diff --git a/src/main/resources/synthetic.xml b/src/main/resources/synthetic.xml
index 3cbd86d..f307e77 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/synthetic.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/synthetic.xml
@@ -98,4 +98,12 @@
 		<property name="workItemTitle" category="input" />
 	</type>
 
+    <type type="tfsdk.QueueBuild" extends="tfs.VirtualTask">
+        <property name="teamProjectName" category="input" />
+        <property name="buildDefinitionName" category="input" />
+
+        <property name="buildNumber" kind="integer" category="output" />
+        <property name="buildStatus" kind="string" category="output" />
+    </type>
+
 </synthetic>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/tfsdk/QueueBuild.py b/src/main/resources/tfsdk/QueueBuild.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6a24da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/tfsdk/QueueBuild.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#
+# THIS CODE AND INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THIS CODE AND INFORMATION ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY XEBIALABS.
+#
+
+import os, sys, string, time
+from com.microsoft.tfs.core import TFSTeamProjectCollection
+from com.microsoft.tfs.core.clients.build.flags import BuildStatus, QueueStatus, QueryOptions
+from com.microsoft.tfs.core.httpclient import UsernamePasswordCredentials
+from com.microsoft.tfs.core.util import URIUtils
+from java.lang import System
+
+
+# Wait for the build to finish.
+def wait_for_queued_build_to_finish(queued_build_item):
+    print "Waiting for build to finish"
+    while queued_build_item.getBuild() is None or not queued_build_item.getBuild().isBuildFinished():
+        time.sleep(5)
+        print "."
+        queued_build_item.refresh(QueryOptions.ALL)
+
+
+# load the <XL_RELEASE>/conf/native files
+System.setProperty("com.microsoft.tfs.jni.native.base-directory", os.getcwd() + "/conf/native")
+
+if tfsServer is None:
+    print "No server provided."
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+if username is None:
+    username = tfsServer['username']
+if password is None:
+    password = tfsServer['password']
+
+credentials = UsernamePasswordCredentials(username, password)
+
+tfs_api_url = tfsServer['url'] + "/" + collectionName
+print "Queue build in TFS instance via this REST API: %s\r" % tfs_api_url
+
+# set up tfs
+tpc = TFSTeamProjectCollection(URIUtils.newURI(tfs_api_url), credentials)
+build_server = tpc.getBuildServer()
+
+print "Build server version: [%s]" % build_server.getBuildServerVersion()
+buildDefinitions = build_server.queryBuildDefinitions(teamProjectName)
+print "Found %s build definition(s)." % len(buildDefinitions)
+
+build_definition = build_server.getBuildDefinition(teamProjectName, buildDefinitionName)
+build_request = build_definition.createBuildRequest()
+
+#queue build
+queued_build = build_server.queueBuild(build_request)
+print "Queued build with ID= %s" % queued_build.getID()
+
+# Wait for the queued build to finish.
+wait_for_queued_build_to_finish(queued_build)
+
+if queued_build.getStatus().contains(QueueStatus.COMPLETED):
+    # Display the status of the completed build.
+    build_detail = queued_build.getBuild()
+    build_status = build_detail.getStatus()
+    buildNumber = build_detail.getBuildNumber()
+    buildStatus = build_server.getDisplayText(build_status)
+    print "Build [%s] completed with status [%s]" % (buildNumber, buildStatus)
+    if build_status != BuildStatus.SUCCEEDED:
+        raise Exception("Build failed.")
+else:
+    raise Exception("Build canceled or did not finish in time.")