diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginAction.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginAction.java
index ddbbec0129..164f6a02ee 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginAction.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginAction.java
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ import org.gradle.api.Plugin;
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
 import org.gradle.api.Task;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Configuration;
+import org.gradle.api.attributes.AttributeContainer;
+import org.gradle.api.attributes.Bundling;
+import org.gradle.api.attributes.LibraryElements;
+import org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage;
 import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection;
 import org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.LazyPublishArtifact;
+import org.gradle.api.model.ObjectFactory;
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.ApplicationPlugin;
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.BasePlugin;
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin;
@@ -174,6 +179,12 @@ final class JavaPluginAction implements PluginApplicationAction {
 				.getByName(JavaPlugin.RUNTIME_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION_NAME);
 		Configuration productionRuntimeClasspath = project.getConfigurations()
 				.create(SpringBootPlugin.PRODUCTION_RUNTIME_CLASSPATH_NAME);
+		AttributeContainer attributes = productionRuntimeClasspath.getAttributes();
+		ObjectFactory objectFactory = project.getObjects();
+		attributes.attribute(Usage.USAGE_ATTRIBUTE, objectFactory.named(Usage.class, Usage.JAVA_RUNTIME));
+		attributes.attribute(Bundling.BUNDLING_ATTRIBUTE, objectFactory.named(Bundling.class, Bundling.EXTERNAL));
+		attributes.attribute(LibraryElements.LIBRARY_ELEMENTS_ATTRIBUTE,
+				objectFactory.named(LibraryElements.class, LibraryElements.JAR));
 		productionRuntimeClasspath.setVisible(false);
 		productionRuntimeClasspath.setExtendsFrom(runtimeClasspath.getExtendsFrom());
 		runtimeClasspath.extendsFrom(developmentOnly);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginActionIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginActionIntegrationTests.java
index 8cee10dab3..c2625ba535 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginActionIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginActionIntegrationTests.java
@@ -146,6 +146,15 @@ class JavaPluginActionIntegrationTests {
 						.contains("developmentOnly exists = true");
 	}
 
+	@TestTemplate
+	void productionRuntimeClasspathIsConfiguredWithAttributes() {
+		assertThat(this.gradleBuild
+				.build("configurationAttributes", "-PconfigurationName=productionRuntimeClasspath", "-PapplyJavaPlugin")
+				.getOutput()).contains("3 productionRuntimeClasspath attributes:")
+						.contains("org.gradle.usage: java-runtime").contains("org.gradle.libraryelements: jar")
+						.contains("org.gradle.dependency.bundling: external");
+	}
+
 	private void createMinimalMainSource() throws IOException {
 		File examplePackage = new File(this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir(), "src/main/java/com/example");
 		examplePackage.mkdirs();
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginActionIntegrationTests.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginActionIntegrationTests.gradle
index 8854ae1ba4..4446a07a06 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginActionIntegrationTests.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginActionIntegrationTests.gradle
@@ -25,3 +25,13 @@ task('configurationExists') {
 		println "${configurationName} exists = ${configurations.findByName(configurationName) != null}"
 	}
 }
+
+task('configurationAttributes') {
+	doFirst {
+		def attributes = configurations.findByName(configurationName).attributes
+		println "${attributes.keySet().size()} ${configurationName} attributes:"		
+		attributes.keySet().each { attribute ->
+			println "    ${attribute}: ${attributes.getAttribute(attribute)}" 
+		}
+	}
+}
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