diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/JarResultBuildStep.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/JarResultBuildStep.java
index 4f33fcff2801d..fff72cf5a2360 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/JarResultBuildStep.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/JarResultBuildStep.java
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ public class JarResultBuildStep {
             "META-INF/quarkus-config-roots.list",
             "META-INF/quarkus-javadoc.properties",
             "META-INF/quarkus-extension.properties",
+            "META-INF/quarkus-extension.json",
             "META-INF/quarkus-deployment-dependency.graph",
             "META-INF/jandex.idx",
             "LICENSE")));