diff --git a/independent-projects/bootstrap/app-model/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/model/AppModel.java b/independent-projects/bootstrap/app-model/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/model/AppModel.java
index 453258db877f4..67983300d10ec 100644
--- a/independent-projects/bootstrap/app-model/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/model/AppModel.java
+++ b/independent-projects/bootstrap/app-model/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/model/AppModel.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 /**
  * A representation of the Quarkus dependency model for a given application.
  *
+ * Changes made to this class should also be reflected in {@link PersistentAppModel}
+ *
  * @author Alexey Loubyansky
  */
 public class AppModel implements Serializable {
diff --git a/independent-projects/bootstrap/app-model/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/model/PersistentAppModel.java b/independent-projects/bootstrap/app-model/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/model/PersistentAppModel.java
index 203276a573130..8d027a545b43f 100644
--- a/independent-projects/bootstrap/app-model/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/model/PersistentAppModel.java
+++ b/independent-projects/bootstrap/app-model/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/model/PersistentAppModel.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public class PersistentAppModel implements Serializable {
     private Set<AppArtifactKey> lesserPriorityArtifacts;
     private Set<AppArtifactKey> localProjectArtifacts;
     private Map<String, String> platformProperties;
+    private Map<String, CapabilityContract> capabilitiesContracts;
     private String userProvidersDirectory;
 
     public PersistentAppModel(String baseName, Map<AppArtifactKey, List<String>> paths, AppModel appModel,
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ public PersistentAppModel(String baseName, Map<AppArtifactKey, List<String>> pat
         parentFirstArtifacts = new HashSet<>(appModel.getParentFirstArtifacts());
         runnerParentFirstArtifacts = new HashSet<>(appModel.getRunnerParentFirstArtifacts());
         lesserPriorityArtifacts = new HashSet<>(appModel.getLesserPriorityArtifacts());
+        capabilitiesContracts = new HashMap<>(appModel.getCapabilityContracts());
     }
 
     public String getUserProvidersDirectory() {
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ public AppModel getAppModel(Path root) {
         for (AppArtifactKey i : localProjectArtifacts) {
             model.addLocalProjectArtifact(i);
         }
+        model.setCapabilitiesContracts(capabilitiesContracts);
         final PlatformImportsImpl pi = new PlatformImportsImpl();
         pi.setPlatformProperties(platformProperties);
         model.setPlatformImports(pi);