diff --git a/spring-boot/pom.xml b/spring-boot/pom.xml
index 2620f7d08f..d7eb999ed9 100644
--- a/spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<mainClass>org.baeldung.boot.DemoApplication</mainClass>
+					<layout>ZIP</layout>
+					<requiresUnpack>
+						<dependency>
+							<groupId>org.jruby</groupId>
+							<artifactId>jruby-complete</artifactId>
+						</dependency>
+					</requiresUnpack>
+				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 
 			<plugin>