diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/ApplyResolveNamesImagePolicyDecorator.java b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/ApplyResolveNamesImagePolicyDecorator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1a41c96452c74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/ApplyResolveNamesImagePolicyDecorator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package io.quarkus.kubernetes.deployment;
+
+import io.dekorate.kubernetes.decorator.NamedResourceDecorator;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ObjectMeta;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.PodTemplateSpecFluent;
+
+public class ApplyResolveNamesImagePolicyDecorator extends NamedResourceDecorator<PodTemplateSpecFluent<?>> {
+
+    @Override
+    public void andThenVisit(PodTemplateSpecFluent<?> podTemplate, ObjectMeta meta) {
+        podTemplate.editOrNewMetadata().addToAnnotations("alpha.image.policy.openshift.io/resolve-names", "*").endMetadata();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/OpenshiftProcessor.java b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/OpenshiftProcessor.java
index 18fa42dbc4e26..f49540aed39ef 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/OpenshiftProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/OpenshiftProcessor.java
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ public List<DecoratorBuildItem> createDecorators(ApplicationInfoBuildItem applic
             result.add(new DecoratorBuildItem(new RemoveOptionalFromConfigMapKeySelectorDecorator()));
         }
 
+        result.add(new DecoratorBuildItem(new ApplyResolveNamesImagePolicyDecorator()));
+
         DeploymentResourceKind deploymentKind = config.getDeploymentResourceKind(capabilities);
         switch (deploymentKind) {
             case Deployment:
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/OpenshiftWithDeploymentResourceAndLocalLookupTest.java b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/OpenshiftWithDeploymentResourceAndLocalLookupTest.java
index ffbb34a7cd4e6..5c586feddcaba 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/OpenshiftWithDeploymentResourceAndLocalLookupTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/OpenshiftWithDeploymentResourceAndLocalLookupTest.java
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ public void assertGeneratedResources() throws IOException {
 
                 assertThat(d.getSpec()).satisfies(deploymentSpec -> {
                     assertThat(deploymentSpec.getTemplate()).satisfies(t -> {
+                        assertThat(t.getMetadata()).satisfies(metadata -> assertThat(metadata.getAnnotations()).contains(
+                                entry("alpha.image.policy.openshift.io/resolve-names", "*")));
+
                         assertThat(t.getMetadata()).satisfies(metadata -> assertThat(metadata.getLabels()).containsAnyOf(
                                 entry("app.kubernetes.io/name", NAME),
                                 entry("app.kubernetes.io/version", "0.1-SNAPSHOT")));