diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-parent/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-parent/build.gradle
index d73bcc0cbb..2b2028ea2c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-parent/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-parent/build.gradle
@@ -233,6 +233,17 @@ publishing.publications.withType(MavenPublication) {
 					build {
 						pluginManagement {
 							plugins {
+								plugin {
+									delegate.groupId('org.apache.maven.plugins')
+									delegate.artifactId('maven-jar-plugin')
+									configuration {
+										archive {
+											manifestEntries {
+												delegate.'Spring-Boot-Native-Processed'("true")
+											}
+										}
+									}
+								}
 								plugin {
 									delegate.groupId('org.springframework.boot')
 									delegate.artifactId('spring-boot-maven-plugin')
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/NativeImagePluginAction.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/NativeImagePluginAction.java
index 7526220cb4..612479175d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/NativeImagePluginAction.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/NativeImagePluginAction.java
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@ class NativeImagePluginAction implements PluginApplicationAction {
 			SourceSetContainer sourceSets = javaPluginExtension.getSourceSets();
 			GraalVMExtension graalVmExtension = configureGraalVmExtension(project);
 			configureMainNativeBinaryClasspath(project, sourceSets, graalVmExtension);
-			configureTestNativeBinaryClasspath(project, sourceSets, graalVmExtension);
+			configureTestNativeBinaryClasspath(sourceSets, graalVmExtension);
 			configureGraalVmReachabilityExtension(graalVmExtension);
 			copyReachabilityMetadataToBootJar(project);
 			configureBootBuildImageToProduceANativeImage(project);
+			configureJarManifestNativeAttribute(project);
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -85,8 +86,7 @@ class NativeImagePluginAction implements PluginApplicationAction {
 		return !SpringBootPlugin.DEVELOPMENT_ONLY_CONFIGURATION_NAME.equals(configuration.getName());
 	}
 
-	private void configureTestNativeBinaryClasspath(Project project, SourceSetContainer sourceSets,
-			GraalVMExtension graalVmExtension) {
+	private void configureTestNativeBinaryClasspath(SourceSetContainer sourceSets, GraalVMExtension graalVmExtension) {
 		FileCollection runtimeClasspath = sourceSets.getByName(SpringBootAotPlugin.AOT_TEST_SOURCE_SET_NAME)
 			.getRuntimeClasspath();
 		graalVmExtension.getBinaries().getByName(NativeImagePlugin.NATIVE_TEST_EXTENSION).classpath(runtimeClasspath);
@@ -119,4 +119,11 @@ class NativeImagePluginAction implements PluginApplicationAction {
 			});
 	}
 
+	private void configureJarManifestNativeAttribute(Project project) {
+		project.getTasks()
+			.named(SpringBootPlugin.BOOT_JAR_TASK_NAME, BootJar.class)
+			.configure((bootJar) -> bootJar
+				.manifest(((manifest) -> manifest.getAttributes().put("Spring-Boot-Native-Processed", true))));
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/NativeImagePluginActionIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/NativeImagePluginActionIntegrationTests.java
index 877fc0ec24..cc277d5c42 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/NativeImagePluginActionIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/NativeImagePluginActionIntegrationTests.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
 import java.util.jar.JarFile;
+import java.util.jar.Manifest;
 
 import org.gradle.testkit.runner.BuildResult;
 import org.gradle.testkit.runner.TaskOutcome;
@@ -115,6 +116,17 @@ class NativeImagePluginActionIntegrationTests {
 				projectPath("build/resources/aotTest"), projectPath("build/generated/aotTestClasses"));
 	}
 
+	@TestTemplate
+	void nativeEntryIsAddedToManifest() throws IOException {
+		writeDummySpringApplicationAotProcessorMainClass();
+		BuildResult result = this.gradleBuild.build("bootJar");
+		assertThat(result.task(":bootJar").getOutcome()).isEqualTo(TaskOutcome.SUCCESS);
+		File buildLibs = new File(this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir(), "build/libs");
+		JarFile jarFile = new JarFile(new File(buildLibs, this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir().getName() + ".jar"));
+		Manifest manifest = jarFile.getManifest();
+		assertThat(manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue("Spring-Boot-Native-Processed")).isEqualTo("true");
+	}
+
 	private String projectPath(String path) {
 		try {
 			return new File(this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir(), path).getCanonicalPath();
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/NativeImagePluginActionIntegrationTests-nativeEntryIsAddedToManifest.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/NativeImagePluginActionIntegrationTests-nativeEntryIsAddedToManifest.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a668b9c72f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/NativeImagePluginActionIntegrationTests-nativeEntryIsAddedToManifest.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+plugins {
+	id 'java'
+	id 'org.springframework.boot'
+	id 'org.springframework.boot.aot'
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'org.graalvm.buildtools.native'
+