--- a/jdk/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/internal/Jlink.java	Tue Nov 15 15:52:27 2016 +0300
+++ b/jdk/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/internal/Jlink.java	Wed Nov 16 19:52:20 2016 +0530
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Layer;
 import java.nio.ByteOrder;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -278,6 +279,13 @@
      */
     public void build(JlinkConfiguration config, PluginsConfiguration pluginsConfig) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(config);
+        if (pluginsConfig == null) {
+            pluginsConfig = new PluginsConfiguration();
+        }
+
+        // add all auto-enabled plugins from boot layer
+        pluginsConfig = addAutoEnabledPlugins(pluginsConfig);
+
         try {
             JlinkTask.createImage(config, pluginsConfig);
         } catch (Exception ex) {
@@ -285,6 +293,19 @@
         }
     }
 
+    private PluginsConfiguration addAutoEnabledPlugins(PluginsConfiguration pluginsConfig) {
+        List<Plugin> plugins = new ArrayList<>(pluginsConfig.getPlugins());
+        List<Plugin> bootPlugins = PluginRepository.getPlugins(Layer.boot());
+        for (Plugin bp : bootPlugins) {
+            if (Utils.isAutoEnabled(bp)) {
+                bp.configure(Collections.emptyMap());
+                plugins.add(bp);
+            }
+        }
+        return new PluginsConfiguration(plugins, pluginsConfig.getImageBuilder(),
+            pluginsConfig.getLastSorterPluginName());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Post process the image with a plugin configuration.
      *

--- a/jdk/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/internal/packager/AppRuntimeImageBuilder.java	Tue Nov 15 15:52:27 2016 +0300
+++ b/jdk/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/internal/packager/AppRuntimeImageBuilder.java	Wed Nov 16 19:52:20 2016 +0530
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@
                                         null));
         }
 
-        plugins.add(Jlink.newPlugin("installed-modules", Collections.emptyMap(), null));
-
         // build the image
         Jlink.PluginsConfiguration pluginConfig = new Jlink.PluginsConfiguration(
             plugins, new DefaultImageBuilder(outputDir), null);