diff --git a/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/VertxBuildConfig.java b/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/VertxBuildConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b2c13043ae9712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/VertxBuildConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package io.quarkus.vertx.deployment;
+
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.ConfigItem;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.ConfigPhase;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.ConfigRoot;
+
+@ConfigRoot(name = "vertx", phase = ConfigPhase.BUILD_TIME)
+public class VertxBuildConfig {
+
+    /**
+     * If set to {@code true} then a customized current context factory (backed by a Vert.x duplicated local context) is used
+     * for normal scopes in ArC.
+     */
+    @ConfigItem(generateDocumentation = false, defaultValue = "true")
+    public boolean customizeArcContext;
+
+}
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/VertxProcessor.java b/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/VertxProcessor.java
index e90ce7c644bd01..43b5c21d711564 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/VertxProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/VertxProcessor.java
@@ -101,8 +101,11 @@ VertxBuildItem build(CoreVertxBuildItem vertx, VertxRecorder recorder,
 
     @BuildStep
     @Record(ExecutionTime.STATIC_INIT)
-    CurrentContextFactoryBuildItem currentContextFactory(VertxRecorder recorder) {
-        return new CurrentContextFactoryBuildItem(recorder.currentContextFactory());
+    void currentContextFactory(BuildProducer<CurrentContextFactoryBuildItem> currentContextFactory,
+            VertxBuildConfig buildConfig, VertxRecorder recorder) {
+        if (buildConfig.customizeArcContext) {
+            currentContextFactory.produce(new CurrentContextFactoryBuildItem(recorder.currentContextFactory()));
+        }
     }
 
     @BuildStep
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/currentcontextfactory/VertxCurrentContextFactoryDisabledTest.java b/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/currentcontextfactory/VertxCurrentContextFactoryDisabledTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4f17aed87680ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/currentcontextfactory/VertxCurrentContextFactoryDisabledTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package io.quarkus.vertx.deployment.currentcontextfactory;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.arc.Arc;
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
+import io.quarkus.vertx.runtime.VertxCurrentContextFactory;
+
+public class VertxCurrentContextFactoryDisabledTest {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    static final QuarkusUnitTest config = new QuarkusUnitTest()
+            .overrideConfigKey("quarkus.vertx.customize-arc-context", "false");
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCustomizedFactoryNotUsed() {
+        assertFalse(Arc.container().getCurrentContextFactory() instanceof VertxCurrentContextFactory);
+    }
+
+}