diff --git a/300-quarkus-vertx-webClient/src/main/resources/application.properties b/300-quarkus-vertx-webClient/src/main/resources/application.properties
index cd9938f9..4858f604 100644
--- a/300-quarkus-vertx-webClient/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/300-quarkus-vertx-webClient/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ vertx.webclient.timeout-sec=2
 vertx.webclient.retries=3
 
 # Jaeger
-quarkus.opentelemetry.tracer.exporter.jaeger.endpoint=http://localhost:14250/api/traces
\ No newline at end of file
+quarkus.opentelemetry.tracer.exporter.jaeger.endpoint=http://localhost:14250/api/traces
+
+# debug symbols enabled
+quarkus.native.debug.enabled=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/300-quarkus-vertx-webClient/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qe/vertx/webclient/ChuckNorrisResourceIT.java b/300-quarkus-vertx-webClient/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qe/vertx/webclient/ChuckNorrisResourceIT.java
index b38e7e10..bf99e1a2 100644
--- a/300-quarkus-vertx-webClient/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qe/vertx/webclient/ChuckNorrisResourceIT.java
+++ b/300-quarkus-vertx-webClient/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qe/vertx/webclient/ChuckNorrisResourceIT.java
@@ -1,7 +1,23 @@
 package io.quarkus.qe.vertx.webclient;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.NativeImageTest;
 
 @NativeImageTest
 public class ChuckNorrisResourceIT extends ChuckNorrisResourceTest {
+
+    private static final String DEBUG_SYMBOLS_FILE_NAME = "300-quarkus-vertx-webclient-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-runner.debug";
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkNativeDebugSymbols() throws MalformedURLException {
+        File debugFile = Paths.get("target", DEBUG_SYMBOLS_FILE_NAME).toFile();
+        assertTrue("Missing debug symbols file: " + DEBUG_SYMBOLS_FILE_NAME, debugFile.exists());
+    }
 }