diff --git a/src/main/groovy/no/tornado/fxlauncher/gradle/FXLauncherExtension.groovy b/src/main/groovy/no/tornado/fxlauncher/gradle/FXLauncherExtension.groovy
index 2fcb57e..d2e328f 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/no/tornado/fxlauncher/gradle/FXLauncherExtension.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/no/tornado/fxlauncher/gradle/FXLauncherExtension.groovy
@@ -55,6 +55,34 @@ class FXLauncherExtension {
     List<String> javapackagerOptions
     String javapackerNativeParam = ""
 
+    /**
+     * The text that the launcher will show when showing the FXLauncher updating user interface.
+     * <p>
+     * The default is <code>Updating...</code>.
+     */
+    String updateText
+
+    /**
+     * The CSS styling to apply to the {@link #updateText} Label.
+     * <p>
+     * The default is <code>-fx-font-weight: bold;</code>.
+     */
+    String updateLabelStyle
+
+    /**
+     * The CSS styling to apply to the progress bar.
+     * <p>
+     * The default is <code>-fx-pref-width: 200;</code>.
+     */
+    String progressBarStyle
+
+    /**
+     * The CSS styling to apply to the VBox that contains the update text and the progress bar.
+     * <p>
+     * The default is <code>-fx-spacing: 10; -fx-padding: 25;</code>.
+     */
+    String wrapperStyle
+
     String cacheDir
 
     Boolean acceptDowngrade
@@ -70,7 +98,6 @@ class FXLauncherExtension {
     final Project project
 
 
-
     FXLauncherExtension(Project project) {
         this.project = project
         applicationVersion = project.version
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/no/tornado/fxlauncher/gradle/GenerateApplicationManifestTask.groovy b/src/main/groovy/no/tornado/fxlauncher/gradle/GenerateApplicationManifestTask.groovy
index 95c036b..22b7e43 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/no/tornado/fxlauncher/gradle/GenerateApplicationManifestTask.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/no/tornado/fxlauncher/gradle/GenerateApplicationManifestTask.groovy
@@ -37,12 +37,25 @@ class GenerateApplicationManifestTask extends DefaultTask {
 
         FXLauncherExtension fxlauncher = project.extensions.fxlauncher
 
+        // These first three arguments are required by the CreateManifest class.
         def args = [
             fxlauncher.resolveApplicationUrl(),
             fxlauncher.resolveApplicationMainClass(),
             fxlauncher.resolveWorkingDirectory().absolutePath
         ]
 
+        if (fxlauncher.updateText)
+            args += '--update-text=' + fxlauncher.updateText
+
+        if (fxlauncher.updateLabelStyle)
+            args += '--update-label-style=' + fxlauncher.updateLabelStyle
+
+        if (fxlauncher.progressBarStyle)
+            args += '--progress-bar-style=' + fxlauncher.progressBarStyle
+
+        if (fxlauncher.wrapperStyle)
+            args += '--wrapper-style=' + fxlauncher.wrapperStyle
+
         if (fxlauncher.cacheDir)
             args += '--cache-dir=' + fxlauncher.cacheDir