diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/client/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/client/impl/InboundSseEventImpl.java b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/client/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/client/impl/InboundSseEventImpl.java
index 66cecfadab348..e4357da6b0edf 100644
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/client/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/client/impl/InboundSseEventImpl.java
+++ b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/client/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/client/impl/InboundSseEventImpl.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.GenericType;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.ext.ReaderInterceptor;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.sse.InboundSseEvent;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.sse.SseEvent;
 
@@ -24,12 +25,18 @@ public class InboundSseEventImpl implements InboundSseEvent {
     private String data;
     private MediaType mediaType;
     private long reconnectDelay = SseEvent.RECONNECT_NOT_SET;
-    private Serialisers serialisers;
-    private ConfigurationImpl configuration;
+    private final Serialisers serialisers;
+    private final ConfigurationImpl configuration;
+    private final ReaderInterceptor[] interceptors;
 
     public InboundSseEventImpl(ConfigurationImpl configuration, Serialisers serialisers) {
         this.configuration = configuration;
         this.serialisers = serialisers;
+        var interceptors = Serialisers.NO_READER_INTERCEPTOR;
+        if ((configuration != null) && configuration.getReaderInterceptors() != null) {
+            interceptors = configuration.getReaderInterceptors().toArray(Serialisers.NO_READER_INTERCEPTOR);
+        }
+        this.interceptors = interceptors;
     }
 
     public MediaType getMediaType() {
@@ -122,7 +129,7 @@ public <T> T readData(GenericType<T> type, MediaType mediaType) {
         try {
             return (T) ClientSerialisers.invokeClientReader(null, type.getRawType(), type.getType(),
                     mediaType, null, null, new QuarkusMultivaluedHashMap<>(),
-                    serialisers, in, Serialisers.NO_READER_INTERCEPTOR, configuration);
+                    serialisers, in, interceptors, configuration);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
         }