diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/IsolatedDevModeMain.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/IsolatedDevModeMain.java
index 0fbd24bd9f3b7..5096086bac47e 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/IsolatedDevModeMain.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/IsolatedDevModeMain.java
@@ -113,8 +113,11 @@ public void accept(Integer integer) {
                 StartupAction start = augmentAction.createInitialRuntimeApplication();
 
                 runner = start.runMainClass(context.getArgs());
-                RuntimeUpdatesProcessor.INSTANCE.setConfiguredInstrumentationEnabled(
-                        runner.getConfigValue("quarkus.live-reload.instrumentation", Boolean.class).orElse(false));
+                RuntimeUpdatesProcessor.INSTANCE
+                        .setConfiguredInstrumentationEnabled(
+                                runner.getConfigValue("quarkus.live-reload.instrumentation", Boolean.class).orElse(false))
+                        .setLiveReloadEnabled(
+                                runner.getConfigValue("quarkus.live-reload.enabled", Boolean.class).orElse(false));
                 firstStartCompleted = true;
                 notifyListenersAfterStart();
 
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/RuntimeUpdatesProcessor.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/RuntimeUpdatesProcessor.java
index 3fc9ece918749..f32d052a25aec 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/RuntimeUpdatesProcessor.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/RuntimeUpdatesProcessor.java
@@ -619,6 +619,11 @@ public boolean instrumentationEnabled() {
         return configuredInstrumentationEnabled;
     }
 
+    public RuntimeUpdatesProcessor setLiveReloadEnabled(boolean liveReloadEnabled) {
+        this.liveReloadEnabled = liveReloadEnabled;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public RuntimeUpdatesProcessor setConfiguredInstrumentationEnabled(boolean configuredInstrumentationEnabled) {
         this.configuredInstrumentationEnabled = configuredInstrumentationEnabled;
         return this;
diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/LiveReloadConfig.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/LiveReloadConfig.java
index 28c18e42a972e..4e3d7cc6ed71f 100644
--- a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/LiveReloadConfig.java
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/LiveReloadConfig.java
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 @ConfigRoot(phase = ConfigPhase.BUILD_AND_RUN_TIME_FIXED)
 public class LiveReloadConfig {
 
+    /**
+     * Whether the live-reload feature should be enabled.
+     */
+    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "true")
+    boolean enabled;
+
     /**
      * Whether Quarkus should enable its ability to not do a full restart
      * when changes to classes are compatible with JVM instrumentation.