diff --git a/keel-sql/keel-sql.gradle.kts b/keel-sql/keel-sql.gradle.kts
index e522c2bfc4..aae29858ea 100644
--- a/keel-sql/keel-sql.gradle.kts
+++ b/keel-sql/keel-sql.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import ch.ayedo.jooqmodelator.gradle.JooqModelatorTask
 import com.diffplug.gradle.spotless.SpotlessExtension
 
 plugins {
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ dependencies {
 jooqModelator {
   jooqVersion = "3.13.2"
   jooqEdition = "OSS"
-  jooqConfigPath = "$projectDir/src/main/resources/jooqConfig.xml"
+  jooqConfigPath = "$buildDir/resources/main/jooqConfig.xml"
   jooqOutputPath = "$projectDir/src/generated/java"
   migrationEngine = "LIQUIBASE"
   migrationsPaths = listOf("$projectDir/src/main/resources/db")
@@ -88,6 +89,18 @@ jooqModelator {
   dockerContainerPort = 3306
 }
 
+// expand properties in jooqConfig.xml so it gets a fully-qualified directory to generate into
+tasks.withType<ProcessResources> {
+  filesMatching("jooqConfig.xml") {
+    expand(project.properties)
+  }
+}
+
+// process resources before generating JOOQ stuff so we tokenize the config XML
+tasks.withType<JooqModelatorTask> {
+  dependsOn("processResources")
+}
+
 // Don't enforce spotless for generated code
 afterEvaluate {
   configure<SpotlessExtension> {
diff --git a/keel-sql/src/main/resources/jooqConfig.xml b/keel-sql/src/main/resources/jooqConfig.xml
index 4b4aa3b97e..c27bb2a2ce 100644
--- a/keel-sql/src/main/resources/jooqConfig.xml
+++ b/keel-sql/src/main/resources/jooqConfig.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
     </database>
     <target>
       <packageName>com.netflix.spinnaker.keel.persistence.metamodel</packageName>
-      <directory>keel-sql/src/generated/java</directory>
+      <!-- tokenized by gradle's processResources task -->
+      <directory>$projectDir/src/generated/java</directory>
     </target>
     <generate>
       <javaTimeTypes>true</javaTimeTypes>