diff --git a/devtools/gradle/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/QuarkusDev.java b/devtools/gradle/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/QuarkusDev.java
index 680e37fd3e7fb..b8f6e9829a2c1 100644
--- a/devtools/gradle/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/QuarkusDev.java
+++ b/devtools/gradle/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/QuarkusDev.java
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ private QuarkusDevModeLauncher newLauncher() throws Exception {
                 .debug(System.getProperty("debug"))
                 .debugHost(System.getProperty("debugHost", "localhost"))
                 .suspend(System.getProperty("suspend"))
-                .jvmArgs("-Dquarkus.test.basic-console=true"); //TODO: figure out how to fix the console
+                .jvmArgs("-Dquarkus.test.basic-console=true")
+                .jvmArgs("-Dio.quarkus.launched-from-ide=true");
 
         if (getJvmArgs() != null) {
             builder.jvmArgs(getJvmArgs());