diff --git a/integration-tests/test-extension/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/extension/ParamsTest.java b/integration-tests/test-extension/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/extension/ParamsTest.java
index 8460db8b12324..b211657c3838f 100644
--- a/integration-tests/test-extension/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/extension/ParamsTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/test-extension/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/extension/ParamsTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
@@ -119,6 +120,15 @@ static List<Arguments> testDataListArguments() {
         return Arrays.asList(Arguments.of(new TestData(), "foo"), Arguments.of(new TestData(), "foo"));
     }
 
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("testStreamOfMapEntryArguments")
+    public void methodList(Map.Entry<String, String> ignore) {
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Map.Entry<String, String>> testStreamOfMapEntryArguments() {
+        return Map.of("a", "b").entrySet().stream();
+    }
+
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     static class TestData {
         final List<String> foo = Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three");
diff --git a/test-framework/junit5/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/junit/internal/CustomMapEntryConverter.java b/test-framework/junit5/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/junit/internal/CustomMapEntryConverter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f20a7fe3e3f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-framework/junit5/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/junit/internal/CustomMapEntryConverter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package io.quarkus.test.junit.internal;
+
+import java.util.AbstractMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.MarshallingContext;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.UnmarshallingContext;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.MapConverter;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.HierarchicalStreamReader;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.HierarchicalStreamWriter;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.Mapper;
+
+/**
+ * A custom Map.Entry converter that always uses AbstractMap.SimpleEntry for unmarshalling.
+ * This is probably not semantically correct 100% of the time, but it's likely fine
+ * for all the cases where we are using marshalling / unmarshalling.
+ *
+ * The reason for doing this is to avoid XStream causing illegal access issues
+ * for internal JDK types
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
+public class CustomMapEntryConverter extends MapConverter {
+
+    private final Set<String> SUPPORTED_CLASS_NAMES = Set
+            .of(Map.entry(Integer.MAX_VALUE, Integer.MAX_VALUE).getClass().getName());
+
+    public CustomMapEntryConverter(Mapper mapper) {
+        super(mapper);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean canConvert(Class type) {
+        return (type != null) && SUPPORTED_CLASS_NAMES.contains(type.getName());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void marshal(Object source, HierarchicalStreamWriter writer, MarshallingContext context) {
+        var entryName = mapper().serializedClass(Map.Entry.class);
+        var entry = (Map.Entry) source;
+        writer.startNode(entryName);
+        writeCompleteItem(entry.getKey(), context, writer);
+        writeCompleteItem(entry.getValue(), context, writer);
+        writer.endNode();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext context) {
+        reader.moveDown();
+        var key = readCompleteItem(reader, context, null);
+        var value = readCompleteItem(reader, context, null);
+        reader.moveUp();
+        return new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry(key, value);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test-framework/junit5/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/junit/internal/XStreamDeepClone.java b/test-framework/junit5/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/junit/internal/XStreamDeepClone.java
index 23aba9ec4ace3..0c99bb7e35ff1 100644
--- a/test-framework/junit5/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/junit/internal/XStreamDeepClone.java
+++ b/test-framework/junit5/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/junit/internal/XStreamDeepClone.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class XStreamDeepClone implements DeepClone {
             result.registerConverter(new CustomListConverter(result.getMapper()));
             result.registerConverter(new CustomSetConverter(result.getMapper()));
             result.registerConverter(new CustomMapConverter(result.getMapper()));
+            result.registerConverter(new CustomMapEntryConverter(result.getMapper()));
             return result;
         };
     }