diff --git a/deployment/pom.xml b/deployment/pom.xml
index e36333c..1895c92 100644
--- a/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-agroal-deployment</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-arc-deployment</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-narayana-jta-deployment</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkiverse.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/jooq/deployment/JooqProcessor.java b/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/jooq/deployment/JooqProcessor.java
index 49cd8b3..d29a5fe 100644
--- a/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/jooq/deployment/JooqProcessor.java
+++ b/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/jooq/deployment/JooqProcessor.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.BooleanSupplier;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
 import javax.enterprise.inject.Default;
@@ -31,8 +33,10 @@
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.ExecutionTime;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.Record;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.CombinedIndexBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.FeatureBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.ReflectiveClassBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.pkg.steps.NativeBuild;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.recording.RecorderContext;
 import io.quarkus.gizmo.*;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.util.HashUtil;
@@ -59,6 +63,18 @@ FeatureBuildItem featureBuildItem() {
         return new FeatureBuildItem(FEATURE);
     }
 
+    @BuildStep(onlyIf = { NativeBuild.class, RegisterClassesForReflectionEnabled.class })
+    public void registerReflections(CombinedIndexBuildItem indexBuildItem,
+            BuildProducer<ReflectiveClassBuildItem> reflectiveClass,
+            JooqConfig jooqConfig) {
+        Pattern jooqDBReflectClasses = Pattern.compile(jooqConfig.generatedClassesRegex);
+        indexBuildItem.getIndex()
+                .getKnownClasses()
+                .stream()
+                .filter(o -> jooqDBReflectClasses.matcher(o.name().toString()).matches())
+                .forEach(clazz -> reflectiveClass.produce(new ReflectiveClassBuildItem(true, true, clazz.name().toString())));
+    }
+
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     @Record(ExecutionTime.STATIC_INIT)
     @BuildStep
@@ -276,4 +292,12 @@ protected void createDslContextProducerBean(BuildProducer<GeneratedBeanBuildItem
     protected boolean isPresentDialect(JooqItemConfig itemConfig) {
         return itemConfig.dialect != null && !itemConfig.dialect.isEmpty();
     }
+
+    static class RegisterClassesForReflectionEnabled implements BooleanSupplier {
+        JooqConfig jooqConfig;
+
+        public boolean getAsBoolean() {
+            return jooqConfig.registerClassesForReflection;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/jooq/runtime/JooqConfig.java b/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/jooq/runtime/JooqConfig.java
index 7210f6b..f4e4a23 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/jooq/runtime/JooqConfig.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/jooq/runtime/JooqConfig.java
@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ public class JooqConfig {
     @ConfigItem(name = ConfigItem.PARENT)
     public JooqItemConfig defaultConfig;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to automatically register jOOQ records/POJOs
+     * for reflection.
+     */
+    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "true")
+    public Boolean registerClassesForReflection;
+
+    /**
+     * Regex used to determine classes to be registered for
+     * reflection.
+     */
+    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = ".+\\.tables\\.(pojos|records)\\..+")
+    public String generatedClassesRegex;
+
     /**
      * Additional configs.
      */