diff --git a/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/pom.xml b/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/pom.xml
index 4a999a77eb4ad..f0e16a3b4085a 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -103,6 +103,17 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>integration-test</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/deployment/devmode/console/DevConsoleProcessor.java b/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/deployment/devmode/console/DevConsoleProcessor.java
index 0c04c824df535..70a017c41c5dc 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/deployment/devmode/console/DevConsoleProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/deployment/devmode/console/DevConsoleProcessor.java
@@ -464,7 +464,8 @@ private Engine buildEngine(List<DevTemplatePathBuildItem> devTemplatePaths,
         // Escape some characters for HTML templates
         builder.addResultMapper(new HtmlEscaper());
 
-        builder.addValueResolver(new ReflectionValueResolver())
+        builder.strictRendering(false)
+                .addValueResolver(new ReflectionValueResolver())
                 .addValueResolver(new JsonObjectValueResolver())
                 .addValueResolver(new MultiMapValueResolver())
                 .addValueResolver(ValueResolvers.rawResolver())
diff --git a/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/devconsole/DevConsoleSmokeIT.java b/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/devconsole/DevConsoleSmokeIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..20830f3e88d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/devconsole/DevConsoleSmokeIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package io.quarkus.vertx.http.devconsole;
+
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
+import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.ShrinkWrap;
+import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.spec.JavaArchive;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusDevModeTest;
+import io.restassured.RestAssured;
+
+/**
+ * This needs to be an integration test so the pom.properties has already been created
+ */
+public class DevConsoleSmokeIT {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    static final QuarkusDevModeTest config = new QuarkusDevModeTest()
+            .setArchiveProducer(() -> ShrinkWrap.create(JavaArchive.class));
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDevConsoleNotBroken() {
+        RestAssured.with()
+                .get("q/dev")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200).body(Matchers.containsString("Dev UI"));
+
+    }
+}