diff --git a/extensions/agroal/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/agroal/runtime/DataSources.java b/extensions/agroal/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/agroal/runtime/DataSources.java
index 9adbe0abf066cf..d73df7c3dc9a43 100644
--- a/extensions/agroal/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/agroal/runtime/DataSources.java
+++ b/extensions/agroal/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/agroal/runtime/DataSources.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.datasource.runtime.DataSourceRuntimeConfig;
 import io.quarkus.datasource.runtime.DataSourcesBuildTimeConfig;
 import io.quarkus.datasource.runtime.DataSourcesRuntimeConfig;
+import io.quarkus.narayana.jta.runtime.TransactionManagerConfiguration;
 
 /**
  * This class is sort of a producer for {@link AgroalDataSource}.
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ public class DataSources {
     private final DataSourcesRuntimeConfig dataSourcesRuntimeConfig;
     private final DataSourcesJdbcBuildTimeConfig dataSourcesJdbcBuildTimeConfig;
     private final DataSourcesJdbcRuntimeConfig dataSourcesJdbcRuntimeConfig;
+    private final TransactionManagerConfiguration transactionRuntimeConfig;
     private final TransactionManager transactionManager;
     private final XAResourceRecoveryRegistry xaResourceRecoveryRegistry;
     private final TransactionSynchronizationRegistry transactionSynchronizationRegistry;
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ public class DataSources {
     public DataSources(DataSourcesBuildTimeConfig dataSourcesBuildTimeConfig,
             DataSourcesRuntimeConfig dataSourcesRuntimeConfig, DataSourcesJdbcBuildTimeConfig dataSourcesJdbcBuildTimeConfig,
             DataSourcesJdbcRuntimeConfig dataSourcesJdbcRuntimeConfig,
+            TransactionManagerConfiguration transactionRuntimeConfig,
             TransactionManager transactionManager,
             XAResourceRecoveryRegistry xaResourceRecoveryRegistry,
             TransactionSynchronizationRegistry transactionSynchronizationRegistry, DataSourceSupport dataSourceSupport,
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@ public DataSources(DataSourcesBuildTimeConfig dataSourcesBuildTimeConfig,
         this.dataSourcesRuntimeConfig = dataSourcesRuntimeConfig;
         this.dataSourcesJdbcBuildTimeConfig = dataSourcesJdbcBuildTimeConfig;
         this.dataSourcesJdbcRuntimeConfig = dataSourcesJdbcRuntimeConfig;
+        this.transactionRuntimeConfig = transactionRuntimeConfig;
         this.transactionManager = transactionManager;
         this.xaResourceRecoveryRegistry = xaResourceRecoveryRegistry;
         this.transactionSynchronizationRegistry = transactionSynchronizationRegistry;
@@ -216,7 +220,8 @@ public AgroalDataSource doCreateDataSource(String dataSourceName) {
 
         boolean mpMetricsPresent = dataSourceSupport.mpMetricsPresent;
         applyNewConfiguration(dataSourceConfiguration, poolConfiguration, connectionFactoryConfiguration, driver, jdbcUrl,
-                dataSourceJdbcBuildTimeConfig, dataSourceRuntimeConfig, dataSourceJdbcRuntimeConfig, mpMetricsPresent);
+                dataSourceJdbcBuildTimeConfig, dataSourceRuntimeConfig, dataSourceJdbcRuntimeConfig, transactionRuntimeConfig,
+                mpMetricsPresent);
 
         if (dataSourceSupport.disableSslSupport) {
             agroalConnectionConfigurer.disableSslSupport(resolvedDbKind, dataSourceConfiguration);
@@ -259,7 +264,8 @@ private void applyNewConfiguration(AgroalDataSourceConfigurationSupplier dataSou
             AgroalConnectionPoolConfigurationSupplier poolConfiguration,
             AgroalConnectionFactoryConfigurationSupplier connectionFactoryConfiguration, Class<?> driver, String jdbcUrl,
             DataSourceJdbcBuildTimeConfig dataSourceJdbcBuildTimeConfig, DataSourceRuntimeConfig dataSourceRuntimeConfig,
-            DataSourceJdbcRuntimeConfig dataSourceJdbcRuntimeConfig, boolean mpMetricsPresent) {
+            DataSourceJdbcRuntimeConfig dataSourceJdbcRuntimeConfig, TransactionManagerConfiguration transactionRuntimeConfig,
+            boolean mpMetricsPresent) {
         connectionFactoryConfiguration.jdbcUrl(jdbcUrl);
         connectionFactoryConfiguration.connectionProviderClass(driver);
         connectionFactoryConfiguration.trackJdbcResources(dataSourceJdbcRuntimeConfig.detectStatementLeaks);
@@ -274,8 +280,9 @@ private void applyNewConfiguration(AgroalDataSourceConfigurationSupplier dataSou
             TransactionIntegration txIntegration = new NarayanaTransactionIntegration(transactionManager,
                     transactionSynchronizationRegistry, null, false,
                     dataSourceJdbcBuildTimeConfig.transactions == io.quarkus.agroal.runtime.TransactionIntegration.XA
-                            ? xaResourceRecoveryRegistry
-                            : null);
+                            && transactionRuntimeConfig.enableXARecovery
+                                    ? xaResourceRecoveryRegistry
+                                    : null);
             poolConfiguration.transactionIntegration(txIntegration);
         }
 
