LD_LIBRARY_PATH": "${project.llvmInstallPath}/lib"
+            environment "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH": "${project.llvmDir}/lib"
+            environment "LD_LIBRARY_PATH": "${project.llvmDir}/lib"
 
             outputs.dir generatedSrcDir
             outputs.dir nativeLibsDir
diff --git a/dependencies/build.gradle b/dependencies/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94be7127d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+abstract class NativeDep extends DefaultTask {
+
+    private static String getCurrentHostTarget() {
+        String osName = System.properties['os.name']
+        String osArch = System.properties['os.arch']
+
+        // TODO: implement more generally
+        if (osArch in ['x86_64', 'amd64']) {
+            if (osName == 'Mac OS X') {
+                return 'darwin-macos'
+            } else if (osName == 'Linux') {
+                return 'linux-x86-64'
+            } else {
+                throw new Error("Unsupported OS: $osName")
+            }
+        } else {
+            throw new Error("Unsupported arch: $osArch")
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected final String target = getCurrentHostTarget();
+
+    @Input
+    abstract String getFileName()
+
+    protected String getUrl() {
+        return "http://repo.labs.intellij.net/kotlin-native/$fileName"
+    }
+
+    protected File getBaseOutDir() {
+        final File res = project.file("all")
+        res.mkdirs()
+        return res
+    }
+
+    protected File download() {
+        File result = new File(baseOutDir, fileName)
+        ant.get(src: url, dest: result, usetimestamp: true)
+        return result
+    }
+}
+
+class TgzNativeDep extends NativeDep {
+    String baseName
+
+    @Override
+    String getFileName() {
+        return "${baseName}.tar.gz"
+    }
+
+    @OutputDirectory
+    File getOutputDir() {
+        return new File(baseOutDir, baseName)
+    }
+
+    @TaskAction
+    public void downloadAndExtract() {
+        File archived = this.download()
+
+        try {
+            // Builtin Gradle unpacking tools seem to unable to handle symlinks;
+            // Use external "tar" executable as workaround:
+            project.exec {
+                executable "tar"
+                workingDir baseOutDir
+                args "xf", archived
+            }
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            project.delete(outputDir)
+            throw e
+        }
+
+        // TODO: do not extract if already extracted
+    }
+}
+
+
+task libffi(type: TgzNativeDep) {
+    baseName = "libffi-3.2.1-2-$target"
+}
+
+task llvm(type: TgzNativeDep) {
+    baseName = "clang+llvm-3.8.0-$target"
+}
+
+
+task update {
+    dependsOn tasks.withType(NativeDep)
+}
+
+tasks.withType(TgzNativeDep) {
+    rootProject.ext.set("${name}Dir", outputDir.path)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 2534c8a0d7c..d09f037bee0 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
 kotlin_version=1.0.4
-llvmInstallPath=/opt/local/libexec/llvm-3.8
-ffiIncludePath=/opt/local/lib/libffi-3.2.1/include
-ffiLibPath=/opt/local/lib
diff --git a/runtime/build.gradle b/runtime/build.gradle
index 1cb729defdc..6e5fbc88726 100644
--- a/runtime/build.gradle
+++ b/runtime/build.gradle
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ task test {
 
     doLast {
         exec {
-	    commandLine "$llvmInstallPath/bin/clang", 'src/test/c/main.c', '-c', '-emit-llvm', '-o', "$buildDir/main.bc"
-	}
+            commandLine "$llvmDir/bin/clang", 'src/test/c/main.c', '-c', '-emit-llvm', '-o', "$buildDir/main.bc"
+        }
         exec {
-	    commandLine "$llvmInstallPath/bin/clang++", build.outFile, "$buildDir/main.bc", '-o', "$buildDir/main"
-	}
-	exec {
-	    workingDir buildDir
-	    commandLine './main'
-	}
+            commandLine "$llvmDir/bin/clang++", build.outFile, "$buildDir/main.bc", '-o', "$buildDir/main"
+        }
+        exec {
+            workingDir buildDir
+            commandLine './main'
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 04fc18c90ee..eb5e9b8a330 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+include ':dependencies'
 include ':Interop:Indexer'
 include ':Interop:StubGenerator'
 include ':Interop:Runtime'