diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/pom.xml
index 79477b17a0..798ca9d721 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/pom.xml
@@ -1261,8 +1261,15 @@
 								</goals>
 								<phase>prepare-package</phase>
 								<configuration>
-									<epubCustomization>${basedir}/src/main/docbook/xsl/epub.xsl</epubCustomization>
+									<epub3Customization>${basedir}/src/main/docbook/xsl/epub.xsl</epub3Customization>
 									<targetDirectory>${basedir}/target/docbook/epub</targetDirectory>
+									<preProcess>
+										<copy todir="${basedir}/target/docbook/epub/images">
+											<fileset dir="${basedir}/src/main/docbook/images">
+												<include name="*.png" />
+											</fileset>
+										</copy>
+									</preProcess>
 									<postProcess>
 										<copy todir="${basedir}/target/contents/reference/epub">
 											<fileset dir="${basedir}/target/docbook">
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/docbook/xsl/epub.xsl b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/docbook/xsl/epub.xsl
index 031406ca44..178ba8d5dd 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/docbook/xsl/epub.xsl
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/docbook/xsl/epub.xsl
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ under the License.
 
 	<xsl:import href="urn:docbkx:stylesheet"/>
 	<xsl:import href="common.xsl"/>
+	<xsl:variable name="epub.oebps.dir" select="'./'"/>
 
 </xsl:stylesheet>