diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/Capability.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/Capability.java
index 36c9650df38c8..5497f1e922fb3 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/Capability.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/Capability.java
@@ -161,4 +161,6 @@ public interface Capability {
     String REACTIVE_MYSQL_CLIENT = QUARKUS_PREFIX + ".reactive-mysql-client";
     String REACTIVE_MSSQL_CLIENT = QUARKUS_PREFIX + ".reactive-mssql-client";
     String REACTIVE_DB2_CLIENT = QUARKUS_PREFIX + ".reactive-db2-client";
+
+    String GRPC = QUARKUS_PREFIX + ".grpc";
 }
diff --git a/extensions/grpc/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/grpc/runtime/pom.xml
index 4349b5d69064d..2efcf0b64dc79 100644
--- a/extensions/grpc/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/grpc/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
                 <artifactId>quarkus-extension-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <capabilities>
+                        <provides>io.quarkus.grpc</provides>
+                    </capabilities>
+                </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>generate-extension-descriptor</id>