diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/CompilationProvider.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/CompilationProvider.java
index 9aced27b49bf6f..552e52fce65795 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/CompilationProvider.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/CompilationProvider.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class Context {
         private final boolean ignoreModuleInfo;
         private final File generatedSourcesDirectory;
         private final Set<File> annotationProcessorPaths;
+        private final List<String> annotationProcessors;
 
         public Context(
                 String name,
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ public Context(
                 List<String> compilerPluginOptions,
                 File generatedSourcesDirectory,
                 Set<File> annotationProcessorPaths,
+                List<String> annotationProcessors,
                 String ignoreModuleInfo) {
             this.name = name;
             this.classpath = classpath;
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ public Context(
             this.ignoreModuleInfo = Boolean.parseBoolean(ignoreModuleInfo);
             this.generatedSourcesDirectory = generatedSourcesDirectory;
             this.annotationProcessorPaths = annotationProcessorPaths;
+            this.annotationProcessors = annotationProcessors;
         }
 
         public String getName() {
@@ -105,6 +108,10 @@ public Set<File> getAnnotationProcessorPaths() {
             return annotationProcessorPaths;
         }
 
+        public List<String> getAnnotationProcessors() {
+            return annotationProcessors;
+        }
+
         public File getProjectDirectory() {
             return projectDirectory;
         }
@@ -148,7 +155,7 @@ public List<String> getCompilerPluginOptions() {
         public boolean ignoreModuleInfo() {
             return ignoreModuleInfo;
         }
-        
+
         public File getGeneratedSourcesDirectory() {
             return generatedSourcesDirectory;
         }
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/CompilerFlags.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/CompilerFlags.java
index 13b0212b66353c..94c94fb10225dd 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/CompilerFlags.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/CompilerFlags.java
@@ -19,19 +19,22 @@ public class CompilerFlags {
     private final String releaseJavaVersion; //can be null
     private final String sourceJavaVersion; //can be null
     private final String targetJavaVersion; //can be null
+    private final List<String> annotationProcessors; //can be null
 
     public CompilerFlags(
             Set<String> defaultFlags,
             Collection<String> userFlags,
             String releaseJavaVersion,
             String sourceJavaVersion,
-            String targetJavaVersion) {
+            String targetJavaVersion,
+            List<String> annotationProcessors) {
 
         this.defaultFlags = defaultFlags == null ? new LinkedHashSet<>() : new LinkedHashSet<>(defaultFlags);
         this.userFlags = userFlags == null ? new ArrayList<>() : new ArrayList<>(userFlags);
         this.releaseJavaVersion = releaseJavaVersion;
         this.sourceJavaVersion = sourceJavaVersion;
         this.targetJavaVersion = targetJavaVersion;
+        this.annotationProcessors = annotationProcessors;
     }
 
     public List<String> toList() {
@@ -61,6 +64,11 @@ public List<String> toList() {
             }
         }
 
+        if (annotationProcessors != null && !annotationProcessors.isEmpty()) {
+            flagList.add("-processor");
+            flagList.add(String.join(",", annotationProcessors));
+        }
+
         flagList.addAll(userFlags);
 
         return flagList;
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/DevModeContext.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/DevModeContext.java
index 4ffc65bc847c02..6d0f4c107d9a6d 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/DevModeContext.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/DevModeContext.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public class DevModeContext implements Serializable {
     private final Set<ArtifactKey> localArtifacts = new HashSet<>();
 
     private Set<File> processorPaths;
+    private List<String> processors;
 
     public boolean isLocalProjectDiscovery() {
         return localProjectDiscovery;
@@ -249,6 +250,14 @@ public Set<File> getAnnotationProcessorPaths() {
         return processorPaths;
     }
 
+    public void setAnnotationProcessors(List<String> processors) {
+        this.processors = processors;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getAnnotationProcessors() {
+        return processors;
+    }
+
     public static class ModuleInfo implements Serializable {
 
         private static final long serialVersionUID = -1376678003747618410L;
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/JavaCompilationProvider.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/JavaCompilationProvider.java
index c828c485db482b..2e0f16e6b73daa 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/JavaCompilationProvider.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/JavaCompilationProvider.java
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ public void compile(Set<File> filesToCompile, CompilationProvider.Context contex
                     context.getCompilerOptions(PROVIDER_KEY),
                     context.getReleaseJavaVersion(),
                     context.getSourceJavaVersion(),
-                    context.getTargetJvmVersion()).toList();
+                    context.getTargetJvmVersion(),
+                    context.getAnnotationProcessors()).toList();
         }
 
         final JavaCompiler compiler = this.compiler;
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ public void compile(Set<File> filesToCompile, CompilationProvider.Context contex
 
