diff --git a/.idea/runConfigurations/mvnDebug.xml b/.idea/runConfigurations/mvnDebug.xml
index 522dd94a4e082..7dcbd5d87588e 100644
--- a/.idea/runConfigurations/mvnDebug.xml
+++ b/.idea/runConfigurations/mvnDebug.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
     <option name="SERVER_MODE" value="false" />
     <option name="SHMEM_ADDRESS" />
     <option name="HOST" value="localhost" />
-    <option name="PORT" value="8000" />
+    <option name="PORT" value="5005" />
     <option name="AUTO_RESTART" value="false" />
     <RunnerSettings RunnerId="Debug">
-      <option name="DEBUG_PORT" value="8000" />
+      <option name="DEBUG_PORT" value="5005" />
       <option name="LOCAL" value="false" />
     </RunnerSettings>
     <method v="2" />
diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 2cffaf49cbffc..8bff6f09ab3ba 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
         <smallrye-health.version>4.0.4</smallrye-health.version>
         <smallrye-metrics.version>4.0.0</smallrye-metrics.version>
         <smallrye-open-api.version>3.7.0</smallrye-open-api.version>
-        <smallrye-graphql.version>2.6.1</smallrye-graphql.version>
+        <smallrye-graphql.version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</smallrye-graphql.version>
+        <smallrye-opentracing.version>3.0.3</smallrye-opentracing.version>
         <smallrye-fault-tolerance.version>6.2.6</smallrye-fault-tolerance.version>
         <smallrye-jwt.version>4.4.0</smallrye-jwt.version>
         <smallrye-context-propagation.version>2.1.0</smallrye-context-propagation.version>
@@ -3867,6 +3868,32 @@
                 <artifactId>smallrye-graphql-client-implementation-vertx</artifactId>
                 <version>${smallrye-graphql.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
+                <artifactId>smallrye-graphql-client-model-builder</artifactId>
+                <version>${smallrye-graphql.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
+                <artifactId>smallrye-graphql-client-model</artifactId>
+                <version>${smallrye-graphql.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
+                <artifactId>smallrye-opentracing</artifactId>
+                <version>${smallrye-opentracing.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.eclipse.microprofile.config</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>microprofile-config-api</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
+                <artifactId>smallrye-opentracing-contrib</artifactId>
+                <version>${smallrye-opentracing.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
                 <artifactId>smallrye-fault-tolerance</artifactId>
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/pom.xml b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/pom.xml
index c955fb72b1a02..57b4bf0cc5c4e 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-graphql-client</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
+            <artifactId>smallrye-graphql-client-model-builder</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
+            <artifactId>smallrye-graphql-client-model</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-junit5-internal</artifactId>
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/deployment/SmallRyeGraphQLClientFinalIndexBuildItem.java b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/deployment/SmallRyeGraphQLClientFinalIndexBuildItem.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bef82c88f1752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/deployment/SmallRyeGraphQLClientFinalIndexBuildItem.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package io.quarkus.smallrye.graphql.client.deployment;
+
+import org.jboss.jandex.IndexView;
+
+import io.quarkus.builder.item.SimpleBuildItem;
+
+final class SmallRyeGraphQLClientFinalIndexBuildItem extends SimpleBuildItem {
+
+    private final IndexView index;
+
+    public SmallRyeGraphQLClientFinalIndexBuildItem(IndexView index) {
+        this.index = index;
+    }
+
+    public IndexView getFinalIndex() {
+        return index;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/deployment/SmallRyeGraphQLClientProcessor.java b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/deployment/SmallRyeGraphQLClientProcessor.java
index f67f6f98b4a63..99a82cee78355 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/deployment/SmallRyeGraphQLClientProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/deployment/SmallRyeGraphQLClientProcessor.java
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
+import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
 
 import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationInstance;
 import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationValue;
 import org.jboss.jandex.ClassInfo;
+import org.jboss.jandex.ClassType;
 import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
 import org.jboss.jandex.MethodInfo;
 import org.jboss.jandex.Type;
@@ -26,16 +28,20 @@
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildProducer;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.Record;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.CombinedIndexBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.ExtensionSslNativeSupportBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.FeatureBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.NativeImageProxyDefinitionBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.ReflectiveClassBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.ReflectiveHierarchyBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.ServiceProviderBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.RuntimeValue;
 import io.quarkus.smallrye.graphql.client.runtime.GraphQLClientSupport;
 import io.quarkus.smallrye.graphql.client.runtime.GraphQLClientsConfig;
 import io.quarkus.smallrye.graphql.client.runtime.SmallRyeGraphQLClientRecorder;
 import io.quarkus.vertx.core.deployment.CoreVertxBuildItem;
+import io.smallrye.graphql.client.model.ClientModelBuilder;
+import io.smallrye.graphql.client.model.ClientModels;
 
