diff --git a/gulpfile.js/config.js b/gulpfile.js/config.js
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+var path = require('path');
+
+var srcDir = 'static_src';
+var destDir = 'static';
+
+var App = function(dir, options) {
+    this.dir = dir;
+    this.options = options || {};
+    this.appName = this.options.appName || path.basename(dir);
+    this.sourceFiles = path.join('.', this.dir, srcDir);
+};
+App.prototype = Object.create(null);
+App.prototype.scssIncludePaths = function() {
+    return [this.sourceFiles];
+};
+App.prototype.scssSources = function() {
+    if (!this.options.scss) return [];
+
+    return this.options.scss.map(function(file) {
+        return path.join(this.sourceFiles, file);
+    }, this);
+};
+
+// All the Wagtail apps that contain static files
+var apps = [
+    new App('wagtail/wagtailadmin', {
+        'scss': [
+            'wagtailadmin/scss/core.scss',
+            'wagtailadmin/scss/layouts/login.scss',
+            'wagtailadmin/scss/layouts/home.scss',
+            'wagtailadmin/scss/layouts/page-editor.scss',
+            'wagtailadmin/scss/layouts/preview.scss',
+            'wagtailadmin/scss/panels/rich-text.scss',
+            'wagtailadmin/scss/userbar.scss',
+            'wagtailadmin/scss/userbar_embed.scss',
+        ],
+    }),
+    new App('wagtail/wagtaildocs'),
+    new App('wagtail/wagtailembeds'),
+    new App('wagtail/wagtailforms'),
+    new App('wagtail/wagtailimages', {
+        'scss': [
+            'wagtailimages/scss/add-multiple.scss',
+            'wagtailimages/scss/focal-point-chooser.scss',
+        ],
+    }),
+    new App('wagtail/wagtailsnippets'),
+    new App('wagtail/wagtailusers', {
+        'scss': [
+            'wagtailusers/scss/groups_edit.scss',
+        ],
+    }),
+    new App('wagtail/contrib/wagtailstyleguide', {
+        'scss': [
+            'wagtailstyleguide/scss/styleguide.scss'
+        ],
+    }),
+];
+
+module.exports = {
+    apps: apps,
+    srcDir: srcDir,
+    destDir: destDir
+}
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diff --git a/gulpfile.js/index.js b/gulpfile.js/index.js
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+var requireDir = require('require-dir');
+requireDir('./tasks', { recurse: true });
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diff --git a/gulpfile.js/lib/simplyCopy.js b/gulpfile.js/lib/simplyCopy.js
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+++ b/gulpfile.js/lib/simplyCopy.js
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+var gulp = require('gulp');
+var rename = require('gulp-rename');
+var gutil = require('gulp-util');
+var path = require('path');
+var config = require('../config');
+
+/*
+ * Simple copy task - just copoes files from the source to the destination,
+ * with no compilation, minification, or other intelligence
+ *
+ */
+ 
+var renameSrcToDest = function() {
+    return rename(function(filePath) {
+        filePath.dirname = filePath.dirname.replace(
+            '/' + config.srcDir + '/',
+            '/' + config.destDir + '/');
+    });
+};
+
+
+var simpleCopyTask = function(glob) {
+    return function() {
+        var sources = config.apps.map(function(app) {
+            return path.join(app.sourceFiles, app.appName, glob);
+        });
+
+        return gulp.src(sources, {base: '.'})
+            .pipe(renameSrcToDest())
+            .pipe(gulp.dest('.'))
