diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/ForkJoinPoolProcessor.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/ForkJoinPoolProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e98be4904efa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/ForkJoinPoolProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package io.quarkus.deployment;
+
+import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.SystemPropertyBuildItem;
+
+public final class ForkJoinPoolProcessor {
+
+    @BuildStep
+    SystemPropertyBuildItem setProperty() {
+        return new SystemPropertyBuildItem("java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.common.threadFactory",
+                "io.quarkus.bootstrap.forkjoin.QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/QuarkusDevModeLauncher.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/QuarkusDevModeLauncher.java
index efda17aec2d07..93a1db5e1cbf9 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/QuarkusDevModeLauncher.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/QuarkusDevModeLauncher.java
@@ -407,6 +407,8 @@ protected void prepare() throws Exception {
         devModeContext.getAdditionalModules().addAll(dependencies);
 
         args.add("-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager");
+        args.add(
+                "-Djava.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.common.threadFactory=io.quarkus.bootstrap.forkjoin.QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory");
 
         File tempFile = new File(buildDir, applicationName + "-dev.jar");
         tempFile.delete();
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/jbang/JBangAugmentorImpl.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/jbang/JBangAugmentorImpl.java
index 02dd62fd04ab6..2dda2885e0142 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/jbang/JBangAugmentorImpl.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/jbang/JBangAugmentorImpl.java
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ public void accept(BuildChainBuilder builder) {
             resultMap.put("files", result);
             List javaargs = new ArrayList<String>();
             javaargs.add("-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager");
+            javaargs.add(
+                    "-Djava.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.common.threadFactory=io.quarkus.bootstrap.forkjoin.QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory");
             resultMap.put("java-args", javaargs);
             resultMap.put("main-class", buildResult.consume(MainClassBuildItem.class).getClassName());
             if (nativeRequested) {
diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/Quarkus.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/Quarkus.java
index e6ecf8b5f4d11..6f8276a9d136d 100644
--- a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/Quarkus.java
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/Quarkus.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 import org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager;
 
+import io.quarkus.bootstrap.forkjoin.QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory;
 import io.quarkus.launcher.QuarkusLauncher;
 
 /**
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ public static void run(Class<? extends QuarkusApplication> quarkusApplication, B
             String... args) {
         try {
             System.setProperty("java.util.logging.manager", LogManager.class.getName());
+            System.setProperty("java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.common.threadFactory",
+                    QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory.class.getName());
             //production and common dev mode path
             //we already have an application, run it directly
             Class<? extends Application> appClass = (Class<? extends Application>) Class.forName(Application.APP_CLASS_NAME,
diff --git a/independent-projects/bootstrap/runner/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/forkjoin/QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThread.java b/independent-projects/bootstrap/runner/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/forkjoin/QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThread.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ec8a205bb1f0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/independent-projects/bootstrap/runner/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/forkjoin/QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThread.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package io.quarkus.bootstrap.forkjoin;
+
+import io.quarkus.bootstrap.runner.RunnerClassLoader;
+import java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool;
+import java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread;
+
+public class QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThread extends ForkJoinWorkerThread {
+
+    private static volatile ClassLoader qClassloader;
+
+    protected QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThread(ForkJoinPool pool) {
+        super(pool);
+    }
+
+    public static synchronized void setQuarkusAppClassloader(RunnerClassLoader runnerClassLoader) {
+        if (qClassloader != null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Attempting to set the Quarkus root classloader while it was already set");
+        }
+        if (runnerClassLoader == null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Attempting to set the Quarkus root classloader to null");
+        }
+        qClassloader = runnerClassLoader;
+    }
+
+    protected void onStart() {
+        super.onStart();
+        if (qClassloader == null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(
+                    "Fork Join pool initialization has been triggered before the primary classloader has been initialized. " +
+                            "Use this stacktrace to figure out what triggered it, and avoid using the Fork Join pool this early during the boot process.");
+        } else {
+            super.setContextClassLoader(qClassloader);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/independent-projects/bootstrap/runner/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/forkjoin/QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory.java b/independent-projects/bootstrap/runner/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/forkjoin/QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aa30a8e22aad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/independent-projects/bootstrap/runner/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/forkjoin/QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package io.quarkus.bootstrap.forkjoin;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool;
+import java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread;
+
+public final class QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory implements ForkJoinPool.ForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory {
+
+    public QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory() {
+        //Needs a public constructor for the JDK to pick it up
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ForkJoinWorkerThread newThread(ForkJoinPool pool) {
+        return new QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThread(pool);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/independent-projects/bootstrap/runner/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/runner/QuarkusEntryPoint.java b/independent-projects/bootstrap/runner/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/runner/QuarkusEntryPoint.java
index 2ae1c385cfe5a..6b543df188648 100644
--- a/independent-projects/bootstrap/runner/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/runner/QuarkusEntryPoint.java
+++ b/independent-projects/bootstrap/runner/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/runner/QuarkusEntryPoint.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.quarkus.bootstrap.runner;
 
+import io.quarkus.bootstrap.forkjoin.QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThread;
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ public class QuarkusEntryPoint {
 
     public static void main(String... args) throws Throwable {
         System.setProperty("java.util.logging.manager", org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager.class.getName());
+        System.setProperty("java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.common.threadFactory",
+                "io.quarkus.bootstrap.forkjoin.QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory");
         Timing.staticInitStarted(false);
         doRun(args);
     }
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ private static void doRun(Object args) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundExceptio
             }
             try {
                 Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(app.getRunnerClassLoader());
+                QuarkusForkJoinWorkerThread.setQuarkusAppClassloader(app.getRunnerClassLoader());
                 Class<?> mainClass = app.getRunnerClassLoader().loadClass(app.getMainClass());
                 mainClass.getMethod("main", String[].class).invoke(null, args);
             } finally {