https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/executable-jar.html#executable-jar-property-launcher-features loader.debug loader.path coma-separated-list of additional cp entries loader.system loader.properties loader.system=true loader.path=build/libs/shared java.library.path=build/libs/shared https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/tree/master/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader PropertiesLauncher: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/api/org/springframework/boot/loader/PropertiesLauncher.html https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/executable-jar.html#appendix.executable-jar.property-launcher https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/blob/master/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/PropertiesLauncher.java https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/blob/master/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/LaunchedURLClassLoader.java https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/blob/master/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/Handler.java https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.0.0.M1/gradle-plugin/reference/html/#packaging-executable-configuring-properties-launcher org/springframework/boot/loader ... JarLauncher.class ... https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15930782/call-java-jar-myfile-jar-with-additional-classpath-option BOOT-INF classes user-stuff-classes lib -//- META-INF/MANIFEST.MF Manifest-Version: 1.0 Start-Class: com.clarabridge.fxservice.App Spring-Boot-Classes: BOOT-INF/classes/ Spring-Boot-Lib: BOOT-INF/lib/ Spring-Boot-Version: 1.5.8.RELEASE Main-Class: org.springframework.boot.loader.JarLauncher gradle-plugin-ref: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/build-tool-plugins-gradle-plugin.html custom-layout-factory: https://github.com/malcolmp6/CustomLayout1/blob/master/build.gradle