diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9bf0d5cfc..3f4f8f754 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -14,24 +14,33 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+/*
+NOTE: plugins block cannot be used in script plugins
+TODO: future versions of Gradle will remove this restriction
+*/
 plugins {
-    id "com.gradle.build-scan" version "1.9"
-    id 'com.jfrog.bintray' version '1.7.3'
-    id 'com.github.sherter.google-java-format' version '0.6'
+    id 'com.gradle.build-scan' version '1.9' // declare before any other plugin
+
+    id 'com.github.sherter.google-java-format' version '0.6' apply false
+    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '2.0.1' apply false
+    id 'me.champeau.gradle.jmh' version '0.4.4' apply false
+    id 'io.morethan.jmhreport' version '0.6.2.1' apply false
+
     id 'com.jfrog.artifactory' version '4.5.2'
-    id 'me.champeau.gradle.jmh' version '0.4.4'
+    id 'com.jfrog.bintray' version '1.7.3'
 }
 
-repositories {
-    jcenter()
-}
+apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/configuration.gradle"
+apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/versions.gradle"
 
 description = 'RSocket: stream oriented messaging passing with Reactive Stream semantics.'
 
 buildScan { licenseAgreementUrl = 'https://gradle.com/terms-of-service'; licenseAgree = 'yes' }
 
 subprojects {
-    apply plugin: 'java'
+    apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+    apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/codestyle.gradle"
+
     apply plugin: 'maven'
     apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
     apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.bintray'
@@ -40,38 +49,6 @@ subprojects {
     group = 'io.rsocket'
     version = mavenversion
 
-    compileJava {
-        sourceCompatibility = 1.8
-        targetCompatibility = 1.8
-        options.compilerArgs << "-Xlint:deprecation" // << "-Xlint:unchecked"
-    }
-
-    ext {
-        // common
-        jsr305Version = '3.0.2'
-        reactorVersion = '3.1.0.RELEASE'
-        nettyVersion = '4.1.15.Final'
-        reactiveStreamsVersion = '1.0.1'
-        slf4jVersion = '1.7.25'
-        // aeron
-        aeronVersion = '1.4.1'
-        // netty
-        reactorNettyVersion = '0.7.0.M2'
-        // spectator
-        spectatorVersion = '0.57.1'
-        hdrHistogramVersion = '2.1.9'
-        // tck-drivers
-        jacksonVersion = '2.9.1'
-        commonsLang3Version = '3.6'
-        airlineVersion = '0.8'
-        rxjavaVersion = '2.1.3'
-        // test
-        junitVersion = '4.12'
-        hamcrestVersion = '1.3'
-        mockitoVersion = '2.10.0'
-        jmhVersion = '1.19'
-    }
-
     // custom tasks for creating source/javadoc jars
     task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
         classifier = 'sources'
@@ -90,13 +67,6 @@ subprojects {
         archives sourcesJar, javadocJar, jar
     }
 
-    repositories {
-        maven { url 'http://repo.spring.io/milestone' }
-        maven { url 'https://oss.jfrog.org/libs-snapshot' }
-        maven { url 'https://dl.bintray.com/rsocket/RSocket' }
-        maven { url 'https://dl.bintray.com/reactivesocket/ReactiveSocket' }
-    }
-
     dependencies {
         compile "io.projectreactor:reactor-core:3.1.0.RELEASE"
         compile "io.netty:netty-buffer:4.1.15.Final"
diff --git a/gradle/benchmark.gradle b/gradle/benchmark.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21d4186ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/benchmark.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
+apply plugin: 'me.champeau.gradle.jmh'
+apply plugin: 'io.morethan.jmhreport'
+
+// disable tasks to stop generating duplicate files
+jmhClasses.enabled = false
+jmhRunBytecodeGenerator.enabled = false
+jmhCompileGeneratedClasses.enabled = false
+
+jmhJar {
+    // add jmh classes to shadow jar
+    from project.configurations.jmh
+    from project.configurations.jmhRuntime
+
+    // exclude logging classes
+    exclude 'org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12'
+    exclude 'log4j:log4j'
+}
+
+jmh {
+    jmhVersion = '1.19'
+    includeTests = false
+    duplicateClassesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.WARN
+    zip64 = true
+
+    jvmArgs = ['-XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures', '-XX:+FlightRecorder']
+    // NOTE: uncomment to add specific options
+    // jvmArgsAppend = ['-XX:+UseG1GC', '-Xms4g', '-Xmx4g']
+    profilers = ['gc']
+    resultFormat = 'JSON'
+}
+
+// run report generation after benchmark
+tasks.jmh.finalizedBy tasks.jmhReport
+
+jmhReport {
+    jmhResultPath = project.file('build/reports/jmh/results.json')
+    jmhReportOutput = project.file('build/reports/jmh')
+}
+
+// remove directory generated by IDEA during benchmark
+clean {
+    project.delete('out')
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    jmh "org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-core:${jmh.jmhVersion}"
+    jmh "org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess:${jmh.jmhVersion}"
+
+    jmhRuntime "org.slf4j:slf4j-nop:$slf4jVersion"
+}
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diff --git a/gradle/codestyle.gradle b/gradle/codestyle.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42e3fa124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/codestyle.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* Format the Java source code to comply with Google Style */
+
+apply plugin: 'com.github.sherter.google-java-format'
+
+// Use specific version
+googleJavaFormat {
+    toolVersion = '1.1'
+}
+
+// NOTE: uncomment to force code formatting before compile
+compileJava.dependsOn tasks.googleJavaFormat
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diff --git a/gradle/configuration.gradle b/gradle/configuration.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad3de5adf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/configuration.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
+    gradleVersion = '4.1'
+    distributionType = Wrapper.DistributionType.ALL
+}
+
+repositories {
+    jcenter()
+}
+
+subprojects {
+    repositories {
+        maven { url 'http://repo.spring.io/milestone' }
+        maven { url 'https://oss.jfrog.org/libs-snapshot' }
+        maven { url 'https://dl.bintray.com/rsocket/RSocket' }
+        maven { url 'https://dl.bintray.com/reactivesocket/ReactiveSocket' }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/gradle/java.gradle b/gradle/java.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..222e8b48d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/java.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* Java compiler settings */
+
+apply plugin: 'java'
+
+compileJava {
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
+    options.compilerArgs << '-Xlint:all,-cast,-fallthrough,-overloads,-rawtypes,-serial,-try,-unchecked'
+    // NOTE: uncomment to include/exclude specific warnings
+    // << '-Xlint:classfile,deprecation,dep-ann,divzero,empty,finally,options,overrides,path,processing,static,varargs'
+    // << '-Xdoclint:all,-accessibility,-syntax,-reference,-html,-missing/public'
+}
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diff --git a/gradle/versions.gradle b/gradle/versions.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5588edb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/versions.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+ext {
+    // common
+    jsr305Version = '3.0.2'
+    reactorVersion = '3.1.0.RELEASE'
+    nettyVersion = '4.1.16.Final'
+    reactiveStreamsVersion = '1.0.1'
+    slf4jVersion = '1.7.25'
+    // aeron
+    aeronVersion = '1.4.1'
+    // netty
+    reactorNettyVersion = '0.7.0.RELEASE'
+    // spectator
+    spectatorVersion = '0.57.1'
+    hdrHistogramVersion = '2.1.10'
+    // tck-drivers
+    jacksonVersion = '2.9.1'
+    commonsLang3Version = '3.6'
+    airlineVersion = '0.8'
+    rxjavaVersion = '2.1.4'
+    // test
+    junitVersion = '4.12'
+    hamcrestVersion = '1.3'
+    mockitoVersion = '2.10.0'
+}
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diff --git a/rsocket-core/build.gradle b/rsocket-core/build.gradle
index 7a026d3d2..ca9d86849 100644
--- a/rsocket-core/build.gradle
+++ b/rsocket-core/build.gradle
@@ -14,16 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-apply plugin: 'me.champeau.gradle.jmh'
+apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/benchmark.gradle"
 
