diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/FeatureBuildItem.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/FeatureBuildItem.java
index f5c16e4b988fd..f5bf2d9f167a3 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/FeatureBuildItem.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/FeatureBuildItem.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public final class FeatureBuildItem extends MultiBuildItem {
     public static final String ELASTICSEARCH_REST_CLIENT = "elasticsearch-rest-client";
     public static final String FLYWAY = "flyway";
     public static final String HIBERNATE_ORM = "hibernate-orm";
+    public static final String HIBERNATE_ORM_PANACHE = "hibernate-orm-panache";
     public static final String HIBERNATE_VALIDATOR = "hibernate-validator";
     public static final String HIBERNATE_SEARCH_ELASTICSEARCH = "hibernate-search-elasticsearch";
     public static final String INFINISPAN_CLIENT = "infinispan-client";
diff --git a/extensions/panache/hibernate-orm-panache/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/panache/deployment/PanacheResourceProcessor.java b/extensions/panache/hibernate-orm-panache/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/panache/deployment/PanacheResourceProcessor.java
index eb88f82055284..bbfb8146778fd 100644
--- a/extensions/panache/hibernate-orm-panache/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/panache/deployment/PanacheResourceProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/panache/hibernate-orm-panache/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/panache/deployment/PanacheResourceProcessor.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.ApplicationIndexBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.BytecodeTransformerBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.CombinedIndexBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.FeatureBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.hibernate.orm.deployment.AdditionalJpaModelBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.hibernate.orm.deployment.HibernateEnhancersRegisteredBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.hibernate.orm.panache.PanacheEntity;
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ public final class PanacheResourceProcessor {
     private static final Set<DotName> UNREMOVABLE_BEANS = Collections.singleton(
             DotName.createSimple(EntityManager.class.getName()));
 
+    @BuildStep
+    FeatureBuildItem featureBuildItem() {
+        return new FeatureBuildItem(FeatureBuildItem.HIBERNATE_ORM_PANACHE);
+    }
+
     @BuildStep
     List<AdditionalJpaModelBuildItem> produceModel() {
         // only useful for the index resolution: hibernate will register it to be transformed, but BuildMojo