diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/NativeImage.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/NativeImage.java
index 5760be4fad64..9d906470d91f 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/NativeImage.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/NativeImage.java
@@ -1055,6 +1055,7 @@ static boolean processJarManifestMainAttributes(Path jarFilePath, BiConsumer<Pat
     void handleManifestFileAttributes(Path jarFilePath, Attributes mainAttributes) {
         handleMainClassAttribute(jarFilePath, mainAttributes);
         handleModuleAttributes(mainAttributes);
+        handleEnableNativeAccessAttribute(mainAttributes);
     }
 
     void handleMainClassAttribute(Path jarFilePath, Attributes mainAttributes) {
@@ -1078,6 +1079,16 @@ void handleModuleAttributes(Attributes mainAttributes) {
         }
     }
 
+    void handleEnableNativeAccessAttribute(Attributes mainAttributes) {
+        String enableNativeAccess = mainAttributes.getValue("Enable-Native-Access");
+        if (enableNativeAccess != null) {
+            if (!"ALL-UNNAMED".equals(enableNativeAccess)) {
+                NativeImage.showError("illegal value \"" + enableNativeAccess + "\" for Enable-Native-Access manifest attribute. Only ALL-UNNAMED is allowed");
+            }
+            addImageBuilderJavaArgs("--enable-native-access=" + enableNativeAccess);
+        }
+    }
+
     void handleClassPathAttribute(LinkedHashSet<Path> destination, Path jarFilePath, Attributes mainAttributes) {
         String classPathValue = mainAttributes.getValue("Class-Path");
         /* Missing Class-Path Attribute is tolerable */