diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e913606b1..a2ddc890a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ class SingleNodeServerProcess {
 }
 
 allprojects {
+    tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
+        options.incremental = true
+    }
+
 	group = 'org.springframework.xd'
 
 	repositories {
@@ -1445,4 +1449,4 @@ idea.project.ipr {
 	}
 }
 
-task build(dependsOn: [':documentation-toolchain:checkDocsLinks', checkProjectDescriptions]) {}
+task build(dependsOn: [':documentation-toolchain:checkDocsLinks', checkProjectDescriptions]) {}
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