diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequest.java b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequest.java
index 2ce8b6328ea..639e9b4581d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequest.java
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequest.java
@@ -324,8 +324,9 @@ class ProjectGenerationRequest {
 			if (this.groupId != null) {
 				builder.setParameter("groupId", this.groupId);
 			}
-			if (this.artifactId != null) {
-				builder.setParameter("artifactId", this.artifactId);
+			String resolvedArtifactId = resolveArtifactId();
+			if (resolvedArtifactId != null) {
+				builder.setParameter("artifactId", resolvedArtifactId);
 			}
 			if (this.version != null) {
 				builder.setParameter("version", this.version);
@@ -405,6 +406,21 @@ class ProjectGenerationRequest {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Resolve the artifactId to use or {@code null} if it should not be customized.
+	 * @return the artifactId
+	 */
+	protected String resolveArtifactId() {
+		if (this.artifactId != null) {
+			return this.artifactId;
+		}
+		if (this.output != null) {
+			int i = this.output.lastIndexOf('.');
+			return (i == -1 ? this.output : this.output.substring(0, i));
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	private static void filter(Map<String, ProjectType> projects, String tag,
 			String tagValue) {
 		for (Iterator<Map.Entry<String, ProjectType>> it = projects.entrySet().iterator(); it
diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequestTests.java b/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequestTests.java
index 9374b990aa7..78702601553 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequestTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequestTests.java
@@ -139,6 +139,39 @@ public class ProjectGenerationRequestTests {
 				this.request.generateUrl(createDefaultMetadata()));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void outputCustomizeArtifactId() {
+		this.request.setOutput("my-project");
+		assertEquals(
+				createDefaultUrl("?artifactId=my-project&type=test-type"),
+				this.request.generateUrl(createDefaultMetadata()));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void outputArchiveCustomizeArtifactId() {
+		this.request.setOutput("my-project.zip");
+		assertEquals(
+				createDefaultUrl("?artifactId=my-project&type=test-type"),
+				this.request.generateUrl(createDefaultMetadata()));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void outputArchiveWithDotsCustomizeArtifactId() {
+		this.request.setOutput("my.nice.project.zip");
+		assertEquals(
+				createDefaultUrl("?artifactId=my.nice.project&type=test-type"),
+				this.request.generateUrl(createDefaultMetadata()));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void outputDoesNotOverrideCustomArtifactId() {
+		this.request.setOutput("my-project");
+		this.request.setArtifactId("my-id");
+		assertEquals(
+				createDefaultUrl("?artifactId=my-id&type=test-type"),
+				this.request.generateUrl(createDefaultMetadata()));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void buildNoMatch() {
 		InitializrServiceMetadata metadata = readMetadata();