diff --git a/devtools/gradle/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/QuarkusPlugin.java b/devtools/gradle/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/QuarkusPlugin.java
index 4aa1735c44d0f..35f5344c766e8 100644
--- a/devtools/gradle/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/QuarkusPlugin.java
+++ b/devtools/gradle/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/QuarkusPlugin.java
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ private void registerTasks(Project project) {
                     quarkusBuild.dependsOn(classesTask);
                 });
 
-        Task buildNative = tasks.create("buildNative", QuarkusNative.class).dependsOn(quarkusBuild);
+        Task buildNative = tasks.create("buildNative", QuarkusNative.class)
+                .dependsOn(tasks.getByName(BasePlugin.ASSEMBLE_TASK_NAME));
 
         // set up the source set for the testNative
         JavaPluginConvention javaPlugin = project.getConvention().findPlugin(JavaPluginConvention.class);