diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/nativeimage/ReflectiveClassBuildItem.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/nativeimage/ReflectiveClassBuildItem.java
index e28be3c002a9a..58838837571e3 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/nativeimage/ReflectiveClassBuildItem.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/nativeimage/ReflectiveClassBuildItem.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public final class ReflectiveClassBuildItem extends MultiBuildItem {
     private final List<String> className;
     private final boolean methods;
     private final boolean queryMethods;
+    private final boolean queryPublicMethods;
     private final boolean fields;
     private final boolean classes;
     private final boolean constructors;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public static Builder builder(String... classNames) {
     private ReflectiveClassBuildItem(boolean constructors, boolean queryConstructors, boolean methods, boolean queryMethods,
             boolean fields, boolean getClasses, boolean weak, boolean serialization,
             boolean unsafeAllocated, Class<?>... classes) {
-        this(constructors, queryConstructors, methods, queryMethods, fields, getClasses, weak, serialization,
+        this(constructors, queryConstructors, methods, queryMethods, false, fields, getClasses, weak, serialization,
                 unsafeAllocated, stream(classes).map(Class::getName).toArray(String[]::new));
     }
 
@@ -117,12 +118,12 @@ public static ReflectiveClassBuildItem serializationClass(String... classNames)
     ReflectiveClassBuildItem(boolean constructors, boolean queryConstructors, boolean methods, boolean queryMethods,
             boolean fields, boolean weak, boolean serialization,
             boolean unsafeAllocated, String... className) {
-        this(constructors, queryConstructors, methods, queryMethods, fields, false, weak, serialization, unsafeAllocated,
+        this(constructors, queryConstructors, methods, queryMethods, false, fields, false, weak, serialization, unsafeAllocated,
                 className);
     }
 
     ReflectiveClassBuildItem(boolean constructors, boolean queryConstructors, boolean methods, boolean queryMethods,
-            boolean fields, boolean classes, boolean weak, boolean serialization,
+            boolean queryPublicMethods, boolean fields, boolean classes, boolean weak, boolean serialization,
             boolean unsafeAllocated, String... className) {
         for (String i : className) {
             if (i == null) {
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ public static ReflectiveClassBuildItem serializationClass(String... classNames)
         } else {
             this.queryMethods = queryMethods;
         }
+        this.queryPublicMethods = queryPublicMethods;
         this.fields = fields;
         this.classes = classes;
         this.constructors = constructors;
@@ -167,6 +169,10 @@ public boolean isQueryMethods() {
         return queryMethods;
     }
 
+    public boolean isQueryPublicMethods() {
+        return queryPublicMethods;
+    }
+
     public boolean isFields() {
         return fields;
     }
@@ -210,6 +216,7 @@ public static class Builder {
         private boolean queryConstructors;
         private boolean methods;
         private boolean queryMethods;
+        private boolean queryPublicMethods;
         private boolean fields;
         private boolean classes;
         private boolean weak;
@@ -277,6 +284,20 @@ public Builder queryMethods() {
             return queryMethods(true);
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Configures whether declared methods should be registered for reflection, for query purposes only,
+         * i.e. {@link Class#getMethods()}. Setting this enables getting all declared methods for the class but
+         * does not allow invoking them reflectively.
+         */
+        public Builder queryPublicMethods(boolean queryPublicMethods) {
+            this.queryPublicMethods = queryPublicMethods;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder queryPublicMethods() {
+            return queryPublicMethods(true);
+        }
+
         /**
          * Configures whether fields should be registered for reflection.
          * Setting this enables getting all declared fields for the class as well as accessing them reflectively.
@@ -346,8 +367,8 @@ public Builder unsafeAllocated() {
         }
 
         public ReflectiveClassBuildItem build() {
-            return new ReflectiveClassBuildItem(constructors, queryConstructors, methods, queryMethods, fields, classes, weak,
-                    serialization, unsafeAllocated, className);
+            return new ReflectiveClassBuildItem(constructors, queryConstructors, methods, queryMethods, queryPublicMethods,
+                    fields, classes, weak, serialization, unsafeAllocated, className);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/NativeImageReflectConfigStep.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/NativeImageReflectConfigStep.java
index 26dd98f230f61..6bd663338e3b6 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/NativeImageReflectConfigStep.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/NativeImageReflectConfigStep.java
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ void generateReflectConfig(BuildProducer<GeneratedResourceBuildItem> reflectConf
                     extractToJsonArray(info.queriedMethodSet, queriedMethodsArray);
                 }
             }
+            if (info.queryPublicMethods) {
+                json.put("queryAllPublicMethods", true);
+            }
             if (!methodsArray.isEmpty()) {
                 json.put("methods", methodsArray);
             }
@@ -188,6 +191,9 @@ public void addReflectiveClass(Map<String, ReflectionInfo> reflectiveClasses, Se
                 if (classBuildItem.isQueryMethods()) {
                     existing.queryMethods = true;
                 }
+                if (classBuildItem.isQueryPublicMethods()) {
+                    existing.queryPublicMethods = true;
+                }
                 if (classBuildItem.isFields()) {
                     existing.fields = true;
                 }
@@ -218,6 +224,7 @@ static final class ReflectionInfo {
         boolean queryConstructors;
         boolean methods;
         boolean queryMethods;
+        boolean queryPublicMethods;
         boolean fields;
         boolean classes;
         boolean serialization;
@@ -234,6 +241,7 @@ private ReflectionInfo() {
         private ReflectionInfo(ReflectiveClassBuildItem classBuildItem, String typeReachable) {
             this.methods = classBuildItem.isMethods();
             this.queryMethods = classBuildItem.isQueryMethods();
+            this.queryPublicMethods = classBuildItem.isQueryPublicMethods();
             this.fields = classBuildItem.isFields();
             this.classes = classBuildItem.isClasses();
             this.typeReachable = typeReachable;