diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index db952979..d3ae9667 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -75,8 +75,38 @@ task checkLibVersions {
     }
 }
 
-task printRuntimeClasspath {
+task buildNativeBinary {
+    dependsOn("build")
     doLast {
-        print sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath.asPath
+        def graalVMHome = System.getenv("GRAALVM_HOME")
+        if (!graalVMHome) {
+            throw new GradleException('Required GRAALVM_HOME environment variable not set.')
+        }
+        def nativeBinaryOutputPath = "$buildDir/native-image"
+        def nativeBinaryName = "signal-cli"
+
+        mkdir nativeBinaryOutputPath
+
+        exec {
+            workingDir "."
+            commandLine "$graalVMHome/bin/native-image",
+                        "-H:Path=$nativeBinaryOutputPath",
+                        "-H:Name=$nativeBinaryName",
+                        "-H:JNIConfigurationFiles=",
+                        "-H:DynamicProxyConfigurationFiles=",
+                        "-H:ReflectionConfigurationFiles=",
+                        "-H:ResourceConfigurationFiles=",
+                        "--no-fallback",
+                        "--allow-incomplete-classpath",
+                        "--report-unsupported-elements-at-runtime",
+                        "--enable-url-protocols=http,https",
+                        "--enable-https",
+                        "--enable-all-security-services",
+                        "-H:ResourceConfigurationFiles=graalvm-config-dir/resource-config.json",
+                        "-H:ReflectionConfigurationFiles=graalvm-config-dir/reflect-config.json",
+                        "-cp",
+                        sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath.asPath,
+                        project.mainClassName
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/native-build.sh b/native-build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5b8983ee..00000000
--- a/native-build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-if [ -z "$GRAALVM_HOME" ]; then
-    echo "The GRAALVM_HOME environment variable is required.\n\n    e.g. export GRAALVM_HOME=../graalvm-ce-java11-21.0.0/\n" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-export JAVA_HOME=$GRAALVM_HOME
-
-./gradlew clean build
-
-RUNTIME_CLASSPATH=$(./gradlew -q printRuntimeClasspath)
-
-mkdir -p build/native-image
-
-echo Compiling native-image...
-$GRAALVM_HOME/bin/native-image \
-	-cp "$RUNTIME_CLASSPATH"\
-	-H:Path=build/native-image\
-	-H:Name=signal-cli\
-	-H:JNIConfigurationFiles=\
-	-H:DynamicProxyConfigurationFiles=\
-	-H:ReflectionConfigurationFiles=\
-	-H:ResourceConfigurationFiles=\
-	--no-fallback\
-	--allow-incomplete-classpath\
-	--report-unsupported-elements-at-runtime\
-	--enable-url-protocols=http,https\
-	--enable-https\
-	--enable-all-security-services\
-	-H:ResourceConfigurationFiles=graalvm-config-dir/resource-config.json\
-	-H:ReflectionConfigurationFiles=graalvm-config-dir/reflect-config.json\
-	org.asamk.signal.Main
-