diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/flatlaf-publish.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/flatlaf-publish.gradle.kts
index 074110f6..58d2ec29 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/flatlaf-publish.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/flatlaf-publish.gradle.kts
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@
  */
 
 
+open class NativeArtifact( val fileName: String, val classifier: String, val type: String ) {}
+
 open class PublishExtension {
 	var artifactId: String? = null
 	var name: String? = null
 	var description: String? = null
+	var nativeArtifacts: List<NativeArtifact>? = null
 }
 
 val extension = project.extensions.create<PublishExtension>( "flatlafPublish" )
@@ -71,6 +74,15 @@ publishing {
 					url.set( "https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf/issues" )
 				}
 			}
+
+			afterEvaluate {
+				extension.nativeArtifacts?.forEach {
+					artifact( artifacts.add( "archives", file( it.fileName ) ) {
+						classifier = it.classifier
+						type = it.type
+					} )
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/flatlaf-core/build.gradle.kts b/flatlaf-core/build.gradle.kts
index 07d059af..4ca329a5 100644
--- a/flatlaf-core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/flatlaf-core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import Flatlaf_publish_gradle.NativeArtifact
+
 plugins {
 	`java-library`
 	`flatlaf-toolchain`
@@ -123,4 +125,11 @@ flatlafPublish {
 	artifactId = "flatlaf"
 	name = "FlatLaf"
 	description = "Flat Look and Feel"
+
+	val natives = "src/main/resources/com/formdev/flatlaf/natives"
+	nativeArtifacts = listOf(
+		NativeArtifact( "${natives}/flatlaf-windows-x86.dll",    "windows-x86",    "dll" ),
+		NativeArtifact( "${natives}/flatlaf-windows-x86_64.dll", "windows-x86_64", "dll" ),
+		NativeArtifact( "${natives}/libflatlaf-linux-x86_64.so", "linux-x86_64",   "so" ),
+	)
 }
diff --git a/flatlaf-core/src/main/java/com/formdev/flatlaf/ui/FlatNativeLibrary.java b/flatlaf-core/src/main/java/com/formdev/flatlaf/ui/FlatNativeLibrary.java
index c5c6db14..7fef79b5 100644
--- a/flatlaf-core/src/main/java/com/formdev/flatlaf/ui/FlatNativeLibrary.java
+++ b/flatlaf-core/src/main/java/com/formdev/flatlaf/ui/FlatNativeLibrary.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.formdev.flatlaf.ui;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.net.URL;
 import com.formdev.flatlaf.FlatSystemProperties;
 import com.formdev.flatlaf.util.LoggingFacade;
 import com.formdev.flatlaf.util.NativeLibrary;
@@ -46,13 +47,13 @@ class FlatNativeLibrary
 		if( nativeLibrary != null )
 			return;
 
-		String libraryName;
+		String classifier;
+		String ext;
 		if( SystemInfo.isWindows_10_orLater && (SystemInfo.isX86 || SystemInfo.isX86_64) ) {
 			// Windows: requires Windows 10/11 (x86 or x86_64)
 
-			libraryName = "flatlaf-windows-x86";
-			if( SystemInfo.isX86_64 )
-				libraryName += "_64";
+			classifier = SystemInfo.isX86_64 ? "windows-x86_64" : "windows-x86";
+			ext = "dll";
 
 			// In Java 8, load jawt.dll (part of JRE) explicitly because it
 			// is not found when running application with <jdk>/bin/java.exe.
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ class FlatNativeLibrary
 		} else if( SystemInfo.isLinux && SystemInfo.isX86_64 ) {
 			// Linux: requires x86_64
 
-			libraryName = "flatlaf-linux-x86_64";
+			classifier = "linux-x86_64";
+			ext = "so";
 
 			// Load libjawt.so (part of JRE) explicitly because it is not found
 			// in all Java versions/distributions.
@@ -76,10 +78,13 @@ class FlatNativeLibrary
 			return; // no native library available for current OS or CPU architecture
 
 		// load native library
-		nativeLibrary = createNativeLibrary( libraryName );
+		nativeLibrary = createNativeLibrary( classifier, ext );
 	}
 
-	private static NativeLibrary createNativeLibrary( String libraryName ) {
+	private static NativeLibrary createNativeLibrary( String classifier, String ext ) {
+		String libraryName = "flatlaf-" + classifier;
+
+		// load from "java.library.path" or from path specified in system property "flatlaf.nativeLibraryPath"
 		String libraryPath = System.getProperty( FlatSystemProperties.NATIVE_LIBRARY_PATH );
 		if( libraryPath != null ) {
 			if( "system".equals( libraryPath ) ) {
@@ -97,9 +102,69 @@ class FlatNativeLibrary
 			}
 		}
 
+		// load from beside the FlatLaf jar
+		// e.g. for flatlaf-3.1.jar, load flatlaf-3.1-windows-x86_64.dll (from same directory)
+		File libraryFile = findLibraryBesideJar( classifier, ext );
+		if( libraryFile != null )
+			return new NativeLibrary( libraryFile, true );
+
+		// load from FlatLaf jar (extract native library to temp folder)
 		return new NativeLibrary( "com/formdev/flatlaf/natives/" + libraryName, null, true );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Search for a native library beside the jar that contains this class
+	 * (usually the FlatLaf jar).
+	 * The native library must be in the same directory (or in "../bin" if jar is in "lib")
+	 * as the jar and have the same basename as the jar.
+	 * If FlatLaf jar is repackaged into fat/uber application jar, "-flatlaf" is appended to jar basename.
+	 * The classifier and the extension are appended to the jar basename.
+	 *
+	 * E.g.
+	 *     flatlaf-3.1.jar
+	 *     flatlaf-3.1-windows-x86_64.dll
+	 *     flatlaf-3.1-linux-x86_64.so
+	 */
+	private static File findLibraryBesideJar( String classifier, String ext ) {
+		try {
+			// get location of FlatLaf jar
+			URL jarUrl = FlatNativeLibrary.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation();
+			if( jarUrl == null )
+				return null;
+
+			File jarFile = new File( jarUrl.toURI() );
+
+			// if jarFile is a directory, then we're in a development environment
+			if( !jarFile.isFile() )
+				return null;
+
+			// build library file
+			String jarName = jarFile.getName();
+			String jarBasename = jarName.substring( 0, jarName.lastIndexOf( '.' ) );
+			File parent = jarFile.getParentFile();
+			String libraryName = jarBasename
+				+ (jarBasename.contains( "flatlaf" ) ? "" : "-flatlaf")
+				+ '-' + classifier + '.' + ext;
+
+			// check whether native library exists in same directory as jar
+			File libraryFile = new File( parent, libraryName );
+			if( libraryFile.isFile() )
+				return libraryFile;
+
+			// if jar is in "lib" directory, then also check whether library exists
+			// in "../bin" directory
+			if( parent.getName().equalsIgnoreCase( "lib" ) ) {
+				libraryFile = new File( parent.getParentFile(), "bin/" + libraryName );
+				if( libraryFile.isFile() )
+					return libraryFile;
+			}
+		} catch( Exception ex ) {
+			LoggingFacade.INSTANCE.logSevere( ex.getMessage(), ex );
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	private static void loadJAWT() {
 		try {
 			System.loadLibrary( "jawt" );