diff --git a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-postgresql/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jdbc/postgresql/deployment/JDBCPostgreSQLProcessor.java b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-postgresql/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jdbc/postgresql/deployment/JDBCPostgreSQLProcessor.java
index abc4f56e90893..b88ce76447f7e 100644
--- a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-postgresql/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jdbc/postgresql/deployment/JDBCPostgreSQLProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-postgresql/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jdbc/postgresql/deployment/JDBCPostgreSQLProcessor.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.FeatureBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.NativeImageFeatureBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.SslNativeConfigBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.NativeImageResourceBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.RuntimeReinitializedClassBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.ServiceProviderBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.pkg.steps.NativeOrNativeSourcesBuild;
@@ -40,9 +41,12 @@ RuntimeReinitializedClassBuildItem runtimeReinitialize() {
 
     @BuildStep
     void registerDriver(BuildProducer<JdbcDriverBuildItem> jdbcDriver,
+            BuildProducer<NativeImageResourceBuildItem> resources,
             SslNativeConfigBuildItem sslNativeConfigBuildItem) {
         jdbcDriver.produce(new JdbcDriverBuildItem(DatabaseKind.POSTGRESQL, "org.postgresql.Driver",
                 "org.postgresql.xa.PGXADataSource"));
+        // Accessed in org.postgresql.Driver.loadDefaultProperties
+        resources.produce(new NativeImageResourceBuildItem("org/postgresql/driverconfig.properties"));
     }
 
     @BuildStep