diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4f93865..9326a3c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@
 
 
 buildscript {
-  apply from: "https://github.com/CentralLabFacilities/rosjava_bootstrap/raw/clf/buildscript.gradle"
+    try{
+      apply from: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mojin-robotics/rosjava_bootstrap/kinetic/buildscript.gradle"
+    } catch (all) {
+      //local copy of rosjava_bootstrap buildscript.gradle
+      apply from: "buildscript.gradle"
+    }
 }
 
 plugins {
diff --git a/buildscript.gradle b/buildscript.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30de542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildscript.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @fmessmer:
+ * This file is a copy from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mojin-robotics/rosjava_bootstrap/kinetic/buildscript.gradle
+ * It is copied to allow temporary offline compilation
+ */
+
+rootProject.buildscript {
+    String rosMavenPath = System.getenv("ROS_MAVEN_PATH")
+    String rosMavenRepository = System.getenv("ROS_MAVEN_REPOSITORY")
+    repositories {
+        if (rosMavenPath != null) {
+            rosMavenPath.tokenize(":").each { path ->
+                maven {
+                    // We can't use uri() here because we aren't running inside something
+                    // that implements the Script interface.
+                    url "file:${path}"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        maven {
+            url "http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/release"
+        }
+        maven {
+            url "http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/external"
+        }
+        if (rosMavenRepository != null) {
+            maven {
+                url rosMavenRepository
+            }
+        }
+        maven {
+            url "https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_mvn_repo/raw/master"
+        }
+        jcenter()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath "org.ros.rosjava_bootstrap:gradle_plugins:[0.3,0.4)"
+    }
+}