diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/grpc-generation-reference.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/grpc-generation-reference.adoc
index 70c0a4cde0fb6..00c5f37c9aefe 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/grpc-generation-reference.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/grpc-generation-reference.adoc
@@ -165,6 +165,13 @@ quarkus.generate-code.grpc.scan-for-proto-exclude."<groupId>:<artifactId>"=foo/p
 
 Note that `:` characters in the property keys must be escaped.
 
+== Kotlin code generation
+
+`protoc` also supports https://protobuf.dev/reference/kotlin/kotlin-generated/[generating Kotlin code] in addition to the generated Java code.
+
+By default, the Kotlin code generation is enabled if the dependency `io.quarkus:quarkus-kotlin` is present.
+To explicitly en-/disable this feature, set the `quarkus.generate-code.grpc.kotlin.generate` property in your `application.properties` file to `true` or `false`.
+
 == Skipping code generation
 
 You can skip gRPC code generation using:
diff --git a/extensions/grpc/codegen/src/main/java/io/quarkus/grpc/deployment/GrpcCodeGen.java b/extensions/grpc/codegen/src/main/java/io/quarkus/grpc/deployment/GrpcCodeGen.java
index d4e67796e2420..581adc6d17f33 100644
--- a/extensions/grpc/codegen/src/main/java/io/quarkus/grpc/deployment/GrpcCodeGen.java
+++ b/extensions/grpc/codegen/src/main/java/io/quarkus/grpc/deployment/GrpcCodeGen.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
@@ -66,8 +67,11 @@ public class GrpcCodeGen implements CodeGenProvider {
 
     private static final String USE_ARG_FILE = "quarkus.generate-code.grpc.use-arg-file";
 
+    private static final String GENERATE_KOTLIN = "quarkus.generate-code.grpc.kotlin.generate";
+
     private Executables executables;
     private String input;
+    private boolean hasQuarkusKotlinDependency;
 
     @Override
     public String providerId() {
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ public Path getInputDirectory() {
     @Override
     public void init(ApplicationModel model, Map<String, String> properties) {
         this.input = properties.get("quarkus.grpc.codegen.proto-directory");
+        this.hasQuarkusKotlinDependency = containsQuarkusKotlin(model.getDependencies());
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -162,6 +167,10 @@ public boolean trigger(CodeGenContext context) throws CodeGenException {
                         "--grpc_out=" + outDir,
                         "--java_out=" + outDir));
 
+                if (shouldGenerateKotlin(context.config())) {
+                    command.add("--kotlin_out=" + outDir);
+                }
+
                 if (shouldGenerateDescriptorSet(context.config())) {
                     command.add(String.format("--descriptor_set_out=%s", getDescriptorSetOutputFile(context)));
                 }
@@ -296,6 +305,11 @@ private boolean isGeneratingFromAppDependenciesEnabled(Config config) {
                 .filter(value -> !"none".equals(value)).isPresent();
     }
 
+    private boolean shouldGenerateKotlin(Config config) {
+        return config.getOptionalValue(GENERATE_KOTLIN, Boolean.class).orElse(
+                hasQuarkusKotlinDependency);
+    }
+
     private boolean shouldGenerateDescriptorSet(Config config) {
         return config.getOptionalValue(GENERATE_DESCRIPTOR_SET, Boolean.class).orElse(FALSE);
     }
@@ -526,6 +540,16 @@ private static void writePluginExeCmd(Path pluginPath, BufferedWriter writer) th
         writer.newLine();
     }
 
+    private static boolean containsQuarkusKotlin(Collection<ResolvedDependency> dependencies) {
+        return dependencies.stream().anyMatch(new Predicate<ResolvedDependency>() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean test(ResolvedDependency rd) {
+                return rd.getGroupId().equalsIgnoreCase("io.quarkus")
+                        && rd.getArtifactId().equalsIgnoreCase("quarkus-kotlin");
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     private static class Executables {
 
         final Path protoc;
diff --git a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/kotlin-grpc-project/src/main/kotlin/org/acme/ExampleResource.kt b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/kotlin-grpc-project/src/main/kotlin/org/acme/ExampleResource.kt
index e1ee93710f419..dcf11b93a86cd 100644
--- a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/kotlin-grpc-project/src/main/kotlin/org/acme/ExampleResource.kt
+++ b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/kotlin-grpc-project/src/main/kotlin/org/acme/ExampleResource.kt
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ import jakarta.ws.rs.Produces
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType
 
 import io.quarkus.example.HelloMsg
+import io.quarkus.example.helloMsg
 
 @Path("/hello")
 class ExampleResource {
 
     @GET
     @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
-    fun hello() = "hello" + HelloMsg.Status.TEST_ONE.getNumber()
+    fun hello() = "hello" + helloMsg { status = HelloMsg.Status.TEST_ONE }.statusValue
 }
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