diff --git a/extensions/narayana-jta/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/deployment/NarayanaJtaProcessor.java b/extensions/narayana-jta/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/deployment/NarayanaJtaProcessor.java
index 18e88ec3121781..4eb5623f881c73 100644
--- a/extensions/narayana-jta/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/deployment/NarayanaJtaProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/narayana-jta/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/deployment/NarayanaJtaProcessor.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public void build(NarayanaJtaRecorder recorder,
             BuildProducer<RuntimeInitializedClassBuildItem> runtimeInit,
             BuildProducer<FeatureBuildItem> feature,
             TransactionManagerConfiguration transactions, ShutdownContextBuildItem shutdownContextBuildItem) {
-        recorder.handleShutdown(shutdownContextBuildItem);
+        recorder.handleShutdown(shutdownContextBuildItem, transactions);
         feature.produce(new FeatureBuildItem(Feature.NARAYANA_JTA));
         additionalBeans.produce(new AdditionalBeanBuildItem(NarayanaJtaProducers.class));
         additionalBeans.produce(new AdditionalBeanBuildItem(CDIDelegatingTransactionManager.class));
diff --git a/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/NarayanaJtaProducers.java b/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/NarayanaJtaProducers.java
index abfb7d0d36f979..3f60b103ee0189 100644
--- a/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/NarayanaJtaProducers.java
+++ b/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/NarayanaJtaProducers.java
@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@ public javax.transaction.UserTransaction userTransaction() {
 
     @Produces
     @Singleton
-    public XAResourceRecoveryRegistry xaResourceRecoveryRegistry() {
+    public XAResourceRecoveryRegistry xaResourceRecoveryRegistry(TransactionManagerConfiguration config) {
         RecoveryManagerService recoveryManagerService = new RecoveryManagerService();
-        recoveryManagerService.create();
-        recoveryManagerService.start();
+        if (config.enableXARecovery) {
+            recoveryManagerService.create();
+            recoveryManagerService.start();
+        }
         return recoveryManagerService;
     }
 
diff --git a/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/NarayanaJtaRecorder.java b/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/NarayanaJtaRecorder.java
index 82d2e61b95ec48..d33b99dc4b911a 100644
--- a/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/NarayanaJtaRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/NarayanaJtaRecorder.java
@@ -86,11 +86,13 @@ public void setConfig(final TransactionManagerConfiguration transactions) {
                 .setXaResourceOrphanFilterClassNames(transactions.xaResourceOrphanFilters);
     }
 
-    public void handleShutdown(ShutdownContext context) {
+    public void handleShutdown(ShutdownContext context, TransactionManagerConfiguration transactions) {
         context.addLastShutdownTask(new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
-                RecoveryManager.manager().terminate(true);
+                if (transactions.enableXARecovery) {
+                    RecoveryManager.manager().terminate(true);
+                }
                 TransactionReaper.terminate(false);
             }
         });
diff --git a/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/TransactionManagerConfiguration.java b/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/TransactionManagerConfiguration.java
index b4f8ab1ee8cc16..1bcce872d7b95b 100644
--- a/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/TransactionManagerConfiguration.java
+++ b/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/TransactionManagerConfiguration.java
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ public final class TransactionManagerConfiguration {
     @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "ObjectStore")
     public String objectStoreDirectory;
 
+    /**
+     * Enable recovery service to start on startup
+     */
+    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "false")
+    public boolean enableXARecovery;
+
     /**
      * The list of recovery modules
      */