diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/DependencyManagementPluginAction.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/DependencyManagementPluginAction.java
index 0bf4cc22f8f..2e73595d8ea 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/DependencyManagementPluginAction.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/DependencyManagementPluginAction.java
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.JarURLConnection;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
+import java.util.jar.Attributes;
+import java.util.jar.JarFile;
+
 import io.spring.gradle.dependencymanagement.DependencyManagementPlugin;
 import io.spring.gradle.dependencymanagement.dsl.DependencyManagementExtension;
 import org.gradle.api.Action;
@@ -30,8 +38,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.Project;
  */
 final class DependencyManagementPluginAction implements PluginApplicationAction {
 
-	private static final String SPRING_BOOT_VERSION = DependencyManagementPluginAction.class
-			.getPackage().getImplementationVersion();
+	private static final String SPRING_BOOT_VERSION = determineSpringBootVersion();
 
 	private static final String SPRING_BOOT_BOM = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies:"
 			+ SPRING_BOOT_VERSION;
@@ -47,4 +54,32 @@ final class DependencyManagementPluginAction implements PluginApplicationAction
 		return DependencyManagementPlugin.class;
 	}
 
+	private static String determineSpringBootVersion() {
+		String implementationVersion = DependencyManagementPluginAction.class.getPackage()
+				.getImplementationVersion();
+		if (implementationVersion != null) {
+			return implementationVersion;
+		}
+		URL codeSourceLocation = DependencyManagementPluginAction.class
+				.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation();
+		try {
+			URLConnection connection = codeSourceLocation.openConnection();
+			if (connection instanceof JarURLConnection) {
+				return getImplementationVersion(
+						((JarURLConnection) connection).getJarFile());
+			}
+			try (JarFile jarFile = new JarFile(new File(codeSourceLocation.toURI()))) {
+				return getImplementationVersion(jarFile);
+			}
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static String getImplementationVersion(JarFile jarFile) throws IOException {
+		return jarFile.getManifest().getMainAttributes()
+				.getValue(Attributes.Name.IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION);
+	}
+
 }