diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 160c7f7..ef86d76 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
   <property name="src.dir"      value="src/java"/>
   <property name="deploy.dir"   value="dist"/>
   <property name="dist.jar"     value="${app.name}.jar"/>
+  <property name="app.dop"      value="etc/${app.name}.dop"/>
 
   <!-- we want to access the environment -->
   <property environment="env"/>
   <property name="java.libraries" value="${env.JAVA_LIBS}"/>
+  <property name="dasho-tool.jar" value="${java.libraries}/DashoPro.jar"/>
 
   <!-- used when generating javadocs -->
   <property name="javadoc.dir"  value="${deploy.dir}/docs"/>
@@ -74,4 +76,22 @@
     <jar destfile="${deploy.dir}/${dist.jar}" manifest="lib/manifest.mf"
          basedir="${deploy.dir}/classes"/>
   </target>
+
+  <!-- runs DashO on the code and jars up the results -->
+  <target name="dasho" depends="dist">
+    <delete dir="dclasses"/>
+
+    <!-- now run DashO on the whole business -->
+    <echo message="Invoking DashO ${dasho-tool.jar}..."/>
+    <exec executable="java">
+      <arg line="-mx256M"/>
+      <arg line="-classpath ${dasho-tool.jar}"/>
+      <arg line="DashoPro"/>
+      <arg line="-f ${app.dop}"/>
+    </exec>
+
+    <!-- finally jar up the results -->
+    <jar basedir="dclasses" manifest="lib/manifest.mf"
+      destfile="${deploy.dir}/${app.name}-dop.jar"/>
+  </target>
 </project>
diff --git a/etc/getdown.dop b/etc/getdown.dop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6641f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/getdown.dop
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+;
+; DashO-Pro Configuration File for Getdown launcher
+;
+
+-Version:
+2.3
+
+-MapFile:
+./dasho.map
+
+-ReportFile:
+./dasho.rpt
+
+-ClassPath:
+/usr/local/jdk1.4/jre/lib/rt.jar
+dist/classes
+../../projects/samskivert/dist/samskivert.jar
+../../lib/commons-io.jar
+
+-Destination:
+./dclasses
+
+-TriggerFields:
+
+-TriggerMethods:
+com.threerings.getdown.launcher.Getdown:main:java.lang.String[]
+
+-RemoveUnusedElements:
+;none
+;onlynonpublics
+all
+
+-ExcludePackages:
+javax.*
+com.sun.*
+
+-ExcludeMethods:
+
+-General:
+nomakepublic
+fornamedetection
+;ignorenotfoundclasses
+;includesun
+leavedebugginginfo
+
+-RenameOptions:
+;OFF
+;ONLYNONPUBLICS
+ON
+
+-RenamePrefix:
+(keeppackages)
+;(verbatim)
+
+-OptimizationType:
+none
+;speed
+;size
+
+-IncludeNonClassFiles:
+dist/classes