diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/util/ContainerRuntimeUtil.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/util/ContainerRuntimeUtil.java
index 97133d8b2a899..5cf44bc7adb33 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/util/ContainerRuntimeUtil.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/util/ContainerRuntimeUtil.java
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ private ContainerRuntimeUtil() {
      * @return a fully resolved {@link ContainerRuntime} indicating if Docker or Podman is available and in rootless mode or not
      * @throws IllegalStateException if no container runtime was found to build the image
      */
+    public static ContainerRuntime detectContainerRuntime() {
+        return detectContainerRuntime(true);
+    }
+
     public static ContainerRuntime detectContainerRuntime(ContainerRuntime... orderToCheckRuntimes) {
         return detectContainerRuntime(true, orderToCheckRuntimes);
     }