diff --git a/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/NarayanaJtaRecorder.java b/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/NarayanaJtaRecorder.java
index 08ed5e00f0961..83d9f1b865cfa 100644
--- a/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/NarayanaJtaRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/NarayanaJtaRecorder.java
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package io.quarkus.narayana.jta.runtime;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@
 
 @Recorder
 public class NarayanaJtaRecorder {
+    public static final String HASH_ALGORITHM_FOR_SHORTENING = "SHA-224";
 
     private static Properties defaultProperties;
 
@@ -37,14 +41,28 @@ public class NarayanaJtaRecorder {
     public void setNodeName(final TransactionManagerConfiguration transactions) {
 
         try {
+            if (transactions.nodeName.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8).length > 28
+                    && transactions.shortenNodeNameIfNecessary) {
+                shortenNodeName(transactions);
+            }
             arjPropertyManager.getCoreEnvironmentBean().setNodeIdentifier(transactions.nodeName);
             jtaPropertyManager.getJTAEnvironmentBean().setXaRecoveryNodes(Collections.singletonList(transactions.nodeName));
             TxControl.setXANodeName(transactions.nodeName);
-        } catch (CoreEnvironmentBeanException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+        } catch (CoreEnvironmentBeanException | NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+            log.error("Could not set node name", e);
         }
     }
 
+    private static void shortenNodeName(TransactionManagerConfiguration transactions) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+        String originalNodeName = transactions.nodeName;
+        log.warnf("Node name \"%s\" is longer than 28 bytes, shortening it by using %s.", originalNodeName,
+                HASH_ALGORITHM_FOR_SHORTENING);
+        final byte[] nodeNameAsBytes = originalNodeName.getBytes();
+        MessageDigest messageDigest224 = MessageDigest.getInstance(HASH_ALGORITHM_FOR_SHORTENING);
+        transactions.nodeName = new String(messageDigest224.digest(nodeNameAsBytes), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        log.warnf("New node name is \"%s\"", transactions.nodeName);
+    }
+
     public void setDefaultProperties(Properties properties) {
         //TODO: this is a huge hack to avoid loading XML parsers
         //this needs a proper SPI
diff --git a/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/TransactionManagerConfiguration.java b/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/TransactionManagerConfiguration.java
index 86f580ae3a6e4..6719ea8e1d128 100644
--- a/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/TransactionManagerConfiguration.java
+++ b/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/TransactionManagerConfiguration.java
@@ -16,10 +16,24 @@
 public final class TransactionManagerConfiguration {
     /**
      * The node name used by the transaction manager.
+     * Must not exceed a length of 28 bytes.
+     *
+     * @see #shortenNodeNameIfNecessary
      */
     @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "quarkus")
     public String nodeName;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether the node name should be shortened if necessary.
+     * The node name must not exceed a length of 28 bytes. If this property is set to {@code true}, and the node name exceeds 28
+     * bytes, the node name is shortened by calculating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2">SHA-224</a> hash,
+     * which has a length of 28 bytes.
+     *
+     * @see #nodeName
+     */
+    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "false")
+    public boolean shortenNodeNameIfNecessary;
+
     /**
      * The default transaction timeout.
      */