diff --git a/client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/deployment/CodegenConfig.java b/client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/deployment/CodegenConfig.java
index f163f25ee..aa707bc7e 100644
--- a/client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/deployment/CodegenConfig.java
+++ b/client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/deployment/CodegenConfig.java
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ public enum ConfigName {
         REMOVE_OPERATION_ID_PREFIX_COUNT("remove-operation-id-prefix-count"),
         GENERATE_APIS("generate-apis"),
         GENERATE_MODELS("generate-models"),
-        BEAN_VALIDATION("use-bean-validation");
+        BEAN_VALIDATION("use-bean-validation"),
+        SERIALIZABLE_MODEL("serializable-model");
 
         private final String name;
 
diff --git a/client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/deployment/codegen/OpenApiGeneratorCodeGenBase.java b/client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/deployment/codegen/OpenApiGeneratorCodeGenBase.java
index 0431e6777..c4f69013b 100644
--- a/client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/deployment/codegen/OpenApiGeneratorCodeGenBase.java
+++ b/client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/deployment/codegen/OpenApiGeneratorCodeGenBase.java
@@ -317,6 +317,9 @@ protected void generate(OpenApiGeneratorOptions options) {
         getValues(smallRyeConfig, openApiFilePath, CodegenConfig.ConfigName.SCHEMA_MAPPINGS, String.class, String.class)
                 .ifPresent(generator::withSchemaMappings);
 
+        getValues(smallRyeConfig, openApiFilePath, CodegenConfig.ConfigName.SERIALIZABLE_MODEL, Boolean.class)
+                .ifPresent(generator::withSerialiableModel);
+
         getValues(smallRyeConfig, openApiFilePath, CodegenConfig.ConfigName.NORMALIZER, String.class, String.class)
                 .ifPresent(generator::withOpenApiNormalizer);
 
diff --git a/client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/deployment/wrapper/OpenApiClientGeneratorWrapper.java b/client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/deployment/wrapper/OpenApiClientGeneratorWrapper.java
index 7d34db5e4..12147ece2 100644
--- a/client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/deployment/wrapper/OpenApiClientGeneratorWrapper.java
+++ b/client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/deployment/wrapper/OpenApiClientGeneratorWrapper.java
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ private void setDefaults() {
         this.configurator.addAdditionalProperty("use-bean-validation", FALSE);
         this.configurator.addAdditionalProperty("use-field-name-in-part-filename", FALSE);
         this.configurator.addAdditionalProperty("verbose", FALSE);
-        // TODO: expose as properties https://github.com/quarkiverse/quarkus-openapi-generator/issues/869
         this.configurator.addAdditionalProperty(CodegenConstants.SERIALIZABLE_MODEL, FALSE);
     }
 
@@ -198,6 +197,11 @@ public OpenApiClientGeneratorWrapper withOpenApiNormalizer(final Map<String, Str
         return this;
     }
 
