diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/QuarkusDevModeLauncher.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/QuarkusDevModeLauncher.java
index a6140046945b4..ff6c918d803ee 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/QuarkusDevModeLauncher.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/QuarkusDevModeLauncher.java
@@ -494,6 +494,10 @@ public List<String> args() {
         return args;
     }
 
+    public Boolean getDebugPortOk() {
+        return debugPortOk;
+    }
+
     protected abstract boolean isDebugEnabled();
 
     protected void debug(Object msg, Object... args) {
diff --git a/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java b/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java
index 0d300ecc92a9d..70c1875fb8b5c 100644
--- a/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java
+++ b/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ public void execute() throws MojoFailureException, MojoExecutionException {
                         try {
                             triggerCompile(false, false);
                             triggerCompile(true, false);
-                            newRunner = new DevModeRunner();
+                            newRunner = new DevModeRunner(runner.launcher.getDebugPortOk());
                         } catch (Exception e) {
                             getLog().info("Could not load changed pom.xml file, changes not applied", e);
                             continue;
@@ -907,7 +907,11 @@ private class DevModeRunner {
         private Process process;
 
         private DevModeRunner() throws Exception {
-            launcher = newLauncher();
+            launcher = newLauncher(null);
+        }
+
+        public DevModeRunner(Boolean debugPortOk) throws Exception {
+            launcher = newLauncher(debugPortOk);
         }
 
         Collection<Path> pomFiles() {
@@ -961,7 +965,7 @@ void stop() throws InterruptedException {
         }
     }
 
-    private QuarkusDevModeLauncher newLauncher() throws Exception {
+    private QuarkusDevModeLauncher newLauncher(Boolean debugPortOk) throws Exception {
         String java = null;
         // See if a toolchain is configured
         if (toolchainManager != null) {
@@ -980,6 +984,7 @@ private QuarkusDevModeLauncher newLauncher() throws Exception {
                 .debug(debug)
                 .debugHost(debugHost)
                 .debugPort(debugPort)
+                .debugPortOk(debugPortOk)
                 .deleteDevJar(deleteDevJar);
 
         setJvmArgs(builder);