diff --git a/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/client/ActiveMQClientLogger.java b/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/client/ActiveMQClientLogger.java
index 6156c15877..700b863827 100644
--- a/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/client/ActiveMQClientLogger.java
+++ b/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/client/ActiveMQClientLogger.java
@@ -410,6 +410,15 @@ public interface ActiveMQClientLogger extends BasicLogger {
       format = Message.Format.MESSAGE_FORMAT)
    void confirmationNotSet();
 
+   @LogMessage(level = Logger.Level.WARN)
+   @Message(id = 212075, value = "KQueue is not available, please add to the classpath or configure useKQueue=false to remove this warning",
+           format = Message.Format.MESSAGE_FORMAT)
+   void unableToCheckKQueueAvailabilityNoClass();
+
+   @LogMessage(level = Logger.Level.WARN)
+   @Message(id = 212076, value = "Epoll is not available, please add to the classpath or configure useEpoll=false to remove this warning",
+           format = Message.Format.MESSAGE_FORMAT)
+   void unableToCheckEpollAvailabilitynoClass();
 
    @LogMessage(level = Logger.Level.ERROR)
    @Message(id = 214000, value = "Failed to call onMessage", format = Message.Format.MESSAGE_FORMAT)
diff --git a/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/remoting/impl/netty/CheckDependencies.java b/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/remoting/impl/netty/CheckDependencies.java
index fb7da4b3ff..c29b17c70e 100644
--- a/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/remoting/impl/netty/CheckDependencies.java
+++ b/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/remoting/impl/netty/CheckDependencies.java
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ public class CheckDependencies {
    public static final boolean isEpollAvailable() {
       try {
          return Env.isLinuxOs() && Epoll.isAvailable();
+      } catch (NoClassDefFoundError noClassDefFoundError) {
+         ActiveMQClientLogger.LOGGER.unableToCheckEpollAvailabilitynoClass();
+         return false;
       } catch (Throwable e)  {
          ActiveMQClientLogger.LOGGER.unableToCheckEpollAvailability(e);
          return false;
@@ -43,6 +46,9 @@ public class CheckDependencies {
    public static final boolean isKQueueAvailable() {
       try {
          return Env.isMacOs() && KQueue.isAvailable();
+      } catch (NoClassDefFoundError noClassDefFoundError) {
+         ActiveMQClientLogger.LOGGER.unableToCheckKQueueAvailabilityNoClass();
+         return false;
       } catch (Throwable e) {
          ActiveMQClientLogger.LOGGER.unableToCheckKQueueAvailability(e);
          return false;