diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-classic/resteasy/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/test/IncompletePostTestCase.java b/extensions/resteasy-classic/resteasy/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/test/IncompletePostTestCase.java
index a61a290ea5a4c..38c0795afec85 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-classic/resteasy/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/test/IncompletePostTestCase.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-classic/resteasy/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/test/IncompletePostTestCase.java
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.DisabledOnOs;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.OS;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 
 import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
@@ -18,13 +16,13 @@
 import io.restassured.config.HttpClientConfig;
 import io.restassured.config.RestAssuredConfig;
 
-@DisabledOnOs(value = OS.WINDOWS, disabledReason = "very flaky, see https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/23642")
 public class IncompletePostTestCase {
 
     @RegisterExtension
     static QuarkusUnitTest runner = new QuarkusUnitTest()
             .withApplicationRoot((jar) -> jar
-                    .addClasses(PostEndpoint.class));
+                    .addClasses(PostEndpoint.class))
+            .overrideConfigKey("quarkus.http.accept-backlog", "200");
 
     @TestHTTPResource
     URL url;
@@ -34,8 +32,8 @@ public void testIncompleteWrite() throws Exception {
         PostEndpoint.invoked = false;
 
         //make sure incomplete writes do not block threads
-        //and that incoplete data is not delivered to the endpoint
-        for (int i = 0; i < 1000; ++i) {
+        //and that incomplete data is not delivered to the endpoint
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
             Socket socket = new Socket(url.getHost(), url.getPort());
             socket.getOutputStream().write(
                     "POST /post HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\nContent-length:10\r\n\r\ntest".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
diff --git a/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/HttpConfiguration.java b/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/HttpConfiguration.java
index 8c95dad8119ba..32264d5667884 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/HttpConfiguration.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/HttpConfiguration.java
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ public class HttpConfiguration {
     @ConfigItem
     public boolean tcpFastOpen;
 
+    /**
+     * The accept backlog, this is how many connections can be waiting to be accepted before connections start being rejected
+     */
+    @ConfigItem
+    public int acceptBacklog;
+
     /**
      * Path to a unix domain socket
      */
diff --git a/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/VertxHttpRecorder.java b/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/VertxHttpRecorder.java
index ae048e7ae10e8..18645cc249a72 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/VertxHttpRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/VertxHttpRecorder.java
@@ -844,6 +844,7 @@ private static HttpServerOptions createHttpServerOptions(HttpConfiguration httpC
         options.setReusePort(httpConfiguration.soReusePort);
         options.setTcpQuickAck(httpConfiguration.tcpQuickAck);
         options.setTcpCork(httpConfiguration.tcpCork);
+        options.setAcceptBacklog(httpConfiguration.acceptBacklog);
         options.setTcpFastOpen(httpConfiguration.tcpFastOpen);
         options.setCompressionSupported(httpConfiguration.enableCompression);
         options.setDecompressionSupported(httpConfiguration.enableDecompression);