diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e970d8727..51d4023d3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     <tls.connection.uri/>
     <unix.socket.directory/>
     <unix.socket.port/>
+    <jar.manifest>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</jar.manifest>
     <!-- We skip sources jar generation as we do it with the assembly plugin to have greater control over the content -->
     <source.skip>true</source.skip>
     <kotlin.version>1.3.0</kotlin.version>
diff --git a/vertx-db2-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/vertx-db2-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..393f81aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vertx-db2-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Automatic-Module-Name: io.vertx.client.sql.db2
+
diff --git a/vertx-mssql-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/vertx-mssql-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e899287ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vertx-mssql-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Automatic-Module-Name: io.vertx.client.sql.mssql
+
diff --git a/vertx-mysql-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/vertx-mysql-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e91bcea35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vertx-mysql-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Automatic-Module-Name: io.vertx.client.sql.mysql
+
diff --git a/vertx-pg-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/vertx-pg-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b2347374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vertx-pg-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Automatic-Module-Name: io.vertx.client.sql.pg
+
diff --git a/vertx-sql-client-templates/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/vertx-sql-client-templates/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7672ba04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vertx-sql-client-templates/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Automatic-Module-Name: io.vertx.client.sql.templates
+
diff --git a/vertx-sql-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/vertx-sql-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3874521de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vertx-sql-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Automatic-Module-Name: io.vertx.client.sql
+