         final QuarkusFileManager.Context sourcesContext = new QuarkusFileManager.Context(
                 context.getClasspath(), context.getReloadableClasspath(),
-                context.getOutputDirectory(), context.getGeneratedSourcesDirectory(), 
+                context.getOutputDirectory(), context.getGeneratedSourcesDirectory(),
                 context.getAnnotationProcessorPaths(),
                 context.getSourceEncoding(),
                 context.ignoreModuleInfo());
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/QuarkusCompiler.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/QuarkusCompiler.java
index 94b79a900e24ea..d21664b38385c2 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/QuarkusCompiler.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/QuarkusCompiler.java
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ public void setupSourceCompilationContext(DevModeContext context,
                                 compilationUnit.getGeneratedSourcesPath() == null ? null
                                         : new File(compilationUnit.getGeneratedSourcesPath()),
                                 context.getAnnotationProcessorPaths(),
+                                context.getAnnotationProcessors(),
                                 context.getBuildSystemProperties().getOrDefault("quarkus.live-reload.ignore-module-info",
                                         "true")));
             }
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 ff5a562a71fa74..580506a736255f 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
@@ -187,6 +187,12 @@ public B annotationProcessorPaths(Set<File> processorPaths) {
             return (B) this;
         }
 
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        public B annotationProcessors(List<String> processors) {
+            QuarkusDevModeLauncher.this.processors = processors;
+            return (B) this;
+        }
+
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         public B releaseJavaVersion(String releaseJavaVersion) {
             QuarkusDevModeLauncher.this.releaseJavaVersion = releaseJavaVersion;
@@ -324,6 +330,7 @@ public R build() throws Exception {
     private List<ModuleInfo> dependencies = new ArrayList<>(0);
     private LinkedHashMap<ArtifactKey, File> classpath = new LinkedHashMap<>();
     private Set<File> processorPaths;
+    private List<String> processors;
 
     protected QuarkusDevModeLauncher() {
     }
@@ -452,6 +459,9 @@ protected void prepare() throws Exception {
         if (processorPaths != null) {
             devModeContext.setAnnotationProcessorPaths(processorPaths);
         }
+        if (processors != null) {
+            devModeContext.setAnnotationProcessors(processors);
+        }
 
         devModeContext.setReleaseJavaVersion(releaseJavaVersion);
         devModeContext.setSourceJavaVersion(sourceJavaVersion);
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/filesystem/QuarkusFileManager.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/filesystem/QuarkusFileManager.java
index 75b624df295a08..4ac5314804078e 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/filesystem/QuarkusFileManager.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/filesystem/QuarkusFileManager.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public static class Context {
         private final Set<File> annotationProcessorPaths;
 
         public Context(Set<File> classPath, Set<File> reloadableClassPath,
-                File outputDirectory, File generatedSourcesDirectory, Set<File> annotationProcessorPaths, 
+                File outputDirectory, File generatedSourcesDirectory, Set<File> annotationProcessorPaths,
                 Charset sourceEncoding, boolean ignoreModuleInfo) {
             this.classPath = classPath;
             this.reloadableClassPath = reloadableClassPath;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public Charset getSourceEncoding() {
         public boolean ignoreModuleInfo() {
             return ignoreModuleInfo;
         }
-        
+
         public File getGeneratedSourcesDirectory() {
             return generatedSourcesDirectory;
         }
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/CompilerFlagsTest.java b/core/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/CompilerFlagsTest.java
index 47e85927228d28..833dd1655976e7 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/CompilerFlagsTest.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/CompilerFlagsTest.java
@@ -16,77 +16,77 @@ public class CompilerFlagsTest {
     void nullHandling() {
         assertAll(
                 () -> assertEquals(
-                        new CompilerFlags(null, null, null, null, null),
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf(), null, null, null)));
+                        new CompilerFlags(null, null, null, null, null, null),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf(), null, null, null, null)));
     }
 
     @Test
     void defaulting() {
         assertAll(
                 () -> assertEquals(
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf("-a", "-b"), listOf(), null, null, null),
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-a", "-b"), null, null, null)),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf("-a", "-b"), listOf(), null, null, null, null),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-a", "-b"), null, null, null, null)),
                 () -> assertEquals(
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf("-a", "-b"), listOf("-c", "-d"), null, null, null),
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-a", "-b", "-c", "-d"), null, null, null)));
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf("-a", "-b"), listOf("-c", "-d"), null, null, null, null),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-a", "-b", "-c", "-d"), null, null, null, null)));
     }
 
