diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c798be9c..e7e31811 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 *.kate-swp
 .*.swp
 .idea
+node_modules/
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a87e7b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*jshint node:true */
+module.exports = function ( grunt ) {
+	grunt.loadNpmTasks( 'grunt-banana-checker' );
+	grunt.loadNpmTasks( 'grunt-jsonlint' );
+
+	var conf = grunt.file.readJSON( 'extension.json' );
+	grunt.initConfig( {
+		banana: conf.MessagesDirs,
+		jsonlint: {
+			all: [
+				'**/*.json',
+				'!node_modules/**'
+			]
+		}
+	} );
+
+	grunt.registerTask( 'test', [ 'jsonlint', 'banana' ] );
+	grunt.registerTask( 'default', 'test' );
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76e8a825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "grunt test"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "grunt": "0.4.5",
+    "grunt-cli": "0.1.13",
+    "grunt-banana-checker": "0.2.2",
+    "grunt-jsonlint": "1.0.4"
+  }
+}