diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 177e4b7..082f0bd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 
 .coverage/
 rubydeps.*
+
+Gemfile.lock
+crowbar_framework/public/
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16091d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2011-2013, Dell
+# Copyright 2013-2014, SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+group :development do
+  gem 'uglifier', '~> 2.2.1'
+  gem 'sass', '~> 3.2.19'
+  gem 'sprockets-standalone', '~> 1.2.1'
+  gem 'sprockets', '~> 2.11.0'
+end
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 593e66b..a4afd45 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,6 +1,48 @@
-task :default => [:syntaxcheck]
+#
+# Copyright 2011-2013, Dell
+# Copyright 2013-2014, SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+begin
+  require 'sprockets/standalone'
+
+  Sprockets::Standalone::RakeTask.new(:assets) do |task, sprockets|
+    task.assets = [
+      '**/application.js'
+    ]
+
+    task.sources = [
+      'crowbar_framework/app/assets/javascripts'
+    ]
+
+    task.output = 'crowbar_framework/public/assets'
+
+    task.compress = true
+    task.digest = false
+
+    sprockets.js_compressor = :uglifier
+    sprockets.css_compressor = :sass
+  end
+rescue
+end
 
 task :syntaxcheck do
-  system('for f in `find -name \*.rb` ; do echo -n "Syntaxcheck $f: "; ruby -c $f || exit $? ; done')
+  system('for f in `find -name \*.rb`; do echo -n "Syntaxcheck $f: "; ruby -c $f || exit $? ; done')
   exit $?.exitstatus
 end
+
+task :default => [
+  :syntaxcheck
+]