diff --git a/artemis-native/pom.xml b/artemis-native/pom.xml
index 5d59498179..8b78258aa7 100644
--- a/artemis-native/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-native/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
    <artifactId>artemis-native</artifactId>
    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
    <dependencies>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
@@ -65,6 +66,18 @@
          </resource>
       </resources>
       <plugins>
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>${version.maven.jar.plugin}</version>
+            <configuration>
+               <archive>
+                  <manifestEntries>
+                     <Automatic-Module-Name>artemis.jni</Automatic-Module-Name>
+                  </manifestEntries>
+               </archive>
+            </configuration>
+         </plugin>
          <plugin>
             <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
             <executions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0cfb9e1fd4..ada3fe0bb0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
       <servicemix.json-1.1.spec.version>2.9.0</servicemix.json-1.1.spec.version>
       <version.org.jacoco>0.7.9</version.org.jacoco>
       <version.org.jacoco.plugin>0.7.9</version.org.jacoco.plugin>
+      <version.maven.jar.plugin>2.4</version.maven.jar.plugin>
 
       <!-- used on tests -->
       <groovy.version>2.4.3</groovy.version>
@@ -1372,7 +1373,7 @@
             <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-               <version>2.4</version>
+               <version>${version.maven.jar.plugin}</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                <groupId>net.sf.maven-sar</groupId>