diff --git a/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/deployment/CommandListenerBuildItem.java b/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/deployment/CommandListenerBuildItem.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..159bb5d856c8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/deployment/CommandListenerBuildItem.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package io.quarkus.mongodb.deployment;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import io.quarkus.builder.item.SimpleBuildItem;
+
+public final class CommandListenerBuildItem extends SimpleBuildItem {
+
+    private List<String> commandListenerClassNames;
+
+    public CommandListenerBuildItem(List<String> commandListenerClassNames) {
+        this.commandListenerClassNames = commandListenerClassNames;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getCommandListenerClassNames() {
+        return commandListenerClassNames;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/deployment/MongoClientProcessor.java b/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/deployment/MongoClientProcessor.java
index 68434bbd8275b..533fa7446a622 100644
--- a/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/deployment/MongoClientProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/deployment/MongoClientProcessor.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.jboss.jandex.IndexView;
 
 import com.mongodb.client.MongoClient;
+import com.mongodb.event.CommandListener;
 import com.mongodb.event.ConnectionPoolListener;
 
 import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.AdditionalBeanBuildItem;
@@ -82,11 +83,21 @@ BsonDiscriminatorBuildItem collectBsonDiscriminators(CombinedIndexBuildItem inde
     }
 
     @BuildStep
-    List<ReflectiveClassBuildItem> addCodecsAndDiscriminatorsToNative(CodecProviderBuildItem codecProviders,
-            BsonDiscriminatorBuildItem bsonDiscriminators) {
+    CommandListenerBuildItem collectCommandListeners(CombinedIndexBuildItem indexBuildItem) {
+        Collection<ClassInfo> commandListenerClasses = indexBuildItem.getIndex()
+                .getAllKnownImplementors(DotName.createSimple(CommandListener.class.getName()));
+        List<String> names = commandListenerClasses.stream().map(ci -> ci.name().toString()).collect(Collectors.toList());
+        return new CommandListenerBuildItem(names);
+    }
+
+    @BuildStep
+    List<ReflectiveClassBuildItem> addCodecsAndDiscriminatorsAndListenersToNative(CodecProviderBuildItem codecProviders,
+            BsonDiscriminatorBuildItem bsonDiscriminators,
+            CommandListenerBuildItem commandListeners) {
         List<String> reflectiveClassNames = new ArrayList<>();
         reflectiveClassNames.addAll(codecProviders.getCodecProviderClassNames());
         reflectiveClassNames.addAll(bsonDiscriminators.getBsonDiscriminatorClassNames());
+        reflectiveClassNames.addAll(commandListeners.getCommandListenerClassNames());
 
         return reflectiveClassNames.stream()
                 .map(s -> new ReflectiveClassBuildItem(true, true, false, s))
@@ -149,6 +160,7 @@ void build(
             SslNativeConfigBuildItem sslNativeConfig,
             CodecProviderBuildItem codecProvider,
             BsonDiscriminatorBuildItem bsonDiscriminator,
+            CommandListenerBuildItem commandListener,
             List<MongoConnectionPoolListenerBuildItem> connectionPoolListenerProvider,
             BuildProducer<MongoConnectionNameBuildItem> mongoConnections,
             BuildProducer<SyntheticBeanBuildItem> syntheticBeanBuildItemBuildProducer,
@@ -171,7 +183,7 @@ void build(
         syntheticBeanBuildItemBuildProducer.produce(SyntheticBeanBuildItem.configure(MongoClientSupport.class)
                 .scope(Singleton.class)
                 .supplier(recorder.mongoClientSupportSupplier(codecProvider.getCodecProviderClassNames(),
-                        bsonDiscriminator.getBsonDiscriminatorClassNames(),
+                        bsonDiscriminator.getBsonDiscriminatorClassNames(), commandListener.getCommandListenerClassNames(),
                         poolListenerList, sslNativeConfig.isExplicitlyDisabled()))
                 .done());
 
diff --git a/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/MockCommandListener.java b/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/MockCommandListener.java
index 606bc774b6f91..a5d177e3fae81 100644
--- a/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/MockCommandListener.java
+++ b/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/MockCommandListener.java
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 package io.quarkus.mongodb;
 
