diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/ProbeConfig.java b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/ProbeConfig.java
index 4efdbf7543e75..b186b82da956c 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/ProbeConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/ProbeConfig.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class ProbeConfig {
     Optional<String> httpActionPortName;
 
     /**
-     * The http path to use for the probe For this to work, the container port also
+     * The http path to use for the probe. For this to work, the container port also
      * needs to be set.
      *
      * Assuming the container port has been set (as per above comment), if
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ public class ProbeConfig {
     @ConfigItem
     Optional<String> tcpSocketAction;
 
+    /**
+     * The gRPC port to use for the probe (the format is either port or port:service).
+     */
+    @ConfigItem
+    Optional<String> grpcAction;
+
     /**
      * The amount of time to wait before starting to probe.
      */
@@ -79,6 +85,6 @@ public class ProbeConfig {
     Integer failureThreshold;
 
     public boolean hasUserSuppliedAction() {
-        return httpActionPath.isPresent() || tcpSocketAction.isPresent() || execAction.isPresent();
+        return httpActionPath.isPresent() || tcpSocketAction.isPresent() || execAction.isPresent() || grpcAction.isPresent();
     }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/ProbeConverter.java b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/ProbeConverter.java
index 8e1c0a520b33e..52b1ad05ca23c 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/ProbeConverter.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/ProbeConverter.java
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ public static Probe convert(ProbeConfig probe) {
 
     public static ProbeBuilder builder(ProbeConfig probe) {
         ProbeBuilder b = new ProbeBuilder();
-        probe.httpActionPath.ifPresent(v -> b.withHttpActionPath(v));
-        probe.execAction.ifPresent(v -> b.withExecAction(v));
-        probe.tcpSocketAction.ifPresent(v -> b.withTcpSocketAction(v));
+        probe.httpActionPath.ifPresent(b::withHttpActionPath);
+        probe.execAction.ifPresent(b::withExecAction);
+        probe.tcpSocketAction.ifPresent(b::withTcpSocketAction);
+        probe.grpcAction.ifPresent(b::withGrpcAction);
         b.withInitialDelaySeconds((int) probe.initialDelay.getSeconds());
         b.withPeriodSeconds((int) probe.period.getSeconds());
         b.withTimeoutSeconds((int) probe.timeout.getSeconds());
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithGrpcProbeTest.java b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithGrpcProbeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5d8a55e74209e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithGrpcProbeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package io.quarkus.it.kubernetes;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment;
+import io.quarkus.builder.Version;
+import io.quarkus.maven.dependency.Dependency;
+import io.quarkus.test.ProdBuildResults;
+import io.quarkus.test.ProdModeTestResults;
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusProdModeTest;
+
+public class KubernetesWithGrpcProbeTest {
+
+    private static final String APP_NAME = "kubernetes-with-grpc-probe";
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    static final QuarkusProdModeTest config = new QuarkusProdModeTest()
+            .withApplicationRoot((jar) -> jar.addClasses(GreetingResource.class))
+            .setApplicationName(APP_NAME)
+            .setApplicationVersion("0.1-SNAPSHOT")
+            .overrideConfigKey("quarkus.kubernetes.readiness-probe.grpc-action", "9191:my-service")
+            .setLogFileName("k8s.log")
+            .setForcedDependencies(List.of(
+                    Dependency.of("io.quarkus", "quarkus-kubernetes", Version.getVersion()),
+                    Dependency.of("io.quarkus", "quarkus-smallrye-health", Version.getVersion())));
+
+    @ProdBuildResults
+    private ProdModeTestResults prodModeTestResults;
+
+    @Test
+    public void assertGeneratedResources() throws IOException {
+
+        final Path kubernetesDir = prodModeTestResults.getBuildDir().resolve("kubernetes");
+        assertThat(kubernetesDir)
+                .isDirectoryContaining(p -> p.getFileName().endsWith("kubernetes.json"))
+                .isDirectoryContaining(p -> p.getFileName().endsWith("kubernetes.yml"));
+        List<HasMetadata> kubernetesList = DeserializationUtil
+                .deserializeAsList(kubernetesDir.resolve("kubernetes.yml"));
+        assertThat(kubernetesList.get(0)).isInstanceOfSatisfying(Deployment.class, d -> {
+            assertThat(d.getMetadata()).satisfies(m -> {
+                assertThat(m.getName()).isEqualTo(APP_NAME);
+            });
+
+            assertThat(d.getSpec()).satisfies(deploymentSpec -> {
+                assertThat(deploymentSpec.getTemplate()).satisfies(t -> {
+                    assertThat(t.getSpec()).satisfies(podSpec -> {
+                        assertThat(podSpec.getContainers()).singleElement()
+                                .satisfies(container -> {
+                                    assertThat(container.getReadinessProbe()).isNotNull().satisfies(p -> {
+                                        assertEquals(p.getGrpc().getPort().intValue(), 9191);
+                                        assertEquals(p.getGrpc().getService(), "my-service");
+                                    });
+                                });
+                    });
+                });
+            });
+        });
+    }
+}