diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/LaunchConfig.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/LaunchConfig.java
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+package io.quarkus.runtime;
+
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.ConfigPhase;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.ConfigRoot;
+import io.smallrye.config.ConfigMapping;
+import io.smallrye.config.WithDefault;
+
+@ConfigMapping(prefix = "quarkus.launch")
+@ConfigRoot(phase = ConfigPhase.RUN_TIME)
+public interface LaunchConfig {
+
+    /**
+     * If set to true, Quarkus will perform re-augmentation (assuming the {@code mutable-jar} package type is used)
+     */
+    @WithDefault("false")
+    boolean rebuild();
+}