diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/Handler.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/Handler.java
index 5b23b677bf6..f2623441b55 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/Handler.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/Handler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2019 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.springframework.boot.loader.jar;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
@@ -58,20 +57,6 @@ public class Handler extends URLStreamHandler {
 	private static final String[] FALLBACK_HANDLERS = {
 			"sun.net.www.protocol.jar.Handler" };
 
-	private static final Method OPEN_CONNECTION_METHOD;
-
-	static {
-		Method method = null;
-		try {
-			method = URLStreamHandler.class.getDeclaredMethod("openConnection",
-					URL.class);
-		}
-		catch (Exception ex) {
-			// Swallow and ignore
-		}
-		OPEN_CONNECTION_METHOD = method;
-	}
-
 	private static SoftReference<Map<File, JarFile>> rootFileCache;
 
 	static {
@@ -159,12 +144,7 @@ public class Handler extends URLStreamHandler {
 
 	private URLConnection openConnection(URLStreamHandler handler, URL url)
 			throws Exception {
-		if (OPEN_CONNECTION_METHOD == null) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException(
-					"Unable to invoke fallback open connection method");
-		}
-		OPEN_CONNECTION_METHOD.setAccessible(true);
-		return (URLConnection) OPEN_CONNECTION_METHOD.invoke(handler, url);
+		return new URL(null, url.toExternalForm(), handler).openConnection();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/HandlerTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/HandlerTests.java
index aedbc9d7292..6076146564a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/HandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/HandlerTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2019 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,10 +16,16 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.loader.jar;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
 
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.loader.TestJarCreator;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
@@ -30,6 +36,9 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
  */
 public class HandlerTests {
 
+	@Rule
+	public TemporaryFolder temporaryFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
+
 	private final Handler handler = new Handler();
 
 	@Test
@@ -170,6 +179,20 @@ public class HandlerTests {
 				"!/foo.txt?alpha");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void fallbackToJdksJarUrlStreamHandler() throws Exception {
+		File testJar = this.temporaryFolder.newFile("test.jar");
+		TestJarCreator.createTestJar(testJar);
+		URLConnection connection = new URL(null,
+				"jar:file:" + testJar.getAbsolutePath() + "!/nested.jar!/", this.handler)
+						.openConnection();
+		assertThat(connection).isInstanceOf(JarURLConnection.class);
+		URLConnection jdkConnection = new URL(null,
+				"jar:file:file:" + testJar.getAbsolutePath() + "!/nested.jar!/",
+				this.handler).openConnection();
+		assertThat(jdkConnection).isNotInstanceOf(JarURLConnection.class);
+	}
+
 	private void assertStandardAndCustomHandlerUrlsAreEqual(String context, String spec)
 			throws MalformedURLException {
 		URL standardUrl = new URL(new URL("jar:" + context), spec);