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+package io.quarkus.deployment;
+
+import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.NativeImageResourceBuildItem;
+
+public class SmallRyeConfigProcessor {
+
+    @BuildStep
+    NativeImageResourceBuildItem registerResources() {
+        // Accessed by SmallRye Config to load the default configuration
+        return new NativeImageResourceBuildItem("application.properties", "META-INF/microprofile-config.properties");
+    }
+
+}