diff --git a/integration-tests/mtom-awt/src/main/resources/application.properties b/integration-tests/mtom-awt/src/main/resources/application.properties
index dc91f1a30..f6f3af4cd 100644
--- a/integration-tests/mtom-awt/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/integration-tests/mtom-awt/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ quarkus.cxf.client.imageServiceClient.endpoint-name=ImageService
 # Workaround for https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/31646
 # Should not be needed with the Quarkus release coming after 3.0.0.Alpha5
 quarkus.jaxb.validate-jaxb-context = false
+
+quarkus.native.additional-build-args=--initialize-at-run-time=org.apache.cxf.endpoint.Client