diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/nativeimage/ExcludeConfigBuildItem.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/nativeimage/ExcludeConfigBuildItem.java
index fc6e88f8116f8..8c2cf955c2639 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/nativeimage/ExcludeConfigBuildItem.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/nativeimage/ExcludeConfigBuildItem.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public ExcludeConfigBuildItem(String jarFile, String resourceName) {
     }
 
     public ExcludeConfigBuildItem(String jarFile) {
-        this(jarFile, "META-INF/native-image/native-image.properties");
+        this(jarFile, "/META-INF/native-image/native-image\\.properties");
     }
 
     public String getJarFile() {
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java
index e1dba7ed6f7e9..2236dd642d26b 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java
@@ -595,8 +595,6 @@ public NativeImageInvokerInfo build() {
                         "-H:InitialCollectionPolicy=com.oracle.svm.core.genscavenge.CollectionPolicy$BySpaceAndTime"); //the default collection policy results in full GC's 50% of the time
                 nativeImageArgs.add("-H:+JNI");
                 nativeImageArgs.add("-H:+AllowFoldMethods");
-                nativeImageArgs.add("-jar");
-                nativeImageArgs.add(runnerJarName);
 
                 if (nativeConfig.enableFallbackImages) {
                     nativeImageArgs.add("-H:FallbackThreshold=5");
@@ -722,6 +720,10 @@ public NativeImageInvokerInfo build() {
 
                 nativeImageArgs.add(nativeImageName);
 
+                //Make sure to have the -jar as last one, as it otherwise breaks "--exclude-config"
+                nativeImageArgs.add("-jar");
+                nativeImageArgs.add(runnerJarName);
+
                 return new NativeImageInvokerInfo(nativeImageArgs);
             }