 public class SmallRyeGraphQLClientProcessor {
 
@@ -86,6 +92,26 @@ void dynamicClientInjection(BuildProducer<AdditionalBeanBuildItem> additionalBea
         autoInject.produce(new AutoInjectAnnotationBuildItem(GRAPHQL_CLIENT));
     }
 
+    @BuildStep
+    @Record(RUNTIME_INIT)
+    void buildExecutionService(CombinedIndexBuildItem index, SmallRyeGraphQLClientRecorder recorder,
+            BuildProducer<SyntheticBeanBuildItem> syntheticBeans) {
+        if (!index.getIndex().getAnnotations(GRAPHQL_CLIENT_API).isEmpty()) {
+            ClientModels clientModel = ClientModelBuilder.build(index.getIndex());
+            RuntimeValue<ClientModels> modelRuntimeClientModel = recorder.getRuntimeClientModel(clientModel);
+            DotName supportClassName = DotName.createSimple(ClientModels.class.getName());
+            SyntheticBeanBuildItem bean = SyntheticBeanBuildItem
+                    .configure(supportClassName)
+                    .addType(supportClassName)
+                    .scope(Singleton.class)
+                    .runtimeValue(modelRuntimeClientModel)
+                    .setRuntimeInit()
+                    .unremovable()
+                    .done();
+            syntheticBeans.produce(bean);
+        }
+    }
+
     @BuildStep
     @Record(STATIC_INIT)
     void initializeTypesafeClient(BeanArchiveIndexBuildItem index,
@@ -118,7 +144,8 @@ void initializeTypesafeClient(BeanArchiveIndexBuildItem index,
             SyntheticBeanBuildItem bean = SyntheticBeanBuildItem.configure(apiClassInfo.name())
                     .addType(apiClassInfo.name())
                     .scope(ApplicationScoped.class)
-                    .supplier(recorder.typesafeClientSupplier(apiClass))
+                    .addInjectionPoint(ClassType.create(DotName.createSimple(ClientModels.class)))
+                    .createWith(recorder.typesafeClientSupplier(apiClass))
                     .unremovable()
                     .done();
             syntheticBeans.produce(bean);
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/deployment/TypesafeGraphQLClientMapTest.java b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/deployment/TypesafeGraphQLClientMapTest.java
index 5a43226981042..75384f8d211d7 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/deployment/TypesafeGraphQLClientMapTest.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/deployment/TypesafeGraphQLClientMapTest.java
@@ -2,22 +2,20 @@
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.graphql.GraphQLApi;
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.graphql.Query;
 import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.asset.EmptyAsset;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 
 import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
-import io.quarkus.test.common.http.TestHTTPResource;
 import io.smallrye.graphql.client.typesafe.api.GraphQLClientApi;
-import io.smallrye.graphql.client.vertx.typesafe.VertxTypesafeGraphQLClientBuilder;
 
 /**
  * Verify the support of Map usage. The server-side endpoint contains queries that return maps,
@@ -31,17 +29,8 @@ public class TypesafeGraphQLClientMapTest {
                     .addClasses(MapClientApi.class, MapApi.class, Foo.class, ComplexToComplexMapWrapper.class)
                     .addAsManifestResource(EmptyAsset.INSTANCE, "beans.xml"));
 
-    @TestHTTPResource
-    URL url;
-
-    private static MapClientApi client;
-
-    @BeforeEach
-    public void prepare() {
-        client = new VertxTypesafeGraphQLClientBuilder()
-                .endpoint(url.toString() + "graphql")
-                .build(MapClientApi.class);
-    }
+    @Inject
+    private MapClientApi client;
 
