diff --git a/extensions/quartz/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/deployment/QuartzProcessor.java b/extensions/quartz/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/deployment/QuartzProcessor.java
index 9c6dfe0f27814..4eeb4c4e1bbd5 100644
--- a/extensions/quartz/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/deployment/QuartzProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/quartz/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/deployment/QuartzProcessor.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool;
 import org.quartz.spi.InstanceIdGenerator;
 import org.quartz.spi.SchedulerPlugin;
+import org.quartz.spi.ThreadPool;
 import org.quartz.utils.DirtyFlagMap;
 import org.quartz.utils.StringKeyDirtyFlagMap;
 
@@ -216,7 +217,18 @@ List<ReflectiveClassBuildItem> reflectiveClasses(QuartzBuildTimeConfig config,
                     .serialization(true).build());
         }
 
-        reflectiveClasses.add(ReflectiveClassBuildItem.builder(SimpleThreadPool.class, SimpleInstanceIdGenerator.class)
+        Class<?> threadPoolClass;
+        try {
+            threadPoolClass = Class.forName(config.threadPoolClass, false, Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
+            if (!ThreadPool.class.isAssignableFrom(threadPoolClass)) {
+                throw new ConfigurationException(
+                        "Thread pool class does not implement ThreadPool interface spi: " + config.threadPoolClass);
+            }
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            throw new ConfigurationException("Thread pool class not found: " + config.threadPoolClass);
+        }
+
+        reflectiveClasses.add(ReflectiveClassBuildItem.builder(threadPoolClass, SimpleInstanceIdGenerator.class)
                 .reason(getClass().getName())
                 .methods().build());
         reflectiveClasses
diff --git a/extensions/quartz/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/runtime/QuartzBuildTimeConfig.java b/extensions/quartz/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/runtime/QuartzBuildTimeConfig.java
index 0126024e34cb9..ba503b3711d25 100644
--- a/extensions/quartz/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/runtime/QuartzBuildTimeConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/quartz/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/runtime/QuartzBuildTimeConfig.java
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ public class QuartzBuildTimeConfig {
     @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "ram")
     public StoreType storeType;
 
+    /**
+     * The class name of the thread pool implementation to use.
+     * <p>
+     * It's important to bear in mind that Quartz threads are not used to execute scheduled methods, instead the regular Quarkus
+     * thread pool is used by default. See also {@code quarkus.quartz.run-blocking-scheduled-method-on-quartz-thread}.
+     */
+    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool")
+    public String threadPoolClass;
+
     /**
      * The name of the datasource to use.
      * <p>
diff --git a/extensions/quartz/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/runtime/QuartzSchedulerImpl.java b/extensions/quartz/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/runtime/QuartzSchedulerImpl.java
index a231c29e65b61..1d1422912da9a 100644
--- a/extensions/quartz/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/runtime/QuartzSchedulerImpl.java
+++ b/extensions/quartz/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/runtime/QuartzSchedulerImpl.java
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ private Properties getSchedulerConfigurationProperties(QuartzSupport quartzSuppo
         props.put(StdSchedulerFactory.PROP_SCHED_MAX_BATCH_SIZE, "" + runtimeConfig.batchTriggerAcquisitionMaxCount);
         props.put(StdSchedulerFactory.PROP_SCHED_WRAP_JOB_IN_USER_TX, "false");
         props.put(StdSchedulerFactory.PROP_SCHED_SCHEDULER_THREADS_INHERIT_CONTEXT_CLASS_LOADER_OF_INITIALIZING_THREAD, "true");
-        props.put(StdSchedulerFactory.PROP_THREAD_POOL_CLASS, "org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool");
+        props.put(StdSchedulerFactory.PROP_THREAD_POOL_CLASS, buildTimeConfig.threadPoolClass);
         props.put(StdSchedulerFactory.PROP_SCHED_CLASS_LOAD_HELPER_CLASS, InitThreadContextClassLoadHelper.class.getName());
         props.put(StdSchedulerFactory.PROP_THREAD_POOL_PREFIX + ".threadCount", "" + runtimeConfig.threadCount);
         props.put(StdSchedulerFactory.PROP_THREAD_POOL_PREFIX + ".threadPriority", "" + runtimeConfig.threadPriority);