diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/includes/quarkus-cxf.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/includes/quarkus-cxf.adoc
index 5ae9ed959..1381dc1fa 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/includes/quarkus-cxf.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/includes/quarkus-cxf.adoc
@@ -108,6 +108,31 @@ endif::add-copy-button-to-env-var[]
 |
 
 
+a|icon:lock[title=Fixed at build time] [[quarkus-cxf_quarkus.cxf.codegen.wsdl2java.output-directory]]`link:#quarkus-cxf_quarkus.cxf.codegen.wsdl2java.output-directory[quarkus.cxf.codegen.wsdl2java.output-directory]`
+
+
+[.description]
+--
+A directory into which the generated files will be written, either absolute or relative to the current Maven or Gradle module directory.
+
+The default value is build tool dependent: for Maven, it is typically `target/generated-sources/wsdl2java`, while for Gradle it is `build/classes/java/quarkus-generated-sources/wsdl2java`.
+
+Quarkus tooling is only able to set up the default value as a source folder for the given build tool. If you set this to a custom path it is up to you to make sure that your build tool recognizes the path a as source folder.
+
+Also, if you choose a path outside `target` directory for Maven or outside `build` directory for Gradle, you need to take care for cleaning stale resources generated by previous builds. E.g. if you change the value of `package-names` option from `org.foo` to `org.bar` you need to take care for the removal of the removal of the old package `org.foo`.
+
+This will be passed as option `-d` to `wsdl2java`
+
+ifdef::add-copy-button-to-env-var[]
+Environment variable: env_var_with_copy_button:+++QUARKUS_CXF_CODEGEN_WSDL2JAVA_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY+++[]
+endif::add-copy-button-to-env-var[]
+ifndef::add-copy-button-to-env-var[]
+Environment variable: `+++QUARKUS_CXF_CODEGEN_WSDL2JAVA_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY+++`
+endif::add-copy-button-to-env-var[]
+--|string 
+|
+
+
 a|icon:lock[title=Fixed at build time] [[quarkus-cxf_quarkus.cxf.codegen.wsdl2java.package-names]]`link:#quarkus-cxf_quarkus.cxf.codegen.wsdl2java.package-names[quarkus.cxf.codegen.wsdl2java.package-names]`
 
 
@@ -554,6 +579,31 @@ endif::add-copy-button-to-env-var[]
 |
 
 
+a|icon:lock[title=Fixed at build time] [[quarkus-cxf_quarkus.cxf.codegen.wsdl2java.-named-parameter-sets-.output-directory]]`link:#quarkus-cxf_quarkus.cxf.codegen.wsdl2java.-named-parameter-sets-.output-directory[quarkus.cxf.codegen.wsdl2java."named-parameter-sets".output-directory]`
+
+
+[.description]
+--
+A directory into which the generated files will be written, either absolute or relative to the current Maven or Gradle module directory.
+
+The default value is build tool dependent: for Maven, it is typically `target/generated-sources/wsdl2java`, while for Gradle it is `build/classes/java/quarkus-generated-sources/wsdl2java`.
+
+Quarkus tooling is only able to set up the default value as a source folder for the given build tool. If you set this to a custom path it is up to you to make sure that your build tool recognizes the path a as source folder.
+
+Also, if you choose a path outside `target` directory for Maven or outside `build` directory for Gradle, you need to take care for cleaning stale resources generated by previous builds. E.g. if you change the value of `package-names` option from `org.foo` to `org.bar` you need to take care for the removal of the removal of the old package `org.foo`.
+
+This will be passed as option `-d` to `wsdl2java`
+
+ifdef::add-copy-button-to-env-var[]
+Environment variable: env_var_with_copy_button:+++QUARKUS_CXF_CODEGEN_WSDL2JAVA__NAMED_PARAMETER_SETS__OUTPUT_DIRECTORY+++[]
+endif::add-copy-button-to-env-var[]
+ifndef::add-copy-button-to-env-var[]
+Environment variable: `+++QUARKUS_CXF_CODEGEN_WSDL2JAVA__NAMED_PARAMETER_SETS__OUTPUT_DIRECTORY+++`
+endif::add-copy-button-to-env-var[]
+--|string 
+|
+
+
 a|icon:lock[title=Fixed at build time] [[quarkus-cxf_quarkus.cxf.codegen.wsdl2java.-named-parameter-sets-.package-names]]`link:#quarkus-cxf_quarkus.cxf.codegen.wsdl2java.-named-parameter-sets-.package-names[quarkus.cxf.codegen.wsdl2java."named-parameter-sets".package-names]`
 