     @GraphQLApi
     public static class MapApi {
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/deployment/TypesafeGraphQLClientProgrammaticUsageWithClientModelTest.java b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/deployment/TypesafeGraphQLClientProgrammaticUsageWithClientModelTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ec091a6a82cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/deployment/TypesafeGraphQLClientProgrammaticUsageWithClientModelTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package io.quarkus.smallrye.graphql.client.deployment;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.jboss.jandex.Index;
+import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.asset.EmptyAsset;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.smallrye.graphql.client.deployment.model.Person;
+import io.quarkus.smallrye.graphql.client.deployment.model.TestingGraphQLApi;
+import io.quarkus.smallrye.graphql.client.deployment.model.TestingGraphQLClientApi;
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
+import io.quarkus.test.common.http.TestHTTPResource;
+import io.smallrye.graphql.client.model.ClientModelBuilder;
+import io.smallrye.graphql.client.typesafe.api.GraphQLClientApi;
+import io.smallrye.graphql.client.typesafe.api.TypesafeGraphQLClientBuilder;
+import io.smallrye.graphql.client.vertx.typesafe.VertxTypesafeGraphQLClientBuilder;
+
+public class TypesafeGraphQLClientProgrammaticUsageWithClientModelTest {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    static QuarkusUnitTest test = new QuarkusUnitTest()
+            .withApplicationRoot((jar) -> jar
+                    .addClasses(TestingGraphQLApi.class, TestingGraphQLClientApi.class, Person.class)
+                    .addAsManifestResource(EmptyAsset.INSTANCE, "beans.xml"));
+
+    @TestHTTPResource
+    URL url;
+
+    @Test
+    public void performQuery() throws IOException {
+        Index index = Index.of(GraphQLClientApi.class, TestingGraphQLClientApi.class, Person.class);
+        TestingGraphQLClientApi client = ((VertxTypesafeGraphQLClientBuilder) TypesafeGraphQLClientBuilder.newBuilder())
+                .clientModels(ClientModelBuilder.build(index))
+                .endpoint(url.toString() + "/graphql")
+                .build(TestingGraphQLClientApi.class);
+        List<Person> people = client.people();
+        assertEquals("John", people.get(0).getFirstName());
+        assertEquals("Arthur", people.get(1).getFirstName());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/pom.xml
index 791536d393639..c0d0087a8cc88 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-stork</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
+            <artifactId>smallrye-graphql-client-model</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
             <artifactId>smallrye-graphql-client-implementation-vertx</artifactId>
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/SmallRyeGraphQLClientRecorder.java b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/SmallRyeGraphQLClientRecorder.java
index 15557e6a41195..27ff5b5af7262 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/SmallRyeGraphQLClientRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/SmallRyeGraphQLClientRecorder.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -12,12 +13,16 @@
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.ConfigProvider;
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 
+import io.quarkus.arc.SyntheticCreationalContext;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.LaunchMode;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.RuntimeValue;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.Recorder;
 import io.smallrye.graphql.client.impl.GraphQLClientConfiguration;
 import io.smallrye.graphql.client.impl.GraphQLClientsConfiguration;
+import io.smallrye.graphql.client.model.ClientModels;
 import io.smallrye.graphql.client.typesafe.api.TypesafeGraphQLClientBuilder;
 import io.smallrye.graphql.client.vertx.VertxManager;
+import io.smallrye.graphql.client.vertx.typesafe.VertxTypesafeGraphQLClientBuilder;
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
 
 @Recorder
@@ -25,10 +30,14 @@ public class SmallRyeGraphQLClientRecorder {
 
     private final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(SmallRyeGraphQLClientRecorder.class);
 
-    public <T> Supplier<T> typesafeClientSupplier(Class<T> targetClassName) {
-        return () -> {
-            TypesafeGraphQLClientBuilder builder = TypesafeGraphQLClientBuilder.newBuilder();
-            return builder.build(targetClassName);
+    public <T> Function<SyntheticCreationalContext<T>, T> typesafeClientSupplier(Class<T> targetClassName) {
+        return new Function<>() {
+            @Override
+            public T apply(SyntheticCreationalContext<T> context) {
+                TypesafeGraphQLClientBuilder builder = TypesafeGraphQLClientBuilder.newBuilder();
+                ClientModels clientModels = context.getInjectedReference(ClientModels.class);
+                return (((VertxTypesafeGraphQLClientBuilder) builder).clientModels(clientModels)).build(targetClassName);
+            }
         };
     }
 
@@ -136,4 +145,8 @@ private String getTestingServerUrl() {
         return "http://localhost:" + config.getOptionalValue("quarkus.http.test-port", int.class).orElse(8081) + "/graphql";
     }
 
+    public RuntimeValue<ClientModels> getRuntimeClientModel(ClientModels clientModel) {
+        return new RuntimeValue<>(clientModel);
+    }
+
 }