diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java
index 5a6f9643ceb58..c58488852dce3 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java
@@ -932,7 +932,10 @@ public NativeImageInvokerInfo build() {
                 }
 
                 List<NativeConfig.MonitoringOption> monitoringOptions = new ArrayList<>();
-                monitoringOptions.add(NativeConfig.MonitoringOption.HEAPDUMP);
+                if (!SystemUtils.IS_OS_WINDOWS || containerBuild) {
+                    // --enable-monitoring=heapdump is not supported on Windows
+                    monitoringOptions.add(NativeConfig.MonitoringOption.HEAPDUMP);
+                }
                 if (nativeConfig.monitoring().isPresent()) {
                     monitoringOptions.addAll(nativeConfig.monitoring().get());
                 }