diff --git a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/AbstractQuarkusExtension.java b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/AbstractQuarkusExtension.java
index d3abf983d539e..47cd0e461a9b8 100644
--- a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/AbstractQuarkusExtension.java
+++ b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/AbstractQuarkusExtension.java
@@ -75,7 +75,24 @@ private BaseConfig buildBaseConfig() {
         // Using common code to construct the "base config", which is all the configuration (system properties,
         // environment, application.properties/yaml/yml, project properties) that is available in a Gradle task's
         // _configuration phase_.
-        EffectiveConfig effectiveConfig = buildEffectiveConfiguration(Collections.emptyMap());
+        Set<File> resourcesDirs = getSourceSet(project, SourceSet.MAIN_SOURCE_SET_NAME).getResources().getSourceDirectories()
+                .getFiles();
+
+        // Used to handle the (deprecated) buildNative and testNative tasks.
+        project.getExtensions().getExtraProperties().getProperties().forEach((k, v) -> {
+            if (k.startsWith("quarkus.")) {
+                forcedPropertiesProperty.put(k, v.toString());
+            }
+        });
+
+        EffectiveConfig effectiveConfig = EffectiveConfig.builder()
+                .withForcedProperties(forcedPropertiesProperty.get())
+                .withTaskProperties(Collections.emptyMap())
+                .withBuildProperties(quarkusBuildProperties.get())
+                .withProjectProperties(project.getProperties())
+                .withSourceDirectories(resourcesDirs)
+                .withProfile(quarkusProfile())
+                .build();
         return new BaseConfig(effectiveConfig);
     }
 
@@ -102,20 +119,8 @@ protected Manifest manifest() {
 
     protected EffectiveConfig buildEffectiveConfiguration(ResolvedDependency appArtifact) {
         Map<String, Object> properties = new HashMap<>();
-
         exportCustomManifestProperties(properties);
 
-        String userIgnoredEntries = String.join(",", ignoredEntries.get());
-        if (!userIgnoredEntries.isEmpty()) {
-            properties.put("quarkus.package.jar.user-configured-ignored-entries", userIgnoredEntries);
-        }
-        properties.putIfAbsent("quarkus.application.name", appArtifact.getArtifactId());
-        properties.putIfAbsent("quarkus.application.version", appArtifact.getVersion());
-
-        return buildEffectiveConfiguration(properties);
-    }
-
-    private EffectiveConfig buildEffectiveConfiguration(Map<String, Object> properties) {
         Set<File> resourcesDirs = getSourceSet(project, SourceSet.MAIN_SOURCE_SET_NAME).getResources().getSourceDirectories()
                 .getFiles();
 
@@ -126,11 +131,20 @@ private EffectiveConfig buildEffectiveConfiguration(Map<String, Object> properti
             }
         });
 
+        Map<String, String> defaultProperties = new HashMap<>();
+        String userIgnoredEntries = String.join(",", ignoredEntries.get());
+        if (!userIgnoredEntries.isEmpty()) {
+            defaultProperties.put("quarkus.package.jar.user-configured-ignored-entries", userIgnoredEntries);
+        }
+        defaultProperties.putIfAbsent("quarkus.application.name", appArtifact.getArtifactId());
+        defaultProperties.putIfAbsent("quarkus.application.version", appArtifact.getVersion());
+
         return EffectiveConfig.builder()
                 .withForcedProperties(forcedPropertiesProperty.get())
                 .withTaskProperties(properties)
                 .withBuildProperties(quarkusBuildProperties.get())
                 .withProjectProperties(project.getProperties())
+                .withDefaultProperties(defaultProperties)
                 .withSourceDirectories(resourcesDirs)
                 .withProfile(quarkusProfile())
                 .build();
diff --git a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/EffectiveConfig.java b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/EffectiveConfig.java
index e05ef9ed6d586..6e471bf99f899 100644
--- a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/EffectiveConfig.java
+++ b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/EffectiveConfig.java
@@ -88,7 +88,19 @@ private EffectiveConfig(Builder builder) {
         configSources.add(new PropertiesConfigSource(Map.of("platform.quarkus.native.builder-image", "<<ignored>>"),
                 "NativeConfig#builderImage", 0));
 
-        this.config = buildConfig(builder.profile, configSources);
+        this.config = ConfigUtils.emptyConfigBuilder()
+                .setAddDiscoveredSecretKeysHandlers(false)
+                // We add our own sources for environment, system-properties and microprofile-config
+                // .properties,
+                // no need to include those twice.
+                .setAddDefaultSources(false)
+                .withDefaultValues(builder.defaultProperties)
+                .withSources(configSources)
+                .withProfile(builder.profile)
+                .withMapping(PackageConfig.class)
+                .withMapping(NativeConfig.class)
+                .withInterceptors(ConfigCompatibility.FrontEnd.instance(), ConfigCompatibility.BackEnd.instance())
+                .build();
         this.values = generateFullConfigMap(config);
     }
 
@@ -127,30 +139,16 @@ public Map<String, String> get() {
         });
     }
 
-    @VisibleForTesting
-    static SmallRyeConfig buildConfig(String profile, List<ConfigSource> configSources) {
-        return ConfigUtils.emptyConfigBuilder()
-                .setAddDiscoveredSecretKeysHandlers(false)
-                // We add our own sources for environment, system-properties and microprofile-config.properties,
-                // no need to include those twice.
-                .setAddDefaultSources(false)
-                .withSources(configSources)
-                .withProfile(profile)
-                .withMapping(PackageConfig.class)
-                .withMapping(NativeConfig.class)
-                .withInterceptors(ConfigCompatibility.FrontEnd.instance(), ConfigCompatibility.BackEnd.instance())
-                .build();
-    }
-
     static Builder builder() {
         return new Builder();
     }
 
     static final class Builder {
+        private Map<String, String> forcedProperties = emptyMap();
+        private Map<String, ?> taskProperties = emptyMap();
         private Map<String, String> buildProperties = emptyMap();
         private Map<String, ?> projectProperties = emptyMap();
-        private Map<String, ?> taskProperties = emptyMap();
-        private Map<String, String> forcedProperties = emptyMap();
+        private Map<String, String> defaultProperties = emptyMap();
         private Set<File> sourceDirectories = emptySet();
         private String profile = "prod";
 
@@ -178,6 +176,11 @@ Builder withProjectProperties(Map<String, ?> projectProperties) {
             return this;
         }
 
+        Builder withDefaultProperties(Map<String, String> defaultProperties) {
+            this.defaultProperties = defaultProperties;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         Builder withSourceDirectories(Set<File> sourceDirectories) {
             this.sourceDirectories = sourceDirectories;
             return this;