diff --git a/dsl/camel-jbang/camel-jbang-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/dsl/jbang/core/commands/Export.java b/dsl/camel-jbang/camel-jbang-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/dsl/jbang/core/commands/Export.java
index 463dcdd9efe3d..b97992bdb6c93 100644
--- a/dsl/camel-jbang/camel-jbang-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/dsl/jbang/core/commands/Export.java
+++ b/dsl/camel-jbang/camel-jbang-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/dsl/jbang/core/commands/Export.java
@@ -95,6 +95,21 @@ protected Integer doExport() throws Exception {
             }
         }
 
+        // auto-detect application.properties and include it
+        {
+            String name = baseDir.resolve("application.properties").toString();
+            if (Files.exists(Paths.get(name)) && !files.contains(name)) {
+                files.add(name);
+            }
+        }
+        if (profile != null) {
+            // need to include profile application properties if exists
+            String name = baseDir.resolve("application-" + profile + ".properties").toString();
+            if (Files.exists(Paths.get(name)) && !files.contains(name)) {
+                files.add(name);
+            }
+        }
+
         // application.properties
         doLoadAndInitProfileProperties(baseDir.resolve("application.properties"));
         if (profile != null) {
diff --git a/dsl/camel-jbang/camel-jbang-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/dsl/jbang/core/commands/Run.java b/dsl/camel-jbang/camel-jbang-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/dsl/jbang/core/commands/Run.java
index 3c8a946ccb994..5259dc3a85923 100644
--- a/dsl/camel-jbang/camel-jbang-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/dsl/jbang/core/commands/Run.java
+++ b/dsl/camel-jbang/camel-jbang-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/dsl/jbang/core/commands/Run.java
@@ -728,6 +728,13 @@ private int run() throws Exception {
             addDependencies(pomDependencies.toArray(new String[0]));
         }
 
+        // auto-detect application.properties and include it
+        if (!empty && sourceDir == null) {
+            String appProps = baseDir.resolve("application.properties").toString();
+            if (Files.exists(Paths.get(appProps)) && !files.contains(appProps)) {
+                files.add(appProps);
+            }
+        }
         if (profile != null) {
             // need to include profile application properties if exists
             String name = baseDir + "/application-" + profile + ".properties";