diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/common/deployment/ResteasyReactiveCommonProcessor.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/common/deployment/ResteasyReactiveCommonProcessor.java
index 0eda9df3d1217..089e3bde2df0b 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/common/deployment/ResteasyReactiveCommonProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/common/deployment/ResteasyReactiveCommonProcessor.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import jakarta.ws.rs.Priorities;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.ext.Providers;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.ext.RuntimeDelegate;
 
 import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationTarget;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.GeneratedBeanBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildProducer;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.AdditionalApplicationArchiveMarkerBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.CombinedIndexBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.ReflectiveClassBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.ServiceProviderBuildItem;
@@ -70,6 +72,14 @@ public class ResteasyReactiveCommonProcessor {
     private static final int LEGACY_READER_PRIORITY = Priorities.USER * 2; // readers are compared by decreased priority
     private static final int LEGACY_WRITER_PRIORITY = Priorities.USER / 2; // writers are compared by increased priority
 
+    private static final String PROVIDERS_SERVICE_FILE = "META-INF/services/" + Providers.class.getName();
+
+    @BuildStep
+    AdditionalApplicationArchiveMarkerBuildItem searchForProviders() {
+        // TODO: should we also be looking for the specific provider files?
+        return new AdditionalApplicationArchiveMarkerBuildItem(PROVIDERS_SERVICE_FILE);
+    }
+
     @BuildStep
     void setUpDenyAllJaxRs(
             CombinedIndexBuildItem index,