+    public OpenApiClientGeneratorWrapper withSerialiableModel(final Boolean serialiableModel) {
+        this.configurator.addAdditionalProperty(CodegenConstants.SERIALIZABLE_MODEL, serialiableModel);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the global 'additionalModelTypeAnnotations' setting. If not set this setting will default to empty.
      *
diff --git a/client/integration-tests/pom.xml b/client/integration-tests/pom.xml
index d884219ec..e1efcf5b3 100644
--- a/client/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/client/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     <module>config-key</module>
     <module>github</module>
     <module>without-oidc</module>
+    <module>serializable-model</module>
   </modules>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/client/integration-tests/serializable-model/pom.xml b/client/integration-tests/serializable-model/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80df64ac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/integration-tests/serializable-model/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>quarkus-openapi-generator-integration-tests</artifactId>
+        <groupId>io.quarkiverse.openapi.generator</groupId>
+        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>quarkus-openapi-generator-it-serializable-model</artifactId>
+    <name>Quarkus - Openapi Generator - Integration Tests - Client - Serializable model</name>
+    <description>Example project for general usage</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkiverse.openapi.generator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-openapi-generator</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-junit5</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+                <artifactId>quarkus-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>build</goal>
+                            <goal>generate-code</goal>
+                            <goal>generate-code-tests</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>native-image</id>
+            <activation>
+                <property>
+                    <name>native</name>
+                </property>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <skipTests>${native.surefire.skip}</skipTests>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>integration-test</goal>
+                                    <goal>verify</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <systemPropertyVariables>
+                                        <native.image.path>
+                                            ${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}-runner
+                                        </native.image.path>
+                                        <java.util.logging.manager>org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager
+                                        </java.util.logging.manager>
+                                        <maven.home>${maven.home}</maven.home>
+                                    </systemPropertyVariables>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+            <properties>
+                <quarkus.package.type>native</quarkus.package.type>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/integration-tests/serializable-model/src/main/openapi/quarkus-non-serializable-openapi.yaml b/client/integration-tests/serializable-model/src/main/openapi/quarkus-non-serializable-openapi.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec431be5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/integration-tests/serializable-model/src/main/openapi/quarkus-non-serializable-openapi.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+{
+  "openapi": "3.0.2",
+  "info": {
+    "title": "Animals - OpenAPI 3.0",
+    "version": "1.0.5"
+  },
+  "servers": [
+    {
+      "url": "/api/v3"
+    }
+  ],
+  "tags": [
+    {
+      "name": "primate",
+      "description": "Everything about Primates"
+    }
+  ],
+  "paths": {
+    "/primate/{id}": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "primate"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Find primate by ID",
+        "description": "Returns a single primate",
+        "operationId": "getPrimateById",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "id",
+            "in": "path",
+            "description": "ID of primate to return",
+            "required": true,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "integer",
+              "format": "int64"
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "successful operation",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Primate"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "Invalid ID supplied"
+          },
+          "404": {
+            "description": "Primate not found"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "components": {
+    "schemas": {
+      "Animal": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "born": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "Dated Base extension.",
+            "format": "date-time"
+          },
+          "deceased": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "Dated Base extension.",
+            "format": "date-time"
+          }
+        },
+        "xml": {
+          "name": "animal"
+        }
+      },
+      "Mammal": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "allOf": [ {
+          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Animal"
+        } ],
+        "properties": {
+          "gender": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": [
+              "female",
+              "male"
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "xml": {
+          "name": "mammal"
+        }
+      },
+      "Primate": {
+        "required": [
+          "name"
+        ],
+        "type": "object",
+        "allOf": [
+          {
+            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Mammal"
+          }
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "id": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "format": "int64",
+            "example": 10
+          },
+          "name": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "jane doe"
+          }
+        },
+        "xml": {
+          "name": "primate"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/integration-tests/serializable-model/src/main/openapi/quarkus-serializable-openapi.yaml b/client/integration-tests/serializable-model/src/main/openapi/quarkus-serializable-openapi.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec431be5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/integration-tests/serializable-model/src/main/openapi/quarkus-serializable-openapi.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+{
+  "openapi": "3.0.2",
+  "info": {
+    "title": "Animals - OpenAPI 3.0",
+    "version": "1.0.5"
+  },
+  "servers": [
+    {
+      "url": "/api/v3"
+    }
+  ],
+  "tags": [
+    {
+      "name": "primate",
+      "description": "Everything about Primates"
+    }
+  ],
+  "paths": {
+    "/primate/{id}": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "primate"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Find primate by ID",
+        "description": "Returns a single primate",
+        "operationId": "getPrimateById",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "id",
+            "in": "path",
+            "description": "ID of primate to return",
+            "required": true,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "integer",
+              "format": "int64"
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "successful operation",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Primate"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "Invalid ID supplied"
+          },
+          "404": {
+            "description": "Primate not found"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "components": {
+    "schemas": {
+      "Animal": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "born": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "Dated Base extension.",
+            "format": "date-time"
+          },
+          "deceased": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "Dated Base extension.",
+            "format": "date-time"
+          }
+        },
+        "xml": {
+          "name": "animal"
+        }
+      },
+      "Mammal": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "allOf": [ {
+          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Animal"
+        } ],
+        "properties": {
+          "gender": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": [
+              "female",
+              "male"
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "xml": {
+          "name": "mammal"
+        }
+      },
+      "Primate": {
+        "required": [
+          "name"
+        ],
+        "type": "object",
+        "allOf": [
+          {
+            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Mammal"
+          }
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "id": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "format": "int64",
+            "example": 10
+          },
+          "name": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "jane doe"
+          }
+        },
+        "xml": {
+          "name": "primate"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/integration-tests/serializable-model/src/main/resources/application.properties b/client/integration-tests/serializable-model/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30fc60530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/integration-tests/serializable-model/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+quarkus.openapi-generator.codegen.spec.quarkus_serializable_openapi_yaml.serializable-model=true
+quarkus.openapi-generator.codegen.spec.quarkus_serializable_openapi_yaml.base-package=org.acme.serializable
+
+quarkus.openapi-generator.codegen.spec.quarkus_non_serializable_openapi_yaml.base-package=org.acme.non.serializable
+
+quarkus.keycloak.devservices.enabled=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/integration-tests/serializable-model/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/it/SerializableModelTest.java b/client/integration-tests/serializable-model/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/it/SerializableModelTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f1937c15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/integration-tests/serializable-model/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/it/SerializableModelTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package io.quarkiverse.openapi.generator.it;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest;
+
+@QuarkusTest
+class SerializableModelTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void verifySerializableIsEnabled() {
+        var interfaces = org.acme.serializable.model.Animal.class.getInterfaces();
+
+        assertThat(interfaces).contains(Serializable.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void verifySerializableIsNotEnabled() {
+        var interfaces = org.acme.non.serializable.model.Animal.class.getInterfaces();
+
+        assertThat(interfaces).doesNotContain(Serializable.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/client.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/client.adoc
index fa51d0525..7ea4386b0 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/client.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/client.adoc
@@ -183,6 +183,17 @@ include::./includes/generate-apis.adoc[leveloffset=+1, opts=optional]
 
 include::./includes/generate-models.adoc[leveloffset=+1, opts=optional]
 
+[[generate-serilazble-models]]
+== Generate Serilazable Models
+
+If you need to have the generated models to implement `java.io.Serializable`-interface then set the `serializable-model`
+to true:
+
+[source,properties]
+----
+quarkus.openapi-generator.codegen.spec.my_openapi_yaml.serializable-model=true
+----
+
 == Known Limitations
 
 === Supported Arguments