diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2251b98d..4214507e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .DS_Store
 thirdparty/jwplayer.*
+node_modules/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc2bd872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+module.exports = function(grunt) {
+
+    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-uglify');
+    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-concat');
+    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-copy');
+    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-cssmin');
+    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-clean');
+    grunt.loadNpmTasks("grunt-remove-logging");
+    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-jshint');
+
+    grunt.initConfig({
+        pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
+        concat: {
+            build: {
+                src: [
+                    // Ultimately this should be just 'scripts/*.js',
+                    //  but for now we're maintaining the order which was
+                    //  specified in the previous 'compile.sh' script
+                    'scripts/ableplayer-base.js',
+                    'scripts/initialize.js',
+                    'scripts/preference.js',
+                    'scripts/webvtt.js',
+                    'scripts/buildplayer.js',
+                    'scripts/track.js',
+                    'scripts/seekbar.js',
+                    'scripts/dialog.js',
+                    'scripts/misc.js',
+                    'scripts/description.js',
+                    'scripts/browser.js',
+                    'scripts/control.js',
+                    'scripts/caption.js',
+                    'scripts/metadata.js',
+                    'scripts/translation.js',
+                    'scripts/transcript.js',
+                    'scripts/search.js',
+                    'scripts/event.js'
+                ],
+                dest: 'build/<%= pkg.name %>.js'
+            },
+        },
+        removelogging: {
+            dist: {
+                src: [
+                    'build/<%= pkg.name %>.js'
+                ],
+                dest: 'build/<%= pkg.name %>.dist.js'
+            },
+            options: {
+                // Remove all console output (see https://www.npmjs.com/package/grunt-remove-logging)
+            }
+        },
+        uglify: {
+            min: {
+                src    : ['build/<%= pkg.name %>.dist.js'],
+                dest   : 'build/<%= pkg.name %>.min.js',
+            },
+            options: {
+                // Add a banner with the package name and version
+                //  (no date, otherwise a new build is different even if the code didn't change!)
+                banner: '/*! <%= pkg.name %> V<%= pkg.version %> */\n',
+                // Preserve comments that start with a bang (like the file header)
+                preserveComments: "some"
+            }
+        },
+        cssmin: {
+            min: {
+                src  : [
+                    'styles/ableplayer.css',
+                    'styles/ableplayer-playlist.css',
+                    'styles/ableplayer-search.css',
+                    'styles/ableplayer-transcript.css'
+                ],
+                dest : 'build/<%= pkg.name %>.min.css',
+            },
+            options: {
+                // Add a banner with the package name and version
+                //  (no date, otherwise a new build is different even if the code didn't change!)
+                //  (oddly, here we don't need a '\n' at the end!)
+                banner: '/*! <%= pkg.name %> V<%= pkg.version %> */',
+            }
+        },
+        jshint: {
+            files: ['Gruntfile.js', 'scripts/**/*.js'],
+            options: {
+                // options here to override JSHint defaults
+                globals: {
+                    browser: true,
+                    jquery: true,
+                    devel: true,
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        clean: {
+          build: ['build'],
+        },
+
+    });
+
+    grunt.registerTask('default', ['concat', 'removelogging', 'uglify', 'cssmin']);
+    grunt.registerTask('test', ['jshint']);
+};
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1b193150..2f374306 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -439,7 +439,34 @@ users can control the following:
 -   Highlight transcript as video plays
 -   Keyboard-enable transcript
 
+Building the Able Player source
+-------------------------------
+
+The source JavaScript files for the ableplayer are in the */scripts* directory, 
+and are combined into several different files (in the */build* directory) using 
+[npm][] and [Grunt][]:
+
+```sh
+npm install
+grunt
+```
 
+The npm and Grunt build process is defined by the *Gruntfile.js* and *package.json*
+files. (Note that the **version number** is specified in *package.json*, and must be 
+updated when a new version is released).
+
+Files created by the build process are put into the */build* directory:
+
+- **build/ableplayer.js** - 
+  the default build of *ableplayer.js*
+- **build/ableplayer.dist.js** - 
+  a build of *ableplayer.js* without console logging
+- **build/ableplayer.min.js** - 
+  a minified version of the *dist* file
+- **build/ableplayer.min.css** - 
+  a minified version of the *styles/ableplayer.css* file
+ 
+ 
   [examples]: http://ableplayer.github.io/ableplayer/tests/
   [jQuery]: http://jquery.com/
   [Modernizr]: http://modernizr.com/
@@ -448,6 +475,7 @@ users can control the following:
   [WebAIM’s 2014 Screen Reader User Survey]: http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey5/#browsers
   [Configuring MIME Types in IIS 7]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/17bda1f4-8a0d-440f-986a-5aaa9d40b74c.aspx
   [How to add MIME Types with IIS7 Web.config]: http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/03/25/how-to-add-mime-types-with-iis7-web-config.aspx
-  
+  [npm]: https://www.npmjs.com/
+  [grunt]: http://gruntjs.com/
 
 
diff --git a/compile.sh b/compile.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3adc4dd7..00000000
--- a/compile.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-rm build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/ableplayer-base.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/initialize.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/preference.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/webvtt.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/buildplayer.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/track.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/seekbar.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/dialog.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/misc.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/description.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/browser.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/control.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/caption.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/metadata.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/translation.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/transcript.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/search.js >> build/ableplayer.js
-cat scripts/event.js >> build/ableplayer.js
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09471618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "name": "ableplayer",
+  "version": "2.03.0",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/ableplayer/ableplayer.git"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "grunt": "~0.4.1",
+    "grunt-contrib-clean": "~0.6.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-concat": "~0.3.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-copy": "~0.4.1",
+    "grunt-contrib-cssmin": "~0.6.1",
+    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "^0.10.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.2.2",
+    "grunt-remove-logging": "~0.2.0"
+  }
+}