diff --git a/build/gulpfile.js b/build/gulpfile.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..69b37c7c667f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/gulpfile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+'use strict';
+
+// Increase max listeners for event emitters
+require('events').EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners = 100;
+
+const gulp = require('gulp');
+const util = require('./lib/util');
+const task = require('./lib/task');
+const compilation = require('./lib/compilation');
+const { monacoTypecheckTask/* , monacoTypecheckWatchTask */ } = require('./gulpfile.editor');
+const { compileExtensionsTask, watchExtensionsTask } = require('./gulpfile.extensions');
+
+// Fast compile for development time
+const compileClientTask = task.define('compile-client', task.series(util.rimraf('out'), compilation.compileTask('src', 'out', false)));
+gulp.task(compileClientTask);
+
+const watchClientTask = task.define('watch-client', task.series(util.rimraf('out'), compilation.watchTask('out', false)));
+gulp.task(watchClientTask);
+
+// All
+const compileTask = task.define('compile', task.parallel(monacoTypecheckTask, compileClientTask, compileExtensionsTask));
+gulp.task(compileTask);
+
+gulp.task(task.define('watch', task.parallel(/* monacoTypecheckWatchTask, */ watchClientTask, watchExtensionsTask)));
+
+// Default
+gulp.task('default', compileTask);
+
+process.on('unhandledRejection', (reason, p) => {
+	console.log('Unhandled Rejection at: Promise', p, 'reason:', reason);
+	process.exit(1);
+});
+
+// Load all the gulpfiles only if running tasks other than the editor tasks
+require('glob').sync('gulpfile.*.js', { cwd: __dirname })
+	.forEach(f => require(`./${f}`));
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 1d13cff608cb7..9691ba80607ab 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -3,41 +3,4 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-'use strict';
-
-// Increase max listeners for event emitters
-require('events').EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners = 100;
-
-const gulp = require('gulp');
-const util = require('./build/lib/util');
-const task = require('./build/lib/task');
-const path = require('path');
-const compilation = require('./build/lib/compilation');
-const { monacoTypecheckTask/* , monacoTypecheckWatchTask */ } = require('./build/gulpfile.editor');
-const { compileExtensionsTask, watchExtensionsTask } = require('./build/gulpfile.extensions');
-
-// Fast compile for development time
-const compileClientTask = task.define('compile-client', task.series(util.rimraf('out'), compilation.compileTask('src', 'out', false)));
-gulp.task(compileClientTask);
-
-const watchClientTask = task.define('watch-client', task.series(util.rimraf('out'), compilation.watchTask('out', false)));
-gulp.task(watchClientTask);
-
-// All
-const compileTask = task.define('compile', task.parallel(monacoTypecheckTask, compileClientTask, compileExtensionsTask));
-gulp.task(compileTask);
-
-gulp.task(task.define('watch', task.parallel(/* monacoTypecheckWatchTask, */ watchClientTask, watchExtensionsTask)));
-
-// Default
-gulp.task('default', compileTask);
-
-process.on('unhandledRejection', (reason, p) => {
-	console.log('Unhandled Rejection at: Promise', p, 'reason:', reason);
-	process.exit(1);
-});
-
-// Load all the gulpfiles only if running tasks other than the editor tasks
-const build = path.join(__dirname, 'build');
-require('glob').sync('gulpfile.*.js', { cwd: build })
-	.forEach(f => require(`./build/${f}`));
+require('./build/gulpfile');