diff --git a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/tasks/AbstractJPackageTask.kt b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/tasks/AbstractJPackageTask.kt
index 6653d9e1f0..ae3b88c40f 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/tasks/AbstractJPackageTask.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/tasks/AbstractJPackageTask.kt
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ abstract class AbstractJPackageTask @Inject constructor(
 
             val mappedJar = libsMapping[launcherMainJar.ioFile]?.singleOrNull()
                 ?: error("Main jar was not processed correctly: ${launcherMainJar.ioFile}")
-            cliArg("--main-jar", mappedJar)
+            val mainJarRelative = (if (currentTarget.os == OS.Windows) "\\" else "/") + mappedJar.relativeTo(libsDir.ioFile).toString()
+            cliArg("--main-jar", mainJarRelative)
             cliArg("--main-class", launcherMainClass)
 
             if (currentOS == OS.Windows) {