diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-orm/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/deployment/ClassNames.java b/extensions/hibernate-orm/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/deployment/ClassNames.java
index 1e4c60e923ff31..5a368bb193981b 100644
--- a/extensions/hibernate-orm/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/deployment/ClassNames.java
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-orm/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/deployment/ClassNames.java
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ private static DotName createConstant(String fqcn) {
             createConstant("org.hibernate.tuple.UpdateTimestampGeneration"),
             createConstant("org.hibernate.tuple.VmValueGeneration"));
 
+    public static final List<DotName> EXTRA_EVENT_LISTENERS = List.of(
+            createConstant("org.hibernate.event.spi.PreUpsertEventListener"),
+            createConstant("org.hibernate.event.spi.PostUpsertEventListener"));
+
     public static final List<DotName> PACKAGE_ANNOTATIONS = List.of(
             createConstant("org.hibernate.annotations.CollectionTypeRegistration"),
             createConstant("org.hibernate.annotations.CompositeTypeRegistration"),
diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-orm/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/deployment/GraalVMFeatures.java b/extensions/hibernate-orm/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/deployment/GraalVMFeatures.java
index 59ccbbc5a94ed6..c94691ddd09e9d 100644
--- a/extensions/hibernate-orm/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/deployment/GraalVMFeatures.java
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-orm/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/deployment/GraalVMFeatures.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.quarkus.hibernate.orm.deployment;
 
+import static io.quarkus.hibernate.orm.deployment.ClassNames.EXTRA_EVENT_LISTENERS;
 import static io.quarkus.hibernate.orm.deployment.ClassNames.GENERATORS;
 
 import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
@@ -21,6 +22,14 @@ NativeImageFeatureBuildItem staticNativeImageFeature() {
         return new NativeImageFeatureBuildItem("org.hibernate.graalvm.internal.GraalVMStaticFeature");
     }
 
+    // Workaround for https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-18284
+    @BuildStep
+    ReflectiveClassBuildItem registerMissingListenerClassesForReflections() {
+        return ReflectiveClassBuildItem
+                .builder(EXTRA_EVENT_LISTENERS.stream().map(d -> d.toString() + "[]").toArray(String[]::new))
+                .build();
+    }
+
     // Workaround for https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16439
     @BuildStep
     ReflectiveClassBuildItem registerGeneratorClassesForReflections() {