diff --git a/gulpfile.ts b/gulpfile.ts
index 367b4d1b..a09931a1 100644
--- a/gulpfile.ts
+++ b/gulpfile.ts
@@ -18,28 +18,29 @@
 import * as gulp from 'gulp';
 import * as healthCheck from './packages/grpc-health-check/gulpfile';
 import * as jsCore from './packages/grpc-js/gulpfile';
+import * as jsXds from './packages/grpc-js-xds/gulpfile';
 import * as protobuf from './packages/proto-loader/gulpfile';
 import * as internalTest from './test/gulpfile';
 
-const installAll = gulp.series(jsCore.install, healthCheck.install, protobuf.install, internalTest.install);
+const installAll = gulp.series(jsCore.install, healthCheck.install, protobuf.install, internalTest.install, jsXds.install);
 
 const lint = gulp.parallel(jsCore.lint);
 
-const build = gulp.series(jsCore.compile, protobuf.compile);
+const build = gulp.series(jsCore.compile, protobuf.compile, jsXds.compile);
 
 const setup = gulp.series(installAll);
 
 const setupPureJSInterop = gulp.series(jsCore.install, protobuf.install, internalTest.install);
 
-const clean = gulp.series(jsCore.clean, protobuf.clean);
+const clean = gulp.series(jsCore.clean, protobuf.clean, jsXds.clean);
 
-const cleanAll = gulp.series(jsCore.cleanAll, internalTest.cleanAll, protobuf.cleanAll);
+const cleanAll = gulp.series(jsCore.cleanAll, internalTest.cleanAll, protobuf.cleanAll, jsXds.cleanAll);
 
 const nativeTestOnly = gulp.parallel(healthCheck.test);
 
 const nativeTest = gulp.series(build, nativeTestOnly);
 
-const testOnly = gulp.parallel(jsCore.test, nativeTestOnly, protobuf.test);
+const testOnly = gulp.parallel(jsCore.test, nativeTestOnly, protobuf.test, jsXds.test);
 
 const test = gulp.series(build, testOnly, internalTest.test);
 
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js-xds/gulpfile.ts b/packages/grpc-js-xds/gulpfile.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ee6ac2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grpc-js-xds/gulpfile.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+import * as gulp from 'gulp';
+
+import * as mocha from 'gulp-mocha';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as execa from 'execa';
+import * as semver from 'semver';
+
+Error.stackTraceLimit = Infinity;
+
+const jsCoreDir = __dirname;
+const outDir = path.resolve(jsCoreDir, 'build');
+
+const pkgPath = path.resolve(jsCoreDir, 'package.json');
+const supportedVersionRange = require(pkgPath).engines.node;
+const versionNotSupported = () => {
+  console.log(`Skipping grpc-js-xds task for Node ${process.version}`);
+  return () => { return Promise.resolve(); };
+};
+const identity = (value: any): any => value;
+const checkTask = semver.satisfies(process.version, supportedVersionRange) ?
+    identity : versionNotSupported;
+
+const execNpmVerb = (verb: string, ...args: string[]) =>
+  execa('npm', [verb, ...args], {cwd: jsCoreDir, stdio: 'inherit'});
+const execNpmCommand = execNpmVerb.bind(null, 'run');
+
+const install = checkTask(() => execNpmVerb('install', '--unsafe-perm'));
+
+/**
+ * Runs tslint on files in src/, with linting rules defined in tslint.json.
+ */
+const lint = checkTask(() => execNpmCommand('check'));
+
+const cleanFiles = checkTask(() => execNpmCommand('clean'));
+
+const clean = gulp.series(install, cleanFiles);
+
+const cleanAll = gulp.parallel(clean);
+
+/**
+ * Transpiles TypeScript files in src/ to JavaScript according to the settings
+ * found in tsconfig.json.
+ */
+const compile = checkTask(() => execNpmCommand('compile'));
+
+const runTests = checkTask(() => {
+  return gulp.src(`${outDir}/test/**/*.js`)
+    .pipe(mocha({reporter: 'mocha-jenkins-reporter',
+                 require: ['ts-node/register']}));
+});
+
+const test = gulp.series(install, runTests);
+
+export {
+  install,
+  lint,
+  clean,
+  cleanAll,
+  compile,
+  test
+}
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js-xds/package.json b/packages/grpc-js-xds/package.json
index e22b40f5..78d90c1d 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js-xds/package.json
+++ b/packages/grpc-js-xds/package.json
@@ -46,5 +46,8 @@
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@grpc/grpc-js": "~1.2.0"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=10.10.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js-xds/src/index.ts b/packages/grpc-js-xds/src/index.ts
index 5aea005d..06bea990 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js-xds/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js-xds/src/index.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ import * as load_balancer_lrs from './load-balancer-lrs';
 import * as load_balancer_priority from './load-balancer-priority';
 import * as load_balancer_weighted_target from './load-balancer-weighted-target';
 
+/**
+ * Register the "xds:" name scheme with the @grpc/grpc-js library.
+ */
 export function register() {
   resolver_xds.setup();
   load_balancer_cds.setup();
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js-xds/test/test-register.ts b/packages/grpc-js-xds/test/test-register.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7a07927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grpc-js-xds/test/test-register.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+import * as assert from 'assert';
+import { register } from '../src';
+
+/* This is just a basic test to confirm that the package builds and the setup
+ * code runs. */
+describe('register function', () => {
+  it('Should succeed without errors', () => {
+    assert.doesNotThrow(register);
+  });
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js-xds/tsconfig.json b/packages/grpc-js-xds/tsconfig.json
index 3148d112..c121a5f6 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js-xds/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/grpc-js-xds/tsconfig.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   },
   "include": [
     "src/**/*.ts",
+    "test/**/*.ts",
     "interop/**/*.ts"
   ]
 }