diff --git a/security/vertx-jwt/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/security/vertx/Application.java b/security/vertx-jwt/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/security/vertx/Application.java
index 2fa065ab8..23aed9ffe 100644
--- a/security/vertx-jwt/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/security/vertx/Application.java
+++ b/security/vertx-jwt/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/security/vertx/Application.java
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 import static io.quarkus.ts.security.vertx.Application.AUTH.NO_SECURE;
 import static io.quarkus.ts.security.vertx.Application.AUTH.SECURE;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
 import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
 import javax.enterprise.event.Observes;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
@@ -17,7 +20,11 @@
 import io.quarkus.ts.security.vertx.handlers.BladeRunnerHandler;
 import io.quarkus.ts.security.vertx.handlers.JWTHandler;
 import io.quarkus.ts.security.vertx.handlers.ReplicantHandler;
+import io.quarkus.ts.security.vertx.model.HelloEvent;
+import io.quarkus.vertx.ConsumeEvent;
+import io.smallrye.mutiny.Multi;
 import io.vertx.core.Handler;
+import io.vertx.core.eventbus.EventBus;
 import io.vertx.core.http.HttpMethod;
 import io.vertx.ext.auth.jwt.JWTAuth;
 import io.vertx.ext.web.Route;
@@ -29,10 +36,13 @@
 import io.vertx.ext.web.handler.LoggerHandler;
 
 @ApplicationScoped
-public class Application {
+public class Application extends CommonApplication<HelloEvent> {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(Application.class);
 
+    @Inject
+    EventBus eventBus;
+
     @ConfigProperty(name = "app.name")
     public String serviceName;
 
@@ -66,8 +76,12 @@ void init(@Observes Router router) {
     }
 
     void onStart(@Observes StartupEvent ev) {
+
         LOG.info(String.format("Application %s starting...", serviceName));
 
+        Multi.createFrom().ticks().every(Duration.ofMillis(2000))
+                .subscribe().with((Long tick) -> eventBus.publish(ADDRESS, new HelloEvent(UUID.randomUUID().toString())));
+
         addRoute(HttpMethod.POST, "/bladeRunner", SECURE, rc -> bladeRunner.upsertBladeRunner(rc));
         addRoute(HttpMethod.GET, "/bladeRunner/:id", SECURE, rc -> bladeRunner.getBladeRunnerById(rc));
         addRoute(HttpMethod.GET, "/bladeRunner", SECURE, rc -> bladeRunner.getAllBladeRunner(rc));
@@ -98,4 +112,10 @@ private void addRoute(HttpMethod method, String path, AUTH authEnabled, Handler<
 
         route.handler(handler).failureHandler(rc -> failureHandler.handler(rc));
     }
+
+    @Override
+    @ConsumeEvent(ADDRESS)
+    public void consumeEventBusEvent(HelloEvent event) {
+        LOG.infof("Consuming generated HelloEvent at starting point. Msg value: %s", event.getMessage());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/security/vertx-jwt/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/security/vertx/CommonApplication.java b/security/vertx-jwt/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/security/vertx/CommonApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24078dea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/vertx-jwt/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/security/vertx/CommonApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package io.quarkus.ts.security.vertx;
+
+public abstract class CommonApplication<T> {
+
+    public static final String ADDRESS = "greeting";
+
+    public abstract void consumeEventBusEvent(T event);
+}
diff --git a/security/vertx-jwt/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/security/vertx/model/HelloEvent.java b/security/vertx-jwt/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/security/vertx/model/HelloEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f037c30d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/vertx-jwt/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/security/vertx/model/HelloEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package io.quarkus.ts.security.vertx.model;
+
+public class HelloEvent {
+
+    final String message;
+
+    public HelloEvent(String message) {
+        this.message = message;
+    }
+
+    public String getMessage() {
+        return message;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/security/vertx-jwt/src/test/java/io/quarkus/ts/security/vertx/BladeRunnerHandlerIT.java b/security/vertx-jwt/src/test/java/io/quarkus/ts/security/vertx/BladeRunnerHandlerIT.java
index 458531d4d..0c7d35600 100644
--- a/security/vertx-jwt/src/test/java/io/quarkus/ts/security/vertx/BladeRunnerHandlerIT.java
+++ b/security/vertx-jwt/src/test/java/io/quarkus/ts/security/vertx/BladeRunnerHandlerIT.java
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -47,4 +52,16 @@ public void deleteBladeRunner() {
                 .then()
                 .statusCode(404);
     }
+
+    @Tag("QUARKUS-2746 ")
+    @Test
+    public void verifyConsumeEventAnnotation() {
+        List<String> actualLogs = app.getLogs();
+        List<String> helloEvents = actualLogs.stream()
+                .filter(l -> l.contains("Consuming generated HelloEvent at starting point"))
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        Assertions.assertTrue(new HashSet<>(helloEvents).size() == helloEvents.size(),
+                "@ConsumeEvent annotation should be invoked once per event");
+    }
 }