diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/rest/client/reactive/deployment/RestClientReactiveProcessor.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/rest/client/reactive/deployment/RestClientReactiveProcessor.java
index 626a5cc8a028f..b430fb8a37541 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/rest/client/reactive/deployment/RestClientReactiveProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/rest/client/reactive/deployment/RestClientReactiveProcessor.java
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.ConfigurationTypeBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.ExtensionSslNativeSupportBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.FeatureBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.NativeImageResourceBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.ReflectiveClassBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.util.AsmUtil;
 import io.quarkus.gizmo.ClassCreator;
 import io.quarkus.gizmo.MethodCreator;
@@ -110,6 +112,20 @@ void setUpDefaultMediaType(BuildProducer<RestClientDefaultConsumesBuildItem> con
         }
     }
 
+    @BuildStep
+    void registerRestClientListenerForTracing(
+            Capabilities capabilities,
+            BuildProducer<NativeImageResourceBuildItem> resource,
+            BuildProducer<ReflectiveClassBuildItem> reflectiveClass) {
+        if (capabilities.isPresent(Capability.SMALLRYE_OPENTRACING)) {
+            resource.produce(new NativeImageResourceBuildItem(
+                    "META-INF/services/org.eclipse.microprofile.rest.client.spi.RestClientListener"));
+            reflectiveClass
+                    .produce(new ReflectiveClassBuildItem(true, false, false,
+                            "io.smallrye.opentracing.SmallRyeRestClientListener"));
+        }
+    }
+
     @BuildStep
     @Record(ExecutionTime.STATIC_INIT)
     void setupAdditionalBeans(