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 5a4e109934..100c601836 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
@@ -16,12 +16,17 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin;
 
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
 import org.graalvm.buildtools.gradle.NativeImagePlugin;
 import org.graalvm.buildtools.gradle.dsl.GraalVMExtension;
 import org.graalvm.buildtools.gradle.dsl.GraalVMReachabilityMetadataRepositoryExtension;
 import org.gradle.api.Action;
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin;
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Configuration;
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.ExtensionAware;
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin;
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPluginExtension;
@@ -53,9 +58,8 @@ class NativeImagePluginAction implements PluginApplicationAction {
 			JavaPluginExtension javaPluginExtension = project.getExtensions().getByType(JavaPluginExtension.class);
 			SourceSetContainer sourceSets = javaPluginExtension.getSourceSets();
 			GraalVMExtension graalVmExtension = configureGraalVmExtension(project);
-			configureNativeBinaryClasspath(sourceSets, graalVmExtension, NativeImagePlugin.NATIVE_MAIN_EXTENSION,
-					SpringBootAotPlugin.AOT_SOURCE_SET_NAME);
-			configureNativeBinaryClasspath(sourceSets, graalVmExtension, NativeImagePlugin.NATIVE_TEST_EXTENSION,
+			configureMainNativeBinaryClasspath(project, sourceSets, graalVmExtension);
+			configureTestNativeBinaryClasspath(sourceSets, graalVmExtension,
 					SpringBootAotPlugin.AOT_TEST_SOURCE_SET_NAME);
 			configureGraalVmReachabilityExtension(graalVmExtension);
 			copyReachabilityMetadataToBootJar(project);
@@ -63,10 +67,24 @@ class NativeImagePluginAction implements PluginApplicationAction {
 		});
 	}
 
-	private void configureNativeBinaryClasspath(SourceSetContainer sourceSets, GraalVMExtension graalVmExtension,
-			String binaryName, String sourceSetName) {
-		SourceSetOutput output = sourceSets.getByName(sourceSetName).getOutput();
-		graalVmExtension.getBinaries().getByName(binaryName).classpath(output);
+	private void configureMainNativeBinaryClasspath(Project project, SourceSetContainer sourceSets,
+			GraalVMExtension graalVmExtension) {
+		SourceSetOutput output = sourceSets.getByName(SpringBootAotPlugin.AOT_SOURCE_SET_NAME).getOutput();
+		graalVmExtension.getBinaries().getByName(NativeImagePlugin.NATIVE_MAIN_EXTENSION).classpath(output);
+		Configuration nativeImageClasspath = project.getConfigurations().getByName("nativeImageClasspath");
+		nativeImageClasspath.setExtendsFrom(removeDevelopmentOnly(nativeImageClasspath.getExtendsFrom()));
+	}
+
+	private Iterable<Configuration> removeDevelopmentOnly(Set<Configuration> configurations) {
+		return configurations.stream().filter((
+				configuration) -> !SpringBootPlugin.DEVELOPMENT_ONLY_CONFIGURATION_NAME.equals(configuration.getName()))
+				.collect(Collectors.toCollection(LinkedHashSet::new));
+	}
+
+	private void configureTestNativeBinaryClasspath(SourceSetContainer sourceSets, GraalVMExtension graalVmExtension,
+			String sourceSetName) {
+		SourceSetOutput output = sourceSets.getByName(SpringBootAotPlugin.AOT_TEST_SOURCE_SET_NAME).getOutput();
+		graalVmExtension.getBinaries().getByName(NativeImagePlugin.NATIVE_TEST_EXTENSION).classpath(output);
 	}
 
 	private GraalVMExtension configureGraalVmExtension(Project project) {
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 39e1bf1099..31fa2f34e0 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
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ class NativeImagePluginActionIntegrationTests {
 		assertThat(result.getOutput()).contains("paketobuildpacks/builder:tiny").contains("BP_NATIVE_IMAGE = true");
 	}
 
+	@TestTemplate
+	void developmentOnlyDependenciesDoNotAppearInNativeImageClasspath() {
+		writeDummySpringApplicationAotProcessorMainClass();
+		BuildResult result = this.gradleBuild.build("checkNativeImageClasspath");
+		assertThat(result.getOutput()).doesNotContain("commons-lang");
+	}
+
 	private void writeDummySpringApplicationAotProcessorMainClass() {
 		File examplePackage = new File(this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir(), "src/main/java/org/springframework/boot");
 		examplePackage.mkdirs();
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/NativeImagePluginActionIntegrationTests-developmentOnlyDependenciesDoNotAppearInNativeImageClasspath.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/NativeImagePluginActionIntegrationTests-developmentOnlyDependenciesDoNotAppearInNativeImageClasspath.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bb6c48dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/NativeImagePluginActionIntegrationTests-developmentOnlyDependenciesDoNotAppearInNativeImageClasspath.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+plugins {
+	id 'org.springframework.boot' version '{version}'
+	id 'java'
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'org.graalvm.buildtools.native'
+
+repositories {
+	mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+	developmentOnly("org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.12.0")
+}
+
+task('checkNativeImageClasspath') {
+	doFirst {
+		tasks.nativeCompile.options.get().classpath.each { println it }
+	}
+}