diff --git a/vertx-core/src/main/generated/io/vertx/core/DeploymentOptionsConverter.java b/vertx-core/src/main/generated/io/vertx/core/DeploymentOptionsConverter.java
index b498e0b5be9..d0c8306c568 100644
--- a/vertx-core/src/main/generated/io/vertx/core/DeploymentOptionsConverter.java
+++ b/vertx-core/src/main/generated/io/vertx/core/DeploymentOptionsConverter.java
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ static void fromJson(Iterable<java.util.Map.Entry<String, Object>> json, Deploym
             obj.setMaxWorkerExecuteTimeUnit(java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.valueOf((String)member.getValue()));
           }
           break;
+        case "reuseCurrentEventLoop":
+          if (member.getValue() instanceof Boolean) {
+            obj.setReuseCurrentEventLoop((Boolean)member.getValue());
+          }
+          break;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -79,5 +84,6 @@ static void toJson(DeploymentOptions obj, java.util.Map<String, Object> json) {
     if (obj.getMaxWorkerExecuteTimeUnit() != null) {
       json.put("maxWorkerExecuteTimeUnit", obj.getMaxWorkerExecuteTimeUnit().name());
     }
+    json.put("reuseCurrentEventLoop", obj.getReuseCurrentEventLoop());
   }
 }
diff --git a/vertx-core/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/DeploymentOptions.java b/vertx-core/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/DeploymentOptions.java
index 6e6ffb6f6b3..2a03e1e4468 100644
--- a/vertx-core/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/DeploymentOptions.java
+++ b/vertx-core/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/DeploymentOptions.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public class DeploymentOptions {
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_WORKER = false;
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_HA = false;
   public static final int DEFAULT_INSTANCES = 1;
+  public static final boolean DEFAULT_REUSE_CURRENT_EVENT_LOOP = false;
 
   private JsonObject config;
   private ThreadingModel threadingModel;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ public class DeploymentOptions {
   private int workerPoolSize;
   private long maxWorkerExecuteTime;
   private TimeUnit maxWorkerExecuteTimeUnit;
+  private boolean reuseCurrentEventLoop;
 
   /**
    * Default constructor
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ public DeploymentOptions() {
     this.workerPoolSize = VertxOptions.DEFAULT_WORKER_POOL_SIZE;
     this.maxWorkerExecuteTime = VertxOptions.DEFAULT_MAX_WORKER_EXECUTE_TIME;
     this.maxWorkerExecuteTimeUnit = VertxOptions.DEFAULT_MAX_WORKER_EXECUTE_TIME_UNIT;
+    this.reuseCurrentEventLoop = DEFAULT_REUSE_CURRENT_EVENT_LOOP;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -292,6 +295,26 @@ public DeploymentOptions setClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader) {
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return true if the verticle should reuse the current event loop
+   */
+  public boolean getReuseCurrentEventLoop() {
+    return reuseCurrentEventLoop;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set whether the verticle should reuse the current event loop
+   * <p> when reuseCurrentEventLoop is set to true, the verticle will be deployed on the current event loop.
+   * If no Context is set for the current thread, a Context will be created for the current thread.
+   *
+   * @param reuseCurrentEventLoop true if the verticle should reuse the current event loop
+   * @return a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
+   */
+  public DeploymentOptions setReuseCurrentEventLoop(boolean reuseCurrentEventLoop) {
+    this.reuseCurrentEventLoop = reuseCurrentEventLoop;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Convert this to JSON
    *
diff --git a/vertx-core/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/impl/deployment/Deployment.java b/vertx-core/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/impl/deployment/Deployment.java
index 032d399373e..e8f60f0e808 100644
--- a/vertx-core/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/impl/deployment/Deployment.java
+++ b/vertx-core/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/impl/deployment/Deployment.java
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ public Future<?> deploy(DeploymentContext deployment) {
           }
           break;
         default:
-          context = vertx.createEventLoopContext(deployment, closeFuture, workerPool, tccl);
+          context = options.getReuseCurrentEventLoop()
+            ? vertx.createEventLoopContext(vertx.getOrCreateContext().nettyEventLoop(), deployment,closeFuture,workerPool, tccl)
+            : vertx.createEventLoopContext(deployment, closeFuture, workerPool, tccl);
           break;
       }
       Instance instance = new Instance(verticle, context);
diff --git a/vertx-core/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/internal/VertxInternal.java b/vertx-core/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/internal/VertxInternal.java
index 9ec4f47c3fe..734d193b06f 100644
--- a/vertx-core/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/internal/VertxInternal.java
+++ b/vertx-core/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/internal/VertxInternal.java
@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@ default ContextInternal createEventLoopContext(DeploymentContext deployment, Clo
     return createContext(ThreadingModel.EVENT_LOOP, deployment, closeFuture, workerPool, tccl);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return event loop context
+   */
+  default ContextInternal createEventLoopContext(EventLoop eventLoop, DeploymentContext deployment, CloseFuture closeFuture, WorkerPool workerPool, ClassLoader tccl) {
+    return createContext(ThreadingModel.EVENT_LOOP, eventLoop, closeFuture, workerPool, deployment, tccl);
+  }
+
   /**
    * @return event loop context
    */
diff --git a/vertx-core/src/test/java/io/vertx/tests/deployment/CurrentEventLoopDeploymentTest.java b/vertx-core/src/test/java/io/vertx/tests/deployment/CurrentEventLoopDeploymentTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..61d4fc8eb17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vertx-core/src/test/java/io/vertx/tests/deployment/CurrentEventLoopDeploymentTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package io.vertx.tests.deployment;
+
+import io.netty.channel.EventLoop;
+import io.vertx.core.AbstractVerticle;
+import io.vertx.core.DeploymentOptions;
+import io.vertx.core.Promise;
+import io.vertx.core.ThreadingModel;
+import io.vertx.core.internal.ContextInternal;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="https://dreamlike-ocean.github.io/blog/">dremalike</a>
+ */
+public class CurrentEventLoopDeploymentTest extends AbstractVerticleTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDeploy() throws InterruptedException {
+    waitFor(1);
+    ContextInternal currentContext = (ContextInternal) vertx.getOrCreateContext();
+    EventLoop targetEventLoop = currentContext.nettyEventLoop();
+    vertx.deployVerticle(new AbstractVerticle() {
+        @Override
+        public void start() {
+          EventLoop currentEventLoop = ((ContextInternal) context).nettyEventLoop();
+          assertEquals(targetEventLoop, currentEventLoop);
+          assertNotSame(currentContext, context);
+        }
+
+      }, new DeploymentOptions().setReuseCurrentEventLoop(true))
+      .onSuccess(this::assertNotNull)
+      .onFailure(this::fail)
+      .onComplete(s -> testComplete());
+
+    await();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testExecuteBlocking() {
+    waitFor(1);
+    vertx.deployVerticle(new AbstractVerticle() {
+        @Override
+        public void start(Promise<Void> startPromise) throws Exception {
+          Thread eventLoopThread = Thread.currentThread();
+          vertx.executeBlocking(() -> {
+            assertNotSame(eventLoopThread, Thread.currentThread());
+            startPromise.complete();
+            return null;
+          });
+        }
+      }, new DeploymentOptions().setReuseCurrentEventLoop(true))
+      .onSuccess(this::assertNotNull)
+      .onFailure(this::fail)
+      .onComplete(s -> testComplete());
+    await();
+  }
+
+
+}