diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index 5ecddce9258..dfd3ce3ed2d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 ### Improvements
 
+- Codegen: pluginDownloadURL is now supported through the automatically generated build.gradle
+
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/java/build.gradle.template b/pkg/codegen/java/build.gradle.template
index fa1e2fa8b53..1f746c5208c 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/java/build.gradle.template
+++ b/pkg/codegen/java/build.gradle.template
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ def genPulumiResources = tasks.register('genPulumiResources') {
         def info = new Object()
         info.metaClass.resource = true
         info.metaClass.name = "{{ .ArtifactID }}"
+        {{- if .PluginDownloadURL }}
+        info.metaClass.server = "{{ .PluginDownloadURL }}"
+        {{- end }}
         info.metaClass.version = resolvedVersion
         def infoJson = new groovy.json.JsonBuilder(info).toPrettyString()
         new File(outDir, "plugin.json").text = infoJson
@@ -192,4 +195,4 @@ if (signingKey) {
         useInMemoryPgpKeys(signingKey, signingPassword)
         sign publishing.publications.mainPublication
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/java/templates_gradle.go b/pkg/codegen/java/templates_gradle.go
index 01d3c96b983..24b42bc3704 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/java/templates_gradle.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/java/templates_gradle.go
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ type gradleTemplateContext struct {
 	GradleNexusPublishPluginEnabled bool
 	GradleNexusPublishPluginVersion string
 	GradleTestJUnitPlatformEnabled  bool
+	PluginDownloadURL               string
 }
 
 func newGradleTemplateContext(
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ func newGradleTemplateContext(
 		ProjectURL:                     pkg.Repository,
 		ProjectGitURL:                  formatGitURL(pkg.Repository),
 		GradleTestJUnitPlatformEnabled: packageInfo.GradleTest == "JUnitPlatform",
+		PluginDownloadURL:              pkg.PluginDownloadURL,
 	}
 
 	if packageInfo.GradleNexusPublishPluginVersion != "" {