diff --git a/extensions/caffeine/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/caffeine/deployment/CaffeineProcessor.java b/extensions/caffeine/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/caffeine/deployment/CaffeineProcessor.java
index 362742fff2d4b..c58b8d285d87f 100644
--- a/extensions/caffeine/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/caffeine/deployment/CaffeineProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/caffeine/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/caffeine/deployment/CaffeineProcessor.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.jboss.jandex.ClassInfo;
 import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
@@ -12,8 +13,11 @@
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.CombinedIndexBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.NativeImageFeatureBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.NativeImageSystemPropertyBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.ReflectiveClassBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.metrics.MetricsCapabilityBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.pkg.steps.NativeOrNativeSourcesBuild;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.metrics.MetricsFactory;
 
 public class CaffeineProcessor {
 
@@ -49,4 +53,18 @@ void cacheLoaders(CombinedIndexBuildItem combinedIndex, BuildProducer<Reflective
     NativeImageFeatureBuildItem nativeImageFeature() {
         return new NativeImageFeatureBuildItem(CacheConstructorsFeature.class);
     }
+
+    @BuildStep(onlyIf = NativeOrNativeSourcesBuild.class)
+    NativeImageSystemPropertyBuildItem registerRecordStatsImplementationsIfMicrometerAround(
+            Optional<MetricsCapabilityBuildItem> metricsCapability) {
+        if (metricsCapability.isEmpty()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (!metricsCapability.get().metricsSupported(MetricsFactory.MICROMETER)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return new NativeImageSystemPropertyBuildItem(CacheConstructorsFeature.REGISTER_RECORD_STATS_IMPLEMENTATIONS,
+                "true");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/caffeine/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/caffeine/runtime/graal/CacheConstructorsFeature.java b/extensions/caffeine/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/caffeine/runtime/graal/CacheConstructorsFeature.java
index 599100d1aad72..8456a80860cf2 100644
--- a/extensions/caffeine/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/caffeine/runtime/graal/CacheConstructorsFeature.java
+++ b/extensions/caffeine/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/caffeine/runtime/graal/CacheConstructorsFeature.java
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@
  */
 public class CacheConstructorsFeature implements Feature {
 
-    private final AtomicBoolean triggered = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+    public static final String REGISTER_RECORD_STATS_IMPLEMENTATIONS = "io.quarkus.caffeine.graalvm.recordStats";
 
     /**
      * To set this, add `-J-Dio.quarkus.caffeine.graalvm.diagnostics=true` to the native-image parameters
      */
     private static final boolean log = Boolean.getBoolean("io.quarkus.caffeine.graalvm.diagnostics");
 
+    private final AtomicBoolean triggered = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+
     @Override
     public void beforeAnalysis(BeforeAnalysisAccess access) {
         Class<?> caffeineCoreClazz = access.findClassByName("com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Caffeine");
@@ -49,6 +51,12 @@ private void registerCaffeineReflections(DuringAnalysisAccess duringAnalysisAcce
         for (String className : needsHavingSimpleConstructors) {
             registerForReflection(className, duringAnalysisAccess);
         }
+
+        if (Boolean.getBoolean(REGISTER_RECORD_STATS_IMPLEMENTATIONS)) {
+            for (String className : typesNeedingConstructorsRegisteredWhenRecordingStats()) {
+                registerForReflection(className, duringAnalysisAccess);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     private void registerForReflection(
@@ -60,15 +68,18 @@ private void registerForReflection(
         RuntimeReflection.register(z);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This list is not complete, but a selection of the types we expect being most useful.
+     * unfortunately registering all of them has been shown to have a very significant impact
+     * on executable sizes. See https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/12961
+     */
     public static String[] typesNeedingConstructorsRegistered() {
         return new String[] {
-                //N.B. this list is not complete, but a selection of the types we expect being most useful.
-                //unfortunately registering all of them has been shown to have a very significant impact
-                //on executable sizes. See https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/12961
                 "com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.PDMS",
                 "com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.PSA",
                 "com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.PSMS",
                 "com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.PSW",
+                "com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.PSMW",
                 "com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.PSWMS",
                 "com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.PSWMW",
                 "com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.SILMS",
@@ -82,4 +93,16 @@ public static String[] typesNeedingConstructorsRegistered() {
         };
     }
 
+    public static String[] typesNeedingConstructorsRegisteredWhenRecordingStats() {
+        return new String[] {
+                "com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.SILSMS",
+                "com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.SSSA",
+                "com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.SSLSA",
+                "com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.SSLSMS",
+                "com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.SSSMS",
+                "com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.SSSMSA",
+                "com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.SSSMSW",
+                "com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.SSSW"
+        };
+    }
 }
diff --git a/integration-tests/cache/src/main/resources/application.properties b/integration-tests/cache/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 4e01418c2e2ad..b94edbb983678 100644
--- a/integration-tests/cache/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/integration-tests/cache/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ quarkus.hibernate-orm.sql-load-script=import.sql
 
 # configure the caches
 quarkus.cache.caffeine."forest".expire-after-write=10M
+
+quarkus.cache.caffeine."expensiveResourceCache".expire-after-write=10M
 quarkus.cache.caffeine."expensiveResourceCache".metrics-enabled=true
 
 io.quarkus.it.cache.SunriseRestClient/mp-rest/url=${test.url}