diff --git a/roles/quarkus/defaults/main.yml b/roles/quarkus/defaults/main.yml
index 913517c..cf4e67e 100644
--- a/roles/quarkus/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/quarkus/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ quarkus_build_app: true
 quarkus_build_delete_workdir: false
 quarkus_build_shell_interpreter: /bin/bash
 quarkus_build_relative_path_to_deploy_dir: target/quarkus-app/
+quarkus_build_checkout_src_code: True
 
 quarkus_java_version: 17
 quarkus_java_package_version: "java-{{ quarkus_java_version }}-openjdk-devel"
diff --git a/roles/quarkus/tasks/build.yml b/roles/quarkus/tasks/build.yml
index c36df01..06f3a49 100644
--- a/roles/quarkus/tasks/build.yml
+++ b/roles/quarkus/tasks/build.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,21 @@
         repo: "{{ quarkus_app_repo_url }}"
         dest: "{{ quarkus_app_workdir }}"
         version: "{{ app_tag | default(omit) }}"
+      when:
+        - quarkus_build_checkout_src_code is defined and quarkus_build_checkout_src_code
+
+    - name: "Load metadata on source directory"
+      ansible.builtin.stat:
+        path: "{{ quarkus_app_workdir }}"
+      register: source_dir
+
+    - name: "Ensure that source dir exists"
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - source_dir is defined and source_dir.stat is defined
+          - source_dir.stat.exists is defined and source_dir.stat.exists
+        quiet: True
+        fail_msg: "The root folder of the Quarkus project does not exits: {{ quarkus_app_workdir }}"
 
     - name: "Build the App using Maven using {{ quarkus_java_home }} as JAVA_HOME."
       become: "{{ quarkus_app_dir_requires_become }}"