diff --git a/ci-templates/stages.yml b/ci-templates/stages.yml
index 31fe1ac3153c3..745cb5773c08f 100644
--- a/ci-templates/stages.yml
+++ b/ci-templates/stages.yml
@@ -304,11 +304,12 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           poolSettings: ${{parameters.poolSettings}}
           expectUseVMs: ${{parameters.expectUseVMs}}
-          timeoutInMinutes: 25
+          timeoutInMinutes: 30
           modules:
             - resteasy-jackson
             - vertx
             - vertx-http
+            - vertx-graphql
             - virtual-http
           name: http
 
diff --git a/extensions/vertx-graphql/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/graphql/deployment/VertxGraphqlProcessor.java b/extensions/vertx-graphql/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/graphql/deployment/VertxGraphqlProcessor.java
index 453a354cd0a52..94e39a0bf8766 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-graphql/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/graphql/deployment/VertxGraphqlProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-graphql/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/graphql/deployment/VertxGraphqlProcessor.java
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 package io.quarkus.vertx.graphql.deployment;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.FeatureBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.NativeImagePackageResourceBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.ReflectiveClassBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.vertx.http.deployment.WebsocketSubProtocolsBuildItem;
+import io.vertx.ext.web.handler.graphql.impl.GraphQLBatch;
+import io.vertx.ext.web.handler.graphql.impl.GraphQLInputDeserializer;
+import io.vertx.ext.web.handler.graphql.impl.GraphQLQuery;
 
 class VertxGraphqlProcessor {
-
     @BuildStep
     FeatureBuildItem feature() {
         return new FeatureBuildItem(FeatureBuildItem.VERTX_GRAPHQL);
@@ -15,4 +22,17 @@ FeatureBuildItem feature() {
     WebsocketSubProtocolsBuildItem websocketSubProtocols() {
         return new WebsocketSubProtocolsBuildItem("graphql-ws");
     }
+
+    @BuildStep
+    List<ReflectiveClassBuildItem> registerForReflection() {
+        return Arrays.asList(
+                new ReflectiveClassBuildItem(true, true, GraphQLInputDeserializer.class.getName()),
+                new ReflectiveClassBuildItem(true, true, GraphQLBatch.class.getName()),
+                new ReflectiveClassBuildItem(true, true, GraphQLQuery.class.getName()));
+    }
+
+    @BuildStep
+    NativeImagePackageResourceBuildItem registerNativeImageResources() {
+        return new NativeImagePackageResourceBuildItem("io/vertx/ext/web/handler/graphiql");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/integration-tests/vertx-graphql/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/graphql/it/VertxGraphqlTest.java b/integration-tests/vertx-graphql/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/graphql/it/VertxGraphqlTest.java
index a2cdaba2349b7..1754a7f340c8b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/vertx-graphql/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/graphql/it/VertxGraphqlTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/vertx-graphql/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/graphql/it/VertxGraphqlTest.java
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import javax.inject.Inject;
-
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.ConfigProvider;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -20,10 +18,6 @@
 
 @QuarkusTest
 class VertxGraphqlTest {
-
-    @Inject
-    Vertx vertx;
-
     public static int getPortFromConfig() {
         return ConfigProvider.getConfig().getOptionalValue("quarkus.http.test-port", Integer.class).orElse(8081);
     }
@@ -37,12 +31,14 @@ public void testGraphQlQuery() {
 
     @Test
     public void testWebSocketSubProtocol() throws Exception {
+        Vertx vertx = Vertx.vertx();
         HttpClient httpClient = vertx.createHttpClient();
         WebSocketConnectOptions options = new WebSocketConnectOptions().setPort(getPortFromConfig())
                 .addSubProtocol("graphql-ws").setURI("/graphql");
         CompletableFuture<Boolean> wsFuture = new CompletableFuture<>();
         httpClient.webSocket(options, event -> wsFuture.complete(event.succeeded()));
         Assertions.assertTrue(wsFuture.get(1, TimeUnit.MINUTES));
+        vertx.close();
     }
 
 }