-jmh {
-    jmhVersion = "1.19"
-    profilers = ['gc']
-    zip64 = true
-    duplicateClassesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.WARN
-}
-
-dependencies {
-    jmh "org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-core:1.19"
-    jmh "org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess:1.19"
-}
+// NOTE: uncomment to run specific test only
+// jmh.include = ['io.rsocket.RSocketPerf.fireAndForgetHello']
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diff --git a/rsocket-core/src/jmh/java/io/rsocket/FragmentationPerf.java b/rsocket-core/src/jmh/java/io/rsocket/FragmentationPerf.java
index 1eefc3452..08f6f2a91 100644
--- a/rsocket-core/src/jmh/java/io/rsocket/FragmentationPerf.java
+++ b/rsocket-core/src/jmh/java/io/rsocket/FragmentationPerf.java
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@
 
 @BenchmarkMode(Mode.Throughput)
 @Fork(
-  value = 1,
-  jvmArgsAppend = {"-XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures", "-XX:+FlightRecorder"}
-) //, "-Dio.netty.leakDetection.level=advanced"})
+  value = 1 // , jvmArgsAppend = {"-Dio.netty.leakDetection.level=advanced"}
+)
 @Warmup(iterations = 10)
 @Measurement(iterations = 10_000)
 @State(Scope.Thread)
diff --git a/rsocket-core/src/jmh/java/io/rsocket/RSocketPerf.java b/rsocket-core/src/jmh/java/io/rsocket/RSocketPerf.java
index 1c8ff726b..0ae66c584 100644
--- a/rsocket-core/src/jmh/java/io/rsocket/RSocketPerf.java
+++ b/rsocket-core/src/jmh/java/io/rsocket/RSocketPerf.java
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@
 
 @BenchmarkMode(Mode.Throughput)
 @Fork(
-  value = 1,
-  jvmArgsAppend = {"-XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures", "-XX:+FlightRecorder"}
+  value = 1 // , jvmArgsAppend = {"-Dio.netty.leakDetection.level=advanced"}
 )
 @Warmup(iterations = 10)
 @Measurement(iterations = 10)
diff --git a/rsocket-examples/build.gradle b/rsocket-examples/build.gradle
index fd154cf64..b0f17c9d0 100644
--- a/rsocket-examples/build.gradle
+++ b/rsocket-examples/build.gradle
@@ -14,25 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-apply plugin: 'me.champeau.gradle.jmh'
-
-jmh {
-    jmhVersion = "1.19"
-    jvmArgs = ['-XX:+UseG1GC', '-Xmx4g', '-Xms4g', '-XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures', '-XX:+FlightRecorder']
-    profilers = ['gc']
-    zip64 = true
-    warmupBatchSize = 10
-    iterations = 500
-    duplicateClassesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.WARN
-}
-
 dependencies {
     compile project(':rsocket-core')
     compile project(':rsocket-spectator')
     compile project(':rsocket-transport-netty')
     compile project(':rsocket-transport-local')
 
-    jmh "org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess:1.19"
-
     testCompile project(':rsocket-test')
-}
+}
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