 
diff --git a/extensions/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/cxf/deployment/CxfBuildTimeConfig.java b/extensions/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/cxf/deployment/CxfBuildTimeConfig.java
index 2b060964c..8ed86d2e5 100644
--- a/extensions/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/cxf/deployment/CxfBuildTimeConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/cxf/deployment/CxfBuildTimeConfig.java
@@ -165,6 +165,29 @@ public interface Wsdl2JavaParameterSet {
          */
         public Optional<List<String>> excludes();
 
+        /**
+         * A directory into which the generated files will be written, either absolute or relative to the current Maven
+         * or Gradle module directory.
+         * <p>
+         * The default value is build tool dependent: for Maven, it is typically
+         * {@code target/generated-sources/wsdl2java}, while for Gradle it is
+         * {@code build/classes/java/quarkus-generated-sources/wsdl2java}.
+         * <p>
+         * Quarkus tooling is only able to set up the default value as a source folder for the given build tool.
+         * If you set this to a custom path it is up to you to make sure that your build tool recognizes the path
+         * a as source folder.
+         * <p>
+         * Also, if you choose a path outside {@code target} directory for Maven or outside
+         * {@code build} directory for Gradle, you need to take care for cleaning stale resources generated by previous
+         * builds. E.g. if you change the value of {@code package-names} option from {@code org.foo} to {@code org.bar}
+         * you need to take care for the removal of the removal of the old package {@code org.foo}.
+         * <p>
+         * This will be passed as option {@code -d} to {@code wsdl2java}
+         *
+         * @since 2.6.0
+         */
+        public Optional<String> outputDirectory();
+
         /**
          * A comma separated list of tokens; each token can be one of the following:
          * <ul>
diff --git a/extensions/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/cxf/deployment/codegen/Wsdl2JavaCodeGen.java b/extensions/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/cxf/deployment/codegen/Wsdl2JavaCodeGen.java
index b89a86901..cf61d04f0 100644
--- a/extensions/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/cxf/deployment/codegen/Wsdl2JavaCodeGen.java
+++ b/extensions/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/cxf/deployment/codegen/Wsdl2JavaCodeGen.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public boolean trigger(CodeGenContext context) throws CodeGenException {
 
             // TODO once https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/pull/35963 reaches us we can replace the above with
             // final Wsdl2JavaConfig config = context.config().getValue("quarkus.cxf", CxfBuildTimeConfig.class)
-            //      .codegen().wsdl2java();
+            // .codegen().wsdl2java();
 
             if (!config.enabled()) {
                 log.info("Skipping " + this.getClass() + " invocation on user's request");
@@ -122,14 +122,13 @@ public boolean trigger(CodeGenContext context) throws CodeGenException {
         }
     }
 
-    static boolean wsdl2java(Path projectDir, Path inputDir, Wsdl2JavaParameterSet params, Path outDir, String prefix,
+    static boolean wsdl2java(Path projectDir, Path inputDir, Wsdl2JavaParameterSet params, Path defaultOutDir, String prefix,
             Map<String, String> processedFiles) {
 
         return scan(inputDir, params.includes(), params.excludes(), prefix, processedFiles, (Path wsdlFile) -> {
             final Wsdl2JavaParams wsdl2JavaParams = new Wsdl2JavaParams(
                     projectDir,
-                    inputDir, outDir, wsdlFile,
-                    params);
+                    defaultOutDir, wsdlFile, params);
             if (log.isInfoEnabled()) {
                 log.info(wsdl2JavaParams.appendLog(new StringBuilder("Running wsdl2java")).toString());
             }
@@ -199,16 +198,14 @@ static Path absModuleRoot(final Path inputDir) {
 
     static class Wsdl2JavaParams {
         private final Path projectDir;
-        private final Path inputDir;
-        private final Path outDir;
+        private final Path defaultOutDir;
         private final Path wsdlFile;
         private final Wsdl2JavaParameterSet params;
 
