IntelliJ Idea 2018.2 no option for importing gradle project

Question

When I attempt to open a build.gradle I get an error saying "cannot import anything from ~/path/to/build.gradle". When in look at the build tools available for IntelliJ, gradle does not show up in the list:

I definitely have gradle installed:

Answer 1

I did not enable the gradle plugin. I assumed that having it installed automatically enabled it, which was a poor assumption. Below is what an enabled plugin looks like: