diff --git a/docs/changes/README.md b/docs/changes/README.md
index 39daa13c5..0ff283ca0 100644
--- a/docs/changes/README.md
+++ b/docs/changes/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     mainClass = "my.Main"
   }
   ```
-- Honor `executableDir` in `application` extension. ([#1738](https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow/pull/1738))
+- Honor `executableDir` and `applicationName` in `application` extension. ([#1740](https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow/pull/1738))  
+  This is useful when you want to customize the output directory of the start scripts and the application distribution.
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/functionalTest/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ApplicationPluginTest.kt b/src/functionalTest/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ApplicationPluginTest.kt
index 964fb5349..03ba0cf38 100644
--- a/src/functionalTest/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ApplicationPluginTest.kt
+++ b/src/functionalTest/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ApplicationPluginTest.kt
@@ -258,6 +258,36 @@ class ApplicationPluginTest : BasePluginTest() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun honorApplicationExtensionProperties() {
+    val applicationNames = "new" to "new"
+    val executableDirs = "sbin" to "sbin"
+
+    prepare(
+      applicationBlock = """
+        applicationName = '${applicationNames.first}'
+        executableDir = '${executableDirs.first}'
+      """.trimIndent(),
+    )
+
+    run(installShadowDistPath, shadowDistZipPath)
+
+    assertThat(path("build/install/").walkEntries()).containsOnly(
+      "${applicationNames.second}-shadow/${executableDirs.second}/${applicationNames.second}",
+      "${applicationNames.second}-shadow/${executableDirs.second}/${applicationNames.second}.bat",
+      "${applicationNames.second}-shadow/lib/myapp-1.0-all.jar",
+    )
+    val zipPath = path("build/distributions/${applicationNames.second}-shadow-1.0.zip")
+    ZipFile(zipPath.toFile()).use { zip ->
+      val entries = zip.entries().toList().filter { !it.isDirectory }.map { it.name }
+      assertThat(entries).containsOnly(
+        "${applicationNames.second}-shadow-1.0/${executableDirs.second}/${applicationNames.second}",
+        "${applicationNames.second}-shadow-1.0/${executableDirs.second}/${applicationNames.second}.bat",
+        "${applicationNames.second}-shadow-1.0/lib/myapp-1.0-all.jar",
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
   private fun prepare(
     mainClassWithImports: Boolean = false,
     projectBlock: String = "",
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowApplicationPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowApplicationPlugin.kt
index 212f54d13..e75395564 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowApplicationPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowApplicationPlugin.kt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public abstract class ShadowApplicationPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
       with(applicationExtension) {
         task.mainModule.convention(mainModule)
         task.mainClass.convention(mainClass)
-        task.jvmArguments.convention(provider { applicationDefaultJvmArgs })
+        task.jvmArguments.convention(provider(::getApplicationDefaultJvmArgs))
       }
       task.modularity.inferModulePath.convention(javaPluginExtension.modularity.inferModulePath)
       task.javaLauncher.convention(javaToolchainService.launcherFor(javaPluginExtension.toolchain))
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ public abstract class ShadowApplicationPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
 
   protected open fun Project.configureInstallTask() {
     tasks.installShadowDist.configure { task ->
-      val applicationName = providers.provider { applicationExtension.applicationName }
-      val executableDir = providers.provider { applicationExtension.executableDir }
+      val applicationName = provider(applicationExtension::getApplicationName)
+      val executableDir = provider(applicationExtension::getExecutableDir)
 
       task.doFirst("Check installation directory") {
         val destinationDir = task.destinationDir
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ public abstract class ShadowApplicationPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
 
   protected open fun Project.configureDistribution() {
     distributions.register(DISTRIBUTION_NAME) {
+      it.distributionBaseName.convention(
+        provider {
+          // distributionBaseName defaults to `$project.name-$distribution.name`, applicationName defaults to project.name
+          // so we append the suffix to match the default distributionBaseName. Modified from `ApplicationPlugin.configureDistribution()`.
+          "${applicationExtension.applicationName}-$DISTRIBUTION_NAME"
+        },
+      )
       it.contents { shadowDist ->
         shadowDist.from(file("src/dist"))
         shadowDist.into("lib") { lib ->
@@ -105,7 +112,7 @@ public abstract class ShadowApplicationPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
           lib.from(configurations.shadow)
         }
         // Defaults to bin dir.
-        shadowDist.into(applicationExtension.executableDir) { bin ->
+        shadowDist.into(provider(applicationExtension::getExecutableDir)) { bin ->
           bin.from(tasks.startShadowScripts)
           bin.filePermissions { permissions -> permissions.unix(UNIX_SCRIPT_PERMISSIONS) }
         }