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 d3b57c7d0911d..72ea9f3a598c4 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
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 public final class FeatureBuildItem extends MultiBuildItem {
 
     public static final String AGROAL = "agroal";
+    public static final String AMAZON_LAMBDA = "amazon-lambda";
     public static final String ARTEMIS_CORE = "artemis-core";
     public static final String ARTEMIS_JMS = "artemis-jms";
     public static final String CDI = "cdi";
diff --git a/extensions/amazon-lambda/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/amazon/lambda/deployment/AmazonLambdaProcessor.java b/extensions/amazon-lambda/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/amazon/lambda/deployment/AmazonLambdaProcessor.java
index 3cbdd9ec48054..5e8e501da5bed 100644
--- a/extensions/amazon-lambda/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/amazon/lambda/deployment/AmazonLambdaProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/amazon-lambda/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/amazon/lambda/deployment/AmazonLambdaProcessor.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.ExecutionTime;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.Record;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.CombinedIndexBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.FeatureBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.GeneratedSubstrateClassBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.LaunchModeBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.ServiceStartBuildItem;
@@ -48,6 +49,11 @@ public final class AmazonLambdaProcessor {
     private static final DotName NAMED = DotName.createSimple(Named.class.getName());
     private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(AmazonLambdaProcessor.class);
 
+    @BuildStep
+    FeatureBuildItem feature() {
+        return new FeatureBuildItem(FeatureBuildItem.AMAZON_LAMBDA);
+    }
+
     @BuildStep(applicationArchiveMarkers = { AWS_LAMBDA_EVENTS_ARCHIVE_MARKERS })
     List<AmazonLambdaBuildItem> discover(CombinedIndexBuildItem combinedIndexBuildItem,
             Optional<ProvidedAmazonLambdaHandlerBuildItem> providedLambda,