-import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.anyOf;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
 import com.mongodb.event.CommandListener;
 import com.mongodb.event.CommandStartedEvent;
 
-import io.quarkus.test.Mock;
-
-@Mock
-@ApplicationScoped
 public class MockCommandListener implements CommandListener {
 
     private CommandStartedEvent commandStartedEvent;
 
     @Override
-    public void commandStarted(CommandStartedEvent event) {
-        this.commandStartedEvent = event;
+    public void commandStarted(CommandStartedEvent startedEvent) {
+        this.commandStartedEvent = startedEvent;
+        assertThat(startedEvent, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(startedEvent.getCommandName(), anyOf(equalTo("listDatabases"), equalTo("endSessions")));
     }
 
     public CommandStartedEvent getCommandStartedEvent() {
diff --git a/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/MongoCommandListenerTest.java b/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/MongoCommandListenerTest.java
index fa4441e762eba..b72930798b6c1 100644
--- a/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/MongoCommandListenerTest.java
+++ b/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/MongoCommandListenerTest.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 
 import com.mongodb.client.MongoClient;
-import com.mongodb.event.CommandStartedEvent;
 
 import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
 
@@ -20,9 +19,6 @@ public class MongoCommandListenerTest extends MongoTestBase {
     @Inject
     MongoClient client;
 
-    @Inject
-    MockCommandListener listener;
-
     @RegisterExtension
     static final QuarkusUnitTest config = new QuarkusUnitTest()
             .setArchiveProducer(
@@ -39,10 +35,6 @@ void cleanup() {
     @Test
     void testClientInitialization() {
         assertThat(client.listDatabaseNames().first()).isNotEmpty();
-        assertThat(listener).isNotNull();
-        CommandStartedEvent startedEvent = listener.getCommandStartedEvent();
-        assertThat(startedEvent).isNotNull();
-        assertThat(startedEvent.getCommandName()).isEqualTo("listDatabases");
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/mongodb-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/runtime/MongoClientRecorder.java b/extensions/mongodb-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/runtime/MongoClientRecorder.java
index 0c7dd436c3ef1..4a0ef368f595b 100644
--- a/extensions/mongodb-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/runtime/MongoClientRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/mongodb-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/runtime/MongoClientRecorder.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import javax.enterprise.util.AnnotationLiteral;
 
 import com.mongodb.client.MongoClient;
-import com.mongodb.event.CommandListener;
 import com.mongodb.event.ConnectionPoolListener;
 
 import io.quarkus.arc.Arc;
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@
 @Recorder
 public class MongoClientRecorder {
 
-    public Supplier<MongoClientSupport> mongoClientSupportSupplier(List<String> codecProviders, List<String> bsonDiscriminators,
+    public Supplier<MongoClientSupport> mongoClientSupportSupplier(List<String> codecProviders, List<String> bsonDiscriminators, List<String> commandListeners,
             List<Supplier<ConnectionPoolListener>> connectionPoolListenerSuppliers, boolean disableSslSupport) {
         return new Supplier<MongoClientSupport>() {
             @Override
@@ -32,14 +31,9 @@ public MongoClientSupport get() {
                 for (Supplier<ConnectionPoolListener> item : connectionPoolListenerSuppliers) {
                     connectionPoolListeners.add(item.get());
                 }
-                final CommandListener commandListener = Arc.container().instance(CommandListener.class).get();
 
-                MongoClientSupport mongoClientSupport = new MongoClientSupport(codecProviders, bsonDiscriminators,
+                return new MongoClientSupport(codecProviders, bsonDiscriminators, commandListeners,
                         connectionPoolListeners, disableSslSupport);
-                if (null != commandListener) {
-                    mongoClientSupport.addCommandListener(commandListener);
-                }
-                return mongoClientSupport;
             }
         };
     }
diff --git a/extensions/mongodb-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/runtime/MongoClientSupport.java b/extensions/mongodb-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/runtime/MongoClientSupport.java
index e371c898e5778..aeb2bf8525161 100644
--- a/extensions/mongodb-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/runtime/MongoClientSupport.java
+++ b/extensions/mongodb-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/runtime/MongoClientSupport.java
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package io.quarkus.mongodb.runtime;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import com.mongodb.event.CommandListener;
 import com.mongodb.event.ConnectionPoolListener;
 
