diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index a815fb2168..4a376bfaca 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -256,6 +256,16 @@
         </condition>
     </target>
     
+    <target name="-build-minimal-platform" depends="-init,clean" description="Builds a minimal autopsy platform (i.e. just Core, CoreLibs, and Tika)">
+        <antcall inheritAll="false" target="suite.build-zip">
+            <param name="modules" value="CoreLibs:Tika:Core" />
+        </antcall>
+        
+        <move file="${dist.dir}/${app.name}.zip" tofile="${dist.dir}/${app.name}-minimal.zip"/>
+        <property name="build-minimal-platform-renamed" location="${dist.dir}/${app.name}-minimal.zip" />
+        <echo>File moved to ${build-minimal-platform-renamed}</echo>
+    </target>
+    
     <!-- override build to add branding -->
     <target name="build" depends="build-brand,suite.build,chmod_executables" description="Compiles autopsy and produces a basic branded build that can run on a dev system" />