-        public Wsdl2JavaParams(Path projectDir, Path inputDir, Path outDir, Path wsdlFile, Wsdl2JavaParameterSet params) {
+        public Wsdl2JavaParams(Path projectDir, Path defaultOutDir, Path wsdlFile, Wsdl2JavaParameterSet params) {
             super();
             this.projectDir = projectDir;
-            this.inputDir = inputDir;
-            this.outDir = outDir;
+            this.defaultOutDir = defaultOutDir;
             this.wsdlFile = wsdlFile;
             this.params = params;
         }
@@ -237,8 +234,8 @@ static List<String> absolutizeBindings(Path projectDir, List<String> additionalP
         }
 
         public StringBuilder appendLog(StringBuilder sb) {
-            //            final Path moduleRoot = absModuleRoot(inputDir);
-            //            render(path -> moduleRoot.relativize(path).toString(), value -> sb.append(' ').append(value));
+            // final Path moduleRoot = absModuleRoot(inputDir);
+            // render(path -> moduleRoot.relativize(path).toString(), value -> sb.append(' ').append(value));
             render(Path::toString, value -> sb.append(' ').append(value));
             return sb;
         }
@@ -251,7 +248,12 @@ public String[] toParameterArray() {
 
         void render(Function<Path, String> pathTransformer, Consumer<String> paramConsumer) {
             paramConsumer.accept("-d");
-            paramConsumer.accept(pathTransformer.apply(outDir));
+            final Optional<String> outputDirectory = params.outputDirectory();
+            paramConsumer.accept(
+                    pathTransformer.apply(
+                            outputDirectory.isEmpty()
+                                    ? defaultOutDir
+                                    : projectDir.resolve(outputDirectory.get())));
 
             Stream.of(Wsdl2JavaParameterSet.class.getDeclaredMethods())
                     .sorted(Comparator.comparing(Method::getName))
diff --git a/extensions/core/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/cxf/deployment/codegen/Wsdl2JavaParamsTest.java b/extensions/core/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/cxf/deployment/codegen/Wsdl2JavaParamsTest.java
index 82ce4f502..006541230 100644
--- a/extensions/core/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/cxf/deployment/codegen/Wsdl2JavaParamsTest.java
+++ b/extensions/core/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/cxf/deployment/codegen/Wsdl2JavaParamsTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public class Wsdl2JavaParamsTest {
     void wsdl2JavaParamsNone() {
         assertParams(
                 proxy(
+                        "outputDirectory", Optional.empty(),
                         "packageNames", Optional.empty(),
                         "serviceName", Optional.empty(),
                         "bindings", Optional.empty(),
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ void wsdl2JavaParamsNone() {
     void wsdl2JavaParams() {
         assertParams(
                 proxy(
+                        "outputDirectory", Optional.of("foo/bar"),
                         "packageNames", Optional.of(Arrays.asList("com.foo", "com.bar")),
                         "serviceName", Optional.of("HelloService"),
                         "bindings", Optional.of(Arrays.asList("src/main/resources/b1.xml", "src/main/resources/b2.xml")),
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ void wsdl2JavaParams() {
                         "bareMethods", Optional.of(Arrays.asList("bare1", "bare2")),
                         "mimeMethods", Optional.of(Arrays.asList("mime1", "mime2")),
                         "additionalParams", Optional.of(Arrays.asList("-keep", "-dex", "true"))),
-                "-d", "/path/to/project/target/classes",
+                "-d", "/path/to/project/foo/bar",
                 "-asyncMethods", "hello,goodBye",
                 "-bareMethods", "bare1,bare2",
                 "-b", "/path/to/project/src/main/resources/b1.xml",
@@ -97,12 +99,10 @@ void assertParams(Wsdl2JavaParameterSet params, String... expectedParams) {
 
         Path projectDir = Paths.get("/path/to/project");
         Path wsdlFile = projectDir.resolve("src/main/resources/my.wsdl");
-        Path inputDir = projectDir.resolve("src/main/resources");
         Path outDir = projectDir.resolve("target/classes");
         final Wsdl2JavaParams wsdl2JavaParams = new Wsdl2JavaParams(
                 projectDir,
-                inputDir, outDir, wsdlFile,
-                params);
+                outDir, wsdlFile, params);
         Assertions.assertThat(wsdl2JavaParams.toParameterArray()).containsExactly(expectedParams);
 
