diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index b419d76d2..d194258f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Improvement::
 * Accept 'null' as valid input (same as empty string) for load and convert String methods (#1148) (@abelsromero)
 * Set Java 11 as the minimal version (#1151) (@abelsromero)
 * Create `asciidoctorj-cli` module to prevent unnecessary dependencies to asciidoctorj jar consumers (#1149)
+* Add required `--add-opens` to cli launch script to remove Jdk warnings (#1155) (@abelsromero)
 
 Bug Fixes::
 
diff --git a/asciidoctorj-distribution/build.gradle b/asciidoctorj-distribution/build.gradle
index 043ab21ba..24b0c0361 100644
--- a/asciidoctorj-distribution/build.gradle
+++ b/asciidoctorj-distribution/build.gradle
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ startScripts {
   applicationName = rootProject.name
   mainClass.set('org.asciidoctor.cli.jruby.AsciidoctorInvoker')
   defaultJvmOpts = [
+    '--add-opens', 'java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED',
+    '--add-opens', 'java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED',
     '-client', '-Xmn128m', '-Xms256m', '-Xmx256m', '-Djava.awt.headless=true',
     '-Xverify:none', '-XX:+TieredCompilation', '-XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1', '-XX:+DisableExplicitGC', '-Djruby.compile.mode=OFF'
   ]