diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2b6ac197..cd60e214 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -148,9 +148,11 @@ installDist {
   dependsOn build
 }
 
-tasks.register('processSource', Sync) {
+def processSource = tasks.register('processSource', Sync) {
   def gitOutput = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
 
+  outputs.dir "${project.buildDir}/src"
+
   exec {
     commandLine 'git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'
     standardOutput = gitOutput
@@ -165,9 +167,11 @@ tasks.register('processSource', Sync) {
       .replaceAll('__builddate__', new Date().format("d MMM yyyy"))
       .replaceAll('__commithash__', gitOutput.toString().trim())
       .replaceAll('__version__', version)
-  } into "${project.buildDir}/src"
+  } into outputs.files.singleFile
 }
 
+tasks.compileJava.source = processSource.map { it.outputs.files }
+
 tasks.register('update') {
   dependsOn installDist