     }
diff --git a/integration-tests/wsdl2java/pom.xml b/integration-tests/wsdl2java/pom.xml
index f0a57d425..903f35cf5 100644
--- a/integration-tests/wsdl2java/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/wsdl2java/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,24 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>add-source</id>
+                        <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>add-test-source</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <sources>
+                                <source>target/generated-test-sources/wsdl2java-custom</source>
+                            </sources>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/wsdl2java/src/main/resources/application.properties b/integration-tests/wsdl2java/src/main/resources/application.properties
index f8f9e9025..d4f26ce32 100644
--- a/integration-tests/wsdl2java/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/integration-tests/wsdl2java/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 quarkus.cxf.codegen.wsdl2java.includes = **.wsdl
+quarkus.cxf.codegen.wsdl2java.output-directory = target/generated-test-sources/wsdl2java-custom
 quarkus.cxf.codegen.wsdl2java.wsdl-location = classpath:wsdl/CalculatorService.wsdl
 quarkus.cxf.codegen.wsdl2java.xjc = bg,dv,javadoc,property-listener,ts,wsdlextension
diff --git a/integration-tests/wsdl2java/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/cxf/wsdl2java/it/Wsdl2JavaTest.java b/integration-tests/wsdl2java/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/cxf/wsdl2java/it/Wsdl2JavaTest.java
index 8eb9a6c09..bbf522997 100644
--- a/integration-tests/wsdl2java/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/cxf/wsdl2java/it/Wsdl2JavaTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/wsdl2java/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/cxf/wsdl2java/it/Wsdl2JavaTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ void codegenTests() throws IOException {
 
         /* Make sure that the java files were generated */
         final Path calculatorService_Service = Paths.get(
-                "target/generated-test-sources/wsdl2java/org/jboss/eap/quickstarts/wscalculator/calculator/CalculatorService_Service.java");
+                "target/generated-test-sources/wsdl2java-custom/org/jboss/eap/quickstarts/wscalculator/calculator/CalculatorService_Service.java");
         Assertions.assertThat(calculatorService_Service)
                 .isRegularFile()
                 .content(StandardCharsets.UTF_8).contains("wsdlLocation = \"classpath:wsdl/CalculatorService.wsdl\"");
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void defaultGenerated() {
     void javadocGenerated() {
         /* Make sure that the java files were generated */
         final Path calculatorService_Service = Paths.get(
-                "target/generated-test-sources/wsdl2java/org/jboss/eap/quickstarts/wscalculator/calculator/Result.java");
+                "target/generated-test-sources/wsdl2java-custom/org/jboss/eap/quickstarts/wscalculator/calculator/Result.java");
         Assertions.assertThat(calculatorService_Service)
                 .isRegularFile()
                 .content(StandardCharsets.UTF_8).contains("This text should appear in JavaDoc of result");
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void javadocGenerated() {
     void getBooleanGenerated() {
         /* Make sure that the java files were generated */
         final Path calculatorService_Service = Paths.get(
-                "target/generated-test-sources/wsdl2java/org/jboss/eap/quickstarts/wscalculator/calculator/Result.java");
+                "target/generated-test-sources/wsdl2java-custom/org/jboss/eap/quickstarts/wscalculator/calculator/Result.java");
         Assertions.assertThat(calculatorService_Service)
                 .isRegularFile()
                 .content(StandardCharsets.UTF_8).contains("public boolean getEven() {");
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void getBooleanGenerated() {
     void extensibilityElementGenerated() {
         /* Make sure that the java files were generated */
         final Path calculatorService_Service = Paths.get(
-                "target/generated-test-sources/wsdl2java/org/jboss/eap/quickstarts/wscalculator/calculator/Result.java");
+                "target/generated-test-sources/wsdl2java-custom/org/jboss/eap/quickstarts/wscalculator/calculator/Result.java");
         Assertions.assertThat(calculatorService_Service)
                 .isRegularFile()
                 .content(StandardCharsets.UTF_8).contains("implements ExtensibilityElement");