diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-picocli-native-image-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-picocli-native-image-example/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jooq-examples</artifactId>
+        <version>3.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>jooq-picocli-native-image</artifactId>
+    <name>jOOQ PicoCLI native image Example</name>
+
+    <properties>
+        <mainClass>org.jooq.example.picocli.Main</mainClass>
+    </properties>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+
+                    <release>17</release>
+
+
+                    <!-- IntelliJ needs these https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-195472 -->
+                    <source>17</source>
+                    <target>17</target>
+
+                    <annotationProcessorPaths>
+                        <path>
+                            <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>picocli-codegen</artifactId>
+                            <version>4.1.4</version>
+                        </path>
+                    </annotationProcessorPaths>
+                    <compilerArgs>
+                        <arg>-Aproject=${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}</arg>
+                    </compilerArgs>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.graalvm.nativeimage</groupId>
+                <artifactId>native-image-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>20.1.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>native-image</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <imageName>${project.name}</imageName>
+                    <mainClass>${mainClass}</mainClass>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.4.2</version>
+
+                <configuration>
+                    <descriptorRefs>
+                        <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
+                    </descriptorRefs>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifest>
+                            <mainClass>${mainClass}</mainClass>
+                        </manifest>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
+            <artifactId>picocli</artifactId>
+            <version>4.7.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.graalvm.nativeimage</groupId>
+            <artifactId>svm</artifactId>
+            <version>22.3.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
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diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-picocli-native-image-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/picocli/Main.java b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-picocli-native-image-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/picocli/Main.java
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+package org.jooq.example.picocli;
+
+import org.jooq.CloseableDSLContext;
+import org.jooq.impl.DSL;
+import picocli.CommandLine;
+import picocli.CommandLine.Command;
+
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+@Command
+public class Main implements Runnable {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        new CommandLine(new Main()).execute(args);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        try (CloseableDSLContext ctx = DSL.using("jdbc:h2:mem:jooq-example-picocli", "sa", "")) {
+            System.out.println(ctx.fetch("select 1"));
+        }
+    }
+}