diff --git a/build/all.gyp b/build/all.gyp
index 9107696d0564db..1c94fa2d666cda 100644
--- a/build/all.gyp
+++ b/build/all.gyp
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
             '../webkit/activex_shim/activex_shim.gyp:*',
             '../webkit/activex_shim_dll/activex_shim_dll.gyp:*',
             '../breakpad/breakpad.gyp:*',
+            '../gears/gears.gyp:*',
           ],
         }, {
           'dependencies': [
diff --git a/chrome/chrome.gyp b/chrome/chrome.gyp
index a20e6f56bd6a58..907be460c84a9b 100644
--- a/chrome/chrome.gyp
+++ b/chrome/chrome.gyp
@@ -1651,6 +1651,7 @@
             'installer/installer.gyp:installer_util',
             '../printing/printing.gyp:printing',
             '../views/views.gyp:views',
+            '../gears/gears.gyp:gears',
           ],
           'export_dependent_settings': [
             '../views/views.gyp:views',
diff --git a/gears/gears.gyp b/gears/gears.gyp
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..f055115c3b0ede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gears/gears.gyp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+{
+  'variables': {
+    'chromium_code': 1,
+  },
+  'includes': [
+    '../build/common.gypi',
+  ],
+  'conditions': [
+    [ 'OS == "win"', {
+      'targets': [
+        {
+          'target_name': 'gears',
+          'type': 'none',
+          'msvs_guid': 'D703D7A0-EDC1-4FE6-9E22-56154155B24E',
+          'copies': [
+            {
+              'destination': '<(PRODUCT_DIR)',
+              'files': [
+                'binaries/gears.dll',
+                'binaries/gears.pdb',
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    }],
+  ],
+}
diff --git a/gears/gears.vcproj b/gears/gears.vcproj
deleted file mode 100644
index cdeda12b583fae..00000000000000
--- a/gears/gears.vcproj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
-<VisualStudioProject
-	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="8.00"
-	Name="gears"
-	ProjectGUID="{D703D7A0-EDC1-4FE6-9E22-56154155B24E}"
-	RootNamespace="gears"
-	Keyword="Win32Proj"
-	>
-	<Platforms>
-		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"
-		/>
-	</Platforms>
-	<ToolFiles>
-		<ToolFile
-			RelativePath=".\output_gears_copy.rules"
-		/>
-	</ToolFiles>
-	<Configurations>
-		<Configuration
-			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory="$(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName)\plugins\gears"
-			ConfigurationType="10"
-			InheritedPropertySheets="..\build\debug.vsprops"
-			>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="Output Gears copy"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCMIDLTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
-			/>
-		</Configuration>
-		<Configuration
-			Name="Release|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory="$(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName)\plugins\gears"
-			ConfigurationType="10"
-			InheritedPropertySheets="..\build\release.vsprops"
-			>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="Output Gears copy"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCMIDLTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
-			/>
-		</Configuration>
-	</Configurations>
-	<References>
-	</References>
-	<Files>
-		<File
-			RelativePath="binaries\gears.dll"
-			>
-		</File>
-		<File
-			RelativePath="binaries\gears.pdb"
-			>
-		</File>
-	</Files>
-	<Globals>
-	</Globals>
-</VisualStudioProject>