diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/websockets-next-reference.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/websockets-next-reference.adoc
index 3ccf664f55127..322ac710d6a50 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/websockets-next-reference.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/websockets-next-reference.adoc
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ public class ChatWebSocket {
 Thus, client can connect to this web socket endpoint using `ws://localhost:8080/chat/your-name`.
 If TLS is used, the URL is `wss://localhost:8443/chat/your-name`.
 
+NOTE: The endpoint path is relative to the xref:http-reference.adoc#context-path[root context] configured by the `quarkus.http.root-path` (which is `/` by default). For example, if you add `quarkus.http.root-path=/api` to your `application.properties` then a client can connect to this endpoint using `http://localhost:8080/api/chat/the-name`. 
+
 [[client-endpoints]]
 === Client endpoints
 
diff --git a/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/deployment/WebSocketProcessor.java b/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/deployment/WebSocketProcessor.java
index a6e5c44f375d7..cf2040a7e2c2a 100644
--- a/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/deployment/WebSocketProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/deployment/WebSocketProcessor.java
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
 import io.quarkus.security.spi.ClassSecurityCheckStorageBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.security.spi.SecurityTransformerUtils;
 import io.quarkus.security.spi.runtime.SecurityCheck;
-import io.quarkus.vertx.http.deployment.HttpRootPathBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.vertx.http.deployment.RouteBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.vertx.http.runtime.HandlerType;
 import io.quarkus.vertx.http.runtime.HttpBuildTimeConfig;
@@ -445,18 +444,17 @@ public String apply(String name) {
     @Consume(SyntheticBeansRuntimeInitBuildItem.class) // SecurityHttpUpgradeCheck is runtime init due to runtime config
     @Record(RUNTIME_INIT)
     @BuildStep
-    public void registerRoutes(WebSocketServerRecorder recorder, HttpRootPathBuildItem httpRootPath,
-            List<GeneratedEndpointBuildItem> generatedEndpoints, HttpBuildTimeConfig httpConfig, Capabilities capabilities,
+    public void registerRoutes(WebSocketServerRecorder recorder, List<GeneratedEndpointBuildItem> generatedEndpoints,
+            HttpBuildTimeConfig httpConfig, Capabilities capabilities,
             BuildProducer<RouteBuildItem> routes) {
         for (GeneratedEndpointBuildItem endpoint : generatedEndpoints.stream().filter(GeneratedEndpointBuildItem::isServer)
                 .toList()) {
             RouteBuildItem.Builder builder = RouteBuildItem.builder();
-            String relativePath = httpRootPath.relativePath(endpoint.path);
             if (capabilities.isPresent(Capability.SECURITY) && !httpConfig.auth.proactive) {
                 // Add a special handler so that it's possible to capture the SecurityIdentity before the HTTP upgrade
-                builder.routeFunction(relativePath, recorder.initializeSecurityHandler());
+                builder.routeFunction(endpoint.path, recorder.initializeSecurityHandler());
             } else {
-                builder.route(relativePath);
+                builder.route(endpoint.path);
             }
             builder
                     .displayOnNotFoundPage("WebSocket Endpoint")
diff --git a/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/test/rootpath/CustomRootPathTest.java b/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/test/rootpath/CustomRootPathTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fc76db5f64c9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/test/rootpath/CustomRootPathTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package io.quarkus.websockets.next.test.rootpath;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
+import io.quarkus.test.common.http.TestHTTPResource;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.OnTextMessage;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.WebSocket;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.test.utils.WSClient;
+import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
+
+public class CustomRootPathTest {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    public static final QuarkusUnitTest test = new QuarkusUnitTest()
+            .withApplicationRoot(root -> {
+                root.addClasses(Echo.class, WSClient.class);
+            }).overrideConfigKey("quarkus.http.root-path", "/api");
+
+    @Inject
+    Vertx vertx;
+
+    @TestHTTPResource("echo")
+    URI testUri;
+
+    @Test
+    void testEndpoint() {
+        assertTrue(testUri.toString().contains("/api"));
+        try (WSClient client = WSClient.create(vertx).connect(testUri)) {
+            assertEquals("monty", client.sendAndAwaitReply("monty").toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @WebSocket(path = "/echo")
+    public static class Echo {
+
+        @OnTextMessage
+        String process(String message) throws InterruptedException {
+            return message;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}