diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibProcessor.java b/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibProcessor.java
index 3f18c66689740..3201af4240fd0 100644
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibProcessor.java
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -82,6 +85,8 @@ public class JibProcessor {
     private static final String JAVA_17_BASE_IMAGE = "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17-runtime:1.10";
     private static final String JAVA_11_BASE_IMAGE = "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11-runtime:1.10";
 
+    private static final String OPENTELEMETRY_CONTEXT_CONTEXT_STORAGE_PROVIDER_SYS_PROP = "io.opentelemetry.context.contextStorageProvider";
+
     @BuildStep
     public AvailableContainerImageExtensionBuildItem availability() {
         return new AvailableContainerImageExtensionBuildItem(JIB);
@@ -205,11 +210,20 @@ public void buildFromNative(ContainerImageConfig containerImageConfig, JibConfig
     private JibContainer containerize(ContainerImageConfig containerImageConfig,
             JibConfig jibConfig, ContainerImageInfoBuildItem containerImage, JibContainerBuilder jibContainerBuilder,
             boolean pushRequested) {
+
         Containerizer containerizer = createContainerizer(containerImageConfig, jibConfig, containerImage, pushRequested);
         for (String additionalTag : containerImage.getAdditionalTags()) {
             containerizer.withAdditionalTag(additionalTag);
         }
+        String previousContextStorageSysProp = null;
         try {
+            // Jib uses the Google HTTP Client under the hood which attempts to record traces via OpenCensus which is wired
+            // to delegate to OpenTelemetry.
+            // This can lead to problems with the Quarkus OpenTelemetry extension which expects Vert.x to be running,
+            // something that is not the case at build time, see https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/22864.
+            previousContextStorageSysProp = System.setProperty(OPENTELEMETRY_CONTEXT_CONTEXT_STORAGE_PROVIDER_SYS_PROP,
+                    "default");
+
             log.info("Starting container image build");
             JibContainer container = jibContainerBuilder.containerize(containerizer);
             log.infof("%s container image %s (%s)\n",
@@ -219,6 +233,12 @@ private JibContainer containerize(ContainerImageConfig containerImageConfig,
             return container;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new RuntimeException("Unable to create container image", e);
+        } finally {
+            if (previousContextStorageSysProp == null) {
+                System.clearProperty(OPENTELEMETRY_CONTEXT_CONTEXT_STORAGE_PROVIDER_SYS_PROP);
+            } else {
+                System.setProperty(OPENTELEMETRY_CONTEXT_CONTEXT_STORAGE_PROVIDER_SYS_PROP, previousContextStorageSysProp);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-jib/pom.xml b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-jib/pom.xml
index 9a53152b1a407..2058eca2a97e5 100644
--- a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-jib/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-jib/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,19 @@
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
       <artifactId>quarkus-container-image-jib</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+
+    <!-- dependencies added to make sure that OpenTelemetry doesn't mess up building the container images -->
+    <!-- See https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/22864 -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-opentelemetry-exporter-otlp</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-grpc-1.6</artifactId>
+      <version>1.9.2-alpha</version>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
       <artifactId>quarkus-junit5</artifactId>