diff --git a/independent-projects/bootstrap/core/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/app/QuarkusBootstrap.java b/independent-projects/bootstrap/core/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/app/QuarkusBootstrap.java
index f4e5ab0a46a2a1..67bcfd5f3d2afb 100644
--- a/independent-projects/bootstrap/core/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/app/QuarkusBootstrap.java
+++ b/independent-projects/bootstrap/core/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/app/QuarkusBootstrap.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ private QuarkusBootstrap(Builder builder, ConfiguredClassLoading classLoadingCon
         this.additionalApplicationArchives = new ArrayList<>(builder.additionalApplicationArchives);
         this.excludeFromClassPath = new ArrayList<>(builder.excludeFromClassPath);
         this.projectRoot = builder.projectRoot != null ? builder.projectRoot.normalize() : null;
-        this.buildSystemProperties = builder.buildSystemProperties;
+        this.buildSystemProperties = builder.buildSystemProperties != null ? builder.buildSystemProperties : new Properties();
         this.mode = builder.mode;
         this.offline = builder.offline;
         this.test = builder.test;
@@ -159,7 +159,20 @@ public CuratedApplication bootstrap() throws BootstrapException {
                 appModelFactory.setEnableClasspathCache(true);
             }
         }
-        return new CuratedApplication(this, appModelFactory.resolveAppModel(), classLoadingConfig);
+        CurationResult curationResult = appModelFactory.resolveAppModel();
+        if (curationResult.getApplicationModel().getApplicationModule() != null
+                && curationResult.getApplicationModel().getApplicationModule().getId() != null) {
+            if (curationResult.getApplicationModel().getApplicationModule().getId().getArtifactId() != null) {
+                buildSystemProperties.putIfAbsent("quarkus.application.name",
+                        curationResult.getApplicationModel().getApplicationModule().getId().getArtifactId());
+            }
+            if (curationResult.getApplicationModel().getApplicationModule().getId().getVersion() != null) {
+                buildSystemProperties.putIfAbsent("quarkus.application.version",
+                        curationResult.getApplicationModel().getApplicationModule().getId().getVersion());
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new CuratedApplication(this, curationResult, classLoadingConfig);
     }
 
     public static ConfiguredClassLoading createClassLoadingConfig(PathCollection applicationRoot, Mode mode,
diff --git a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/basic-java-library-module/application/src/main/java/org/acme/ApplicationConfigResource.java b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/basic-java-library-module/application/src/main/java/org/acme/ApplicationConfigResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ca578869780f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/basic-java-library-module/application/src/main/java/org/acme/ApplicationConfigResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package org.acme;
+
+
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.inject.ConfigProperty;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+@Path("/app-config")
+public class ApplicationConfigResource {
+
+    @ConfigProperty(name = "quarkus.application.name")
+    String name;
+
+    @ConfigProperty(name = "quarkus.application.version")
+    String version;
+
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
+    public String hello() {
+        return String.format("%s:%s", name, version);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/basic-java-library-module/application/src/test/java/org/acme/ApplicationConfigResourceTest.java b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/basic-java-library-module/application/src/test/java/org/acme/ApplicationConfigResourceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0e54e2de32b434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/basic-java-library-module/application/src/test/java/org/acme/ApplicationConfigResourceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package org.acme;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static io.restassured.RestAssured.given;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+
+@QuarkusTest
+public class ApplicationConfigResourceTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAppConfigEndpoint() {
+        given()
+          .when().get("/app-config")
+          .then()
+             .statusCode(200)
+             .body(is("application:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT"));
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/integration-tests/gradle/src/test/java/io/quarkus/gradle/ApplicationConfigurationTest.java b/integration-tests/gradle/src/test/java/io/quarkus/gradle/ApplicationConfigurationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f44453718537c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/gradle/src/test/java/io/quarkus/gradle/ApplicationConfigurationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package io.quarkus.gradle;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class ApplicationConfigurationTest extends QuarkusGradleWrapperTestBase {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldSuccessfullyInjectApplicationConfigInTest() throws Exception {
+        File projectDir = getProjectDir("basic-java-library-module");
+
+        BuildResult testResult = runGradleWrapper(projectDir, "clean", ":application:test");
+
+        assertThat(testResult.getTasks().get(":application:test")).isEqualTo(BuildResult.SUCCESS_OUTCOME);
+    }
+
+}