diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a70b27e..6a66007 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 /.gradle
+/buildSrc/.gradle/
 /build/
+/buildSrc/build/
 /bin/
 /lua/src/*.o
 /lua/src/liblua.so
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index cc4fd2d..777ebd7 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -37,6 +37,23 @@ testing {
     }
 }
 
+task downloadJextract(type: DownloadTask) {
+    OperatingSystem currentOs = org.gradle.nativeplatform.platform.internal.DefaultNativePlatform.currentOperatingSystem
+    def os = ""
+    if(currentOs.isMacOsX()){
+        os="macos"
+    } else if(currentOs.isLinux()) {
+        os="linux"
+    }
+    def arch = "x64"
+    sourceUrl = "https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jextract/22/5/openjdk-22-jextract+5-33_${os}-${arch}_bin.tar.gz"
+    target = file("${project.buildDir}/jextract.tar.gz")
+}
+
+task unpackJextract(type: Copy, dependsOn: [tasks.downloadJextract]) {
+    from tarTree(resources.gzip(tasks.downloadJextract.outputs.files[0]))
+    into file("${project.buildDir}/jextract/")
+}
 
 task buildLua(type: Exec) {
     def luaSrc = "${projectDir}/lua"
@@ -47,10 +64,11 @@ task buildLua(type: Exec) {
     outputs.dir(installDir)
 }
 
-task generateNativeInterface(type: Exec, dependsOn: [tasks.buildLua]) {
+task generateNativeInterface(type: Exec, dependsOn: [tasks.buildLua, tasks.unpackJextract]) {
+    def jextractBinary = "${tasks.unpackJextract.outputs.files[0]}/jextract-22/bin/jextract"
     def installDir = tasks.buildLua.outputs.files[0]
     def generatedSrc = "${project.buildDir}/generated/sources/jextract/"
-    commandLine 'jextract',
+    commandLine jextractBinary,
                 '--include-dir', "$installDir/include",
                 '--output', generatedSrc,
                 '--target-package', 'org.itsallcode.jlua.ffi',
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/DownloadTask.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/DownloadTask.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..443b9d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/DownloadTask.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputFile
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
+
+class DownloadTask extends DefaultTask {
+    @Input
+    String sourceUrl
+
+    @OutputFile
+    File target
+
+    @TaskAction
+    void download() {
+        logger.info("Downloading file ${sourceUrl} to ${target}...")
+        getAnt().get(src: sourceUrl, dest: target)
+    }
+}