How do you add an absolute path to application start scripts?

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Hi I have a runtime dependency on an absolute directory outside of my application.
I’ve added it as

runtime files('/foo/bar/prod/conf')

And in my createScript I have:
classpath = jar.outputs.files + project.configurations.runtime

But the generated runScript keeps stripping out my path and replacing it with:
$APP_HOME/lib/conf

How do I get it to keep the absolute path?