diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/ApplicationLifecycleManager.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/ApplicationLifecycleManager.java
index 75bf5410976c3..8abe82a75c43d 100644
--- a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/ApplicationLifecycleManager.java
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/ApplicationLifecycleManager.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.BeanManager;
 import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.CDI;
 
+import org.graalvm.nativeimage.MissingReflectionRegistrationError;
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 import org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.AsyncHandler;
 import org.wildfly.common.lock.Locks;
@@ -199,7 +200,8 @@ public static void run(Application application, Class<? extends QuarkusApplicati
                         }
                         applicationLogger.warn("You can try to kill it with 'kill -9 <pid>'.");
                     }
-                } else if (rootCause instanceof ConfigurationException || rootCause instanceof ConfigValidationException) {
+                } else if (rootCause instanceof ConfigurationException || rootCause instanceof ConfigValidationException
+                        || rootCause instanceof MissingReflectionRegistrationError) {
                     System.err.println(rootCause.getMessage());
                 } else if (rootCause instanceof PreventFurtherStepsException
                         && !StringUtil.isNullOrEmpty(rootCause.getMessage())) {