diff --git a/scripts/gulp/declarations.d.ts b/scripts/gulp/declarations.d.ts
index f30f90ebb9..54588cef7b 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/declarations.d.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/declarations.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
-declare module 'google-closure-compiler-js';
+declare module 'dgeni';
+declare module 'event-stream';
+declare module 'html-entities';
 declare module 'rollup';
-declare module 'rollup-plugin-node-resolve';
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+declare module 'rollup-plugin-commonjs';
+declare module 'rollup-plugin-node-resolve';
+declare module 'yargs';
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diff --git a/scripts/gulp/gulpfile.ts b/scripts/gulp/gulpfile.ts
index dce6e63ded..21aec8b569 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/gulpfile.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/gulpfile.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import './tasks/build';
 import './tasks/clean';
 import './tasks/default';
 import './tasks/demos';
+import './tasks/docs';
 import './tasks/e2e';
 import './tasks/lint';
 import './tasks/release';
diff --git a/scripts/gulp/tasks/docs.ts b/scripts/gulp/tasks/docs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dac03bafc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gulp/tasks/docs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import { createReadStream, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { join, relative } from 'path';
+import { DEMOS_ROOT, DEMOS_SRC_ROOT } from '../constants';
+import { src, dest, task } from 'gulp';
+
+import * as Dgeni from 'dgeni';
+import { split, map } from 'event-stream';
+import { AllHtmlEntities } from 'html-entities';
+import * as mkdirp from 'mkdirp';
+import { valid }from 'semver';
+import { argv } from 'yargs';
+
+
+task('docs', () => {
+  const docVersion = argv['doc-version'] || 'nightly';
+  const initialVersionBuild = argv['initial-build'] || false;
+  if (docVersion !== 'nightly' && ! valid(docVersion)) {
+    console.log('Usage: gulp docs --doc-version=(nightly|versionName)\nversionName must be a valid semver version.');
+    return process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const ionicPackage = require('../../docs/dgeni-config')(docVersion, initialVersionBuild);
+    const dgeni = new Dgeni([ionicPackage]);
+    return dgeni.generate();
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log(err.stack);
+  }
+});
+
+task('docs.copyDemos', [], () => {
+  const config = require('../../config.json');
+  const outputDir = join(config.docsDest, 'dist', 'demos');
+  return src([`${DEMOS_ROOT}/css`, `${DEMOS_ROOT}/fonts`, `${DEMOS_ROOT}/polyfills`, `${DEMOS_SRC_ROOT}`])
+    .pipe(dest(outputDir));
+});
+
+task('docs.sassVariables', () => {
+  let variables = [];
+  const outputFile = 'tmp/sass.json';
+
+  function addVariable(variableName, defaultValue, file) {
+    const entities = new AllHtmlEntities();
+    defaultValue = entities.encode(defaultValue);
+    defaultValue = defaultValue.replace('!default;', '');
+
+    variables.push({
+      name: variableName,
+      defaultValue: defaultValue.trim(),
+      file: relative('./', file.path)
+    });
+  }
+
+  return src('./src/**/*.scss')
+    .pipe(map((file, callback) => {
+      let variableLine, variableName, defaultValue, multiline;
+      createReadStream(file.path, { flags: 'r'})
+        .pipe(split())
+        .pipe(map((line, callback) => {
+          if (line.charAt(0) === '$') {
+            variableLine = line.split(/:(.+)/);
+              variableName = variableLine[0];
+              defaultValue = variableLine[1];
+
+              // If there is a semicolon then it isn't a multiline value
+              multiline = line.indexOf(';') > -1 ? false : true;
+              if (!multiline && line.indexOf('!default') > -1) {
+                addVariable(variableName, defaultValue, file);
+              }
+          } else if (multiline === true) {
+              defaultValue += '\n' + line;
+
+              // If the line has a semicolon then we've found the end of the value
+              if (line.indexOf(';') > -1 && line.indexOf('!default') > -1) {
+                addVariable(variableName, defaultValue, file);
+                multiline = false;
+              }
+            }
+            callback();
+        }));
+        callback();
+    }).on('end', () => {
+      const config = require('../../config.json');
+      console.log(`Writing to file at /driftyco/ionic/${outputFile}`);
+      console.log(`Place this file in /driftyco/ionic-site/${config.v2DocsDir}/theming/overriding-ionic-variables in order to update the docs`);
+      mkdirp.sync('tmp');
+      writeFileSync(outputFile, JSON.stringify(variables));
+    }));
+});