+            .on('error', gutil.log);
+    };
+};
+
+module.exports = simpleCopyTask;
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diff --git a/gulpfile.js/tasks/build.js b/gulpfile.js/tasks/build.js
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+++ b/gulpfile.js/tasks/build.js
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+var gulp = require('gulp');
+
+gulp.task('build', ['styles', 'scripts', 'images', 'fonts']);
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diff --git a/gulpfile.js/tasks/default.js b/gulpfile.js/tasks/default.js
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+++ b/gulpfile.js/tasks/default.js
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+var gulp = require('gulp');
+
+gulp.task('default', ['build', 'watch']);
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diff --git a/gulpfile.js/tasks/fonts.js b/gulpfile.js/tasks/fonts.js
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+++ b/gulpfile.js/tasks/fonts.js
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+var gulp = require('gulp');
+var simpleCopyTask = require('../lib/simplyCopy');
+
+gulp.task('fonts', simpleCopyTask('fonts/**/*'));
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diff --git a/gulpfile.js/tasks/images.js b/gulpfile.js/tasks/images.js
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+++ b/gulpfile.js/tasks/images.js
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+var gulp = require('gulp');
+var simpleCopyTask = require('../lib/simplyCopy');
+
+gulp.task('images', simpleCopyTask('images/**/*'));
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diff --git a/gulpfile.js/tasks/scripts.js b/gulpfile.js/tasks/scripts.js
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+++ b/gulpfile.js/tasks/scripts.js
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+var gulp = require('gulp');
+var simpleCopyTask = require('../lib/simplyCopy');
+
+gulp.task('scripts', simpleCopyTask('js/**/*'));
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diff --git a/gulpfile.js/tasks/styles.js b/gulpfile.js/tasks/styles.js
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+var gulp = require('gulp');
+var sass = require('gulp-sass');
+var config = require('../config');
+var autoprefixer = require('gulp-autoprefixer');
+var simpleCopyTask = require('../lib/simplyCopy');
+var gutil = require('gulp-util');
+
+var flatten = function(arrOfArr) {
+    return arrOfArr.reduce(function(flat, more) {
+        return flat.concat(more);
+    }, []);
+};
+
+gulp.task('styles', ['styles:sass', 'styles:css']);
+
+gulp.task('styles:css', simpleCopyTask('css/**/*'));
+
+gulp.task('styles:sass', function () {
+    // Wagtail Sass files include each other across applications,
+    // e.g. wagtailimages Sass files will include wagtailadmin/sass/mixins.scss
+    // Thus, each app is used as an includePath.
+    var includePaths = flatten(config.apps.map(function(app) { return app.scssIncludePaths(); }));
+
+    // Not all files in a directory need to be compiled, so each app defines
+    // its own Sass files that need to be compiled.
+    var sources = flatten(config.apps.map(function(app) { return app.scssSources(); }));
+
+    return gulp.src(sources)
+        .pipe(sass({
+            errLogToConsole: true,
+            includePaths: includePaths,
+            outputStyle: 'expanded'
+        }))
+        .pipe(autoprefixer({
+            browsers: ['last 2 versions'],
+            cascade: false
+        }))
+        .pipe(gulp.dest(function(file) {
+            // e.g. wagtailadmin/scss/core.scss -> wagtailadmin/css/core.css
+            // Changing the suffix is done by Sass automatically
+            return file.base
+                .replace(
+                    '/' + config.srcDir + '/', 
+                    '/' + config.destDir + '/'
+                )
+                .replace('/scss/', '/css/');
+        }))
+        .on('error', gutil.log);
+});
diff --git a/gulpfile.js/tasks/watch.js b/gulpfile.js/tasks/watch.js
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+++ b/gulpfile.js/tasks/watch.js
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+var gulp = require('gulp');
+var path = require('path');
+var config = require('../config');
+
+/*
+ * Watch - Watch files, trigger tasks when they are modified
+ */
+gulp.task('watch', ['build'], function () {
+    config.apps.forEach(function(app) {
+        gulp.watch(path.join(app.sourceFiles, '*/scss/**'), ['styles:sass']);
+        gulp.watch(path.join(app.sourceFiles, '*/css/**'), ['styles:css']);
+        gulp.watch(path.join(app.sourceFiles, '*/js/**'), ['scripts']);
+        gulp.watch(path.join(app.sourceFiles, '*/images/**'), ['images']);
+        gulp.watch(path.join(app.sourceFiles, '*/fonts/**'), ['fonts']);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ba55628109..8ff35a0e20 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
     "gulp-sass": "~1.0.0",
     "gulp-sourcemaps": "~1.2.2",
     "gulp-util": "~2.2.14",
-    "jscs": "^1.12.0"
+    "jscs": "^1.12.0",
+    "require-dir": "^0.3.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {},
   "scripts": {