diff --git a/springboot/springboot.bzl b/springboot/springboot.bzl
index 5dac2e4..a7b046c 100644
--- a/springboot/springboot.bzl
+++ b/springboot/springboot.bzl
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ def springboot(
         name,
         java_library,
         boot_app_class,
+        boot_launcher_class = "org.springframework.boot.loader.JarLauncher",
         deps = None,
         deps_banned = None,
         deps_exclude = None,
@@ -525,7 +526,7 @@ def springboot(
     native.genrule(
         name = genmanifest_rule,
         srcs = [":" + dep_aggregator_rule],
-        cmd = "$(location @rules_spring//springboot:write_manifest.sh) " + boot_app_class + " $@ $(JAVABASE) $(SRCS)",
+        cmd = "$(location @rules_spring//springboot:write_manifest.sh) " + boot_app_class + " " + boot_launcher_class + " $@ $(JAVABASE) $(SRCS)",
         #      message = "SpringBoot rule is writing the MANIFEST.MF...",
         tools = ["@rules_spring//springboot:write_manifest.sh"],
         outs = [genmanifest_out],
@@ -562,16 +563,17 @@ def springboot(
     #    param0: directory containing the springboot rule
     #    param1: location of the jar utility (singlejar)
     #    param2: boot application main classname (the @SpringBootApplication class)
-    #    param3: jdk path for running java tools e.g. jar; $(JAVABASE)
-    #    param4: compiled application jar name
-    #    param5: use build file deps order [True|False]
-    #    param6: include git.properties file in resulting jar
-    #    param7: executable jar output filename to write to
-    #    param8: compiled application jar
-    #    param9: manifest file
-    #    param10: git.properties file
-    #    param11: classpath_index file
-    #    param12-N: upstream transitive dependency jar(s)
+    #    param3: spring boot launcher class
+    #    param4: jdk path for running java tools e.g. jar; $(JAVABASE)
+    #    param5: compiled application jar name
+    #    param6: use build file deps order [True|False]
+    #    param7: include git.properties file in resulting jar
+    #    param8: executable jar output filename to write to
+    #    param9: compiled application jar
+    #    param10: manifest file
+    #    param11: git.properties file
+    #    param12: classpath_index file
+    #    param13-N: upstream transitive dependency jar(s)
     native.genrule(
         name = genjar_rule,
         srcs = [
@@ -584,7 +586,7 @@ def springboot(
             ":" + dep_aggregator_rule,
         ],
         cmd = "$(location @rules_spring//springboot:springboot_pkg.sh) " +
-              "$(location @bazel_tools//tools/jdk:singlejar) " + boot_app_class +
+              "$(location @bazel_tools//tools/jdk:singlejar) " + boot_app_class + " " + boot_launcher_class +
               " $(JAVABASE) " + name + " " + str(deps_use_starlark_order) + " " + str(include_git_properties_file) + " $@ $(SRCS)",
         tools = [
             "@rules_spring//springboot:springboot_pkg.sh",
diff --git a/springboot/springboot_pkg.sh b/springboot/springboot_pkg.sh
index c76fcf9..2936902 100755
--- a/springboot/springboot_pkg.sh
+++ b/springboot/springboot_pkg.sh
@@ -21,16 +21,17 @@ set -e
 ruledir=$(pwd)
 singlejar_cmd=$(pwd)/$1
 mainclass=$2
-javabase=$3
-appjar_name=$4
-deps_starlark_order=$5
-include_git_properties_file=$6
-outputjar=$7
-appjar=$8
-manifest=$9
-gitpropsfile=${10}
-deps_index_file=${11}
-first_addin_arg=12
+spring_boot_launcher_class=${3}
+javabase=$4
+appjar_name=$5
+deps_starlark_order=$6
+include_git_properties_file=$7
+outputjar=$8
+appjar=$9
+manifest=${10}
+gitpropsfile=${11}
+deps_index_file=${12}
+first_addin_arg=13
 
 # converting starlark booleans to bash booleans
 if [ $deps_starlark_order = "True" ]; then
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ echo "SPRING BOOT PACKAGER FOR BAZEL" >> $debugfile
 echo "  ruledir         $ruledir     (build working directory)" >> $debugfile
 echo "  singlejar       $singlejar_cmd (path to the singlejar utility)" >> $debugfile
 echo "  mainclass       $mainclass   (classname of the @SpringBootApplication class for the manifest.MF file entry)" >> $debugfile
+echo "  bootloader      $spring_boot_launcher_class   (classname of the Spring Boot Loader to use)" >> $debugfile
 echo "  outputjar       $outputjar   (the executable JAR that will be built from this rule)" >> $debugfile
 echo "  javabase        $javabase    (the path to the JDK2)" >> $debugfile
 echo "  appjar          $appjar      (contains the .class files for the Spring Boot application)" >> $debugfile
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ cd $working_dir
 # so we have to respecify the manifest data
 # TODO we should rewrite write_manfiest.sh to produce inputs compatible for singlejar (Issue #27)
 singlejar_options="--normalize --dont_change_compression" # add in --verbose for more details from command
-singlejar_mainclass="--main_class org.springframework.boot.loader.JarLauncher"
+singlejar_mainclass="--main_class $spring_boot_launcher_class"
 $singlejar_cmd $singlejar_options $singlejar_mainclass \
     --deploy_manifest_lines "Start-Class: $mainclass" \
     --sources $raw_output_jar \
diff --git a/springboot/write_manifest.sh b/springboot/write_manifest.sh
index 8ce58b5..7586b2a 100755
--- a/springboot/write_manifest.sh
+++ b/springboot/write_manifest.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 set -e
 
 mainclass=$1
-manifestfile=$2
-javabase=$3
+springbootlauncherclass=$2
+manifestfile=$3
+javabase=$4
 found_spring_jar=0
 # Looking for the springboot jar injected by springboot.bzl and extracting the version
 for var in "$@"
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ java_version=$(echo "$java_string" | head -n1 | cut -d ' ' -f 3 | rev | cut -c2-
 echo "Manifest-Version: 1.0" > $manifestfile
 echo "Created-By: Bazel" >> $manifestfile
 echo "Built-By: Bazel" >> $manifestfile
-echo "Main-Class: org.springframework.boot.loader.JarLauncher" >> $manifestfile
+echo "Main-Class: $springbootlauncherclass" >> $manifestfile
 echo "Spring-Boot-Classes: BOOT-INF/classes/" >> $manifestfile
 echo "Spring-Boot-Lib: BOOT-INF/lib/" >> $manifestfile
 echo "Spring-Boot-Version: $spring_version" >> $manifestfile