     @Test
     void redundancyReduction() {
         assertAll(
                 () -> assertEquals(
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf("-a", "-b"), listOf(), null, null, null),
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-a", "-b"), null, null, null)),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf("-a", "-b"), listOf(), null, null, null, null),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-a", "-b"), null, null, null, null)),
                 () -> assertEquals(
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf("-a", "-b", "-c"), listOf("-a", "-b"), null, null, null),
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf("-c"), listOf("-a", "-b"), null, null, null)));
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf("-a", "-b", "-c"), listOf("-a", "-b"), null, null, null, null),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf("-c"), listOf("-a", "-b"), null, null, null, null)));
     }
 
     @Test
     void sourceAndTarget() {
         assertAll(
                 () -> assertEquals(
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf(), "1", null, null),
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("--release", "1"), null, null, null)),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf(), "1", null, null, null),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("--release", "1"), null, null, null, null)),
                 () -> assertEquals(
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf(), null, "2", null),
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-source", "2"), null, null, null)),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf(), null, "2", null, null),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-source", "2"), null, null, null, null)),
                 () -> assertEquals(
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf(), null, null, "3"),
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-target", "3"), null, null, null)),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf(), null, null, "3", null),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-target", "3"), null, null, null, null)),
                 () -> assertEquals(
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf(), "1", "2", "3"),
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("--release", "1"), null, null, null)),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf(), "1", "2", "3", null),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("--release", "1"), null, null, null, null)),
                 () -> assertEquals(
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf(), null, "2", "3"),
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-source", "2", "-target", "3"), null, null, null)),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf(), null, "2", "3", null),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-source", "2", "-target", "3"), null, null, null, null)),
                 () -> assertEquals(
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-source", "5", "-target", "6"), null, "2", "3"),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-source", "5", "-target", "6"), null, "2", "3", null),
                         new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-source", "2", "-target", "3", "-source", "5", "-target", "6"),
-                                null, null, null)));
+                                null, null, null, null)));
     }
 
     @Test
     void allFeatures() {
         assertAll(
                 () -> assertEquals(
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf("-b", "-c", "-d"), listOf("-a", "-b", "-c"), "1", "2", "3"),
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-d", "--release", "1", "-a", "-b", "-c"), null, null, null)));
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf("-b", "-c", "-d"), listOf("-a", "-b", "-c"), "1", "2", "3", null),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-d", "--release", "1", "-a", "-b", "-c"), null, null, null, null)));
         assertAll(
                 () -> assertEquals(
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf("-b", "-c", "-d"), listOf("-a", "-b", "-c"), null, "2", "3"),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf("-b", "-c", "-d"), listOf("-a", "-b", "-c"), null, "2", "3", null),
                         new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-d", "-source", "2", "-target", "3", "-a", "-b", "-c"),
-                                null, null, null)));
+                                null, null, null, null)));
     }
 
     @Test
     void listConversion() {
         assertAll(
                 () -> assertEquals(
-                        new CompilerFlags(null, null, null, null, null).toList(),
+                        new CompilerFlags(null, null, null, null, null, null).toList(),
                         listOf()),
                 () -> assertEquals(
-                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-a", "-b", "-c", "-d"), null, null, null).toList(),
+                        new CompilerFlags(setOf(), listOf("-a", "-b", "-c", "-d"), null, null, null, null).toList(),
                         listOf("-a", "-b", "-c", "-d")));
     }
 
diff --git a/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java b/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java
index 0c74b488219fe6..81bb3c72580467 100644
--- a/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java
+++ b/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java
@@ -714,6 +714,22 @@ private void executeGoal(PluginExec pluginExec, String goal, Map<String, String>
                         pluginManager));
     }
 
+    private List<String> readAnnotationProcessors(Xpp3Dom pluginConfig) {
+        Xpp3Dom annotationProcessors = pluginConfig.getChild("annotationProcessors");
+        if (annotationProcessors == null) {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+        Xpp3Dom[] processors = annotationProcessors.getChildren("annotationProcessor");
+        if (processors.length == 0) {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+        List<String> ret = new ArrayList<>(processors.length);
+        for (Xpp3Dom processor : processors) {
+            ret.add(processor.getValue());
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
     private Set<File> readAnnotationProcessorPaths(Xpp3Dom pluginConfig) throws MojoExecutionException {
         Xpp3Dom annotationProcessorPaths = pluginConfig.getChild("annotationProcessorPaths");
         if (annotationProcessorPaths == null) {
@@ -1507,6 +1523,11 @@ private void setAnnotationProcessorFlags(MavenDevModeLauncher.Builder builder) {
         } catch (MojoExecutionException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
+        List<String> processors = this.readAnnotationProcessors(compilerPluginConfiguration);
+        getLog().debug("Found processors: " + processors);
+        if (!processors.isEmpty()) {
+            builder.annotationProcessors(processors);
+        }
         builder.compilerPluginOptions(options);
     }