diff --git a/ebean-api/pom.xml b/ebean-api/pom.xml
index ce07ce21c..f5ff67268 100644
--- a/ebean-api/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-api/pom.xml
@@ -124,4 +124,19 @@
 
   </dependencies>
 
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/ebean-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ebean-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..688346cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Automatic-Module-Name: io.ebean.api
diff --git a/ebean-autotune/pom.xml b/ebean-autotune/pom.xml
index 5d0326850..db0b846be 100644
--- a/ebean-autotune/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-autotune/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@
           </tiles>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/ebean-autotune/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ebean-autotune/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38bb2aa0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-autotune/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Automatic-Module-Name: io.ebean.autotune
diff --git a/ebean-ddlgen/pom.xml b/ebean-ddlgen/pom.xml
index af062bf7a..17011ccea 100644
--- a/ebean-ddlgen/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-ddlgen/pom.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,18 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/ebean-ddlgen/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ebean-ddlgen/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54d26a6d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-ddlgen/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Automatic-Module-Name: io.ebean.ddlgen
diff --git a/ebean-externalmapping-api/pom.xml b/ebean-externalmapping-api/pom.xml
index 27a8d2cbe..4b684a675 100644
--- a/ebean-externalmapping-api/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-externalmapping-api/pom.xml
@@ -11,4 +11,18 @@
 
   <artifactId>ebean-externalmapping-api</artifactId>
 
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/ebean-externalmapping-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ebean-externalmapping-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e18bf48cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-externalmapping-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Automatic-Module-Name: io.ebean.externalmapping.api
diff --git a/ebean-externalmapping-xml/pom.xml b/ebean-externalmapping-xml/pom.xml
index 7de17f3a1..854bbe751 100644
--- a/ebean-externalmapping-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-externalmapping-xml/pom.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,18 @@
           </tiles>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/ebean-externalmapping-xml/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ebean-externalmapping-xml/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86e56b488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-externalmapping-xml/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Automatic-Module-Name: io.ebean.externalmapping.xml
diff --git a/ebean-querybean/pom.xml b/ebean-querybean/pom.xml
index 2902f8c56..0d2bab9e2 100644
--- a/ebean-querybean/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-querybean/pom.xml
@@ -100,6 +100,17 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/ebean-querybean/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ebean-querybean/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f0335353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-querybean/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Automatic-Module-Name: io.ebean.querybean
diff --git a/ebean-test/pom.xml b/ebean-test/pom.xml
index 067bc76c7..53e13db21 100644
--- a/ebean-test/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-test/pom.xml
@@ -135,6 +135,17 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/ebean-test/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ebean-test/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dd7f3321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-test/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Automatic-Module-Name: io.ebean.test