 public class MongoClientSupport {
@@ -11,21 +9,11 @@ public class MongoClientSupport {
     private final List<String> codecProviders;
     private final List<String> bsonDiscriminators;
     private final List<ConnectionPoolListener> connectionPoolListeners;
-    private final List<CommandListener> commandListeners;
+    private final List<String> commandListeners;
     private final boolean disableSslSupport;
 
     public MongoClientSupport(List<String> codecProviders, List<String> bsonDiscriminators,
-            List<ConnectionPoolListener> connectionPoolListeners, boolean disableSslSupport) {
-        this.codecProviders = codecProviders;
-        this.bsonDiscriminators = bsonDiscriminators;
-        this.connectionPoolListeners = connectionPoolListeners;
-        this.commandListeners = new ArrayList<>();
-        this.disableSslSupport = disableSslSupport;
-    }
-
-    public MongoClientSupport(List<String> codecProviders, List<String> bsonDiscriminators,
-            List<ConnectionPoolListener> connectionPoolListeners, List<CommandListener> commandListeners,
-            boolean disableSslSupport) {
+            List<String> commandListeners, List<ConnectionPoolListener> connectionPoolListeners, boolean disableSslSupport) {
         this.codecProviders = codecProviders;
         this.bsonDiscriminators = bsonDiscriminators;
         this.connectionPoolListeners = connectionPoolListeners;
@@ -45,14 +33,10 @@ public List<ConnectionPoolListener> getConnectionPoolListeners() {
         return connectionPoolListeners;
     }
 
-    public List<CommandListener> getCommandListeners() {
+    public List<String> getCommandListeners() {
         return commandListeners;
     }
 
-    public void addCommandListener(CommandListener commandListener) {
-        commandListeners.add(commandListener);
-    }
-
     public boolean isDisableSslSupport() {
         return disableSslSupport;
     }
diff --git a/extensions/mongodb-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/runtime/MongoClients.java b/extensions/mongodb-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/runtime/MongoClients.java
index 4992b5bee755c..45fa557910ecf 100644
--- a/extensions/mongodb-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/runtime/MongoClients.java
+++ b/extensions/mongodb-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/runtime/MongoClients.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import com.mongodb.connection.ServerSettings;
 import com.mongodb.connection.SocketSettings;
 import com.mongodb.connection.SslSettings;
+import com.mongodb.event.CommandListener;
 import com.mongodb.event.ConnectionPoolListener;
 
 import io.quarkus.mongodb.impl.ReactiveMongoClientImpl;
@@ -249,7 +250,11 @@ private MongoClientSettings createMongoConfiguration(MongoClientConfig config) {
                 CodecRegistries.fromProviders(providers));
         settings.codecRegistry(registry);
 
-        settings.commandListenerList(mongoClientSupport.getCommandListeners());
+        List<CommandListener> listeners = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (!mongoClientSupport.getCommandListeners().isEmpty()) {
+            listeners.addAll(getCommandListeners(mongoClientSupport.getCommandListeners()));
+        }
+        settings.commandListenerList(listeners);
 
         config.applicationName.ifPresent(settings::applicationName);
 
@@ -386,6 +391,21 @@ private List<CodecProvider> getCodecProviders(List<String> classNames) {
         return providers;
     }
 
+    private List<CommandListener> getCommandListeners(List<String> classNames) {
+        List<CommandListener> listeners = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (String name : classNames) {
+            try {
+                Class<?> clazz = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().loadClass(name);
+                Constructor clazzConstructor = clazz.getConstructor();
+                listeners.add((CommandListener) clazzConstructor.newInstance());
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                LOGGER.warnf(e, "Unable to load the command listener class %s", name);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return listeners;
+    }
+
     @PreDestroy
     public void stop() {
         for (MongoClient client : mongoclients.values()) {