diff --git a/extensions/oidc-client-reactive-filter/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/oidc/client/reactive/filter/deployment/OidcClientReactiveFilterBuildStep.java b/extensions/oidc-client-reactive-filter/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/oidc/client/reactive/filter/deployment/OidcClientReactiveFilterBuildStep.java
index d1573a8d09198..4aa3a614ce8ea 100644
--- a/extensions/oidc-client-reactive-filter/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/oidc/client/reactive/filter/deployment/OidcClientReactiveFilterBuildStep.java
+++ b/extensions/oidc-client-reactive-filter/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/oidc/client/reactive/filter/deployment/OidcClientReactiveFilterBuildStep.java
@@ -1,17 +1,46 @@
 package io.quarkus.oidc.client.reactive.filter.deployment;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationInstance;
+import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationValue;
+import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
+import org.jboss.jandex.Type;
+
 import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.AdditionalBeanBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildProducer;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildSteps;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.AdditionalIndexedClassesBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.CombinedIndexBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.ReflectiveClassBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.oidc.client.deployment.OidcClientBuildStep.IsEnabled;
+import io.quarkus.oidc.client.reactive.filter.OidcClientFilter;
 import io.quarkus.oidc.client.reactive.filter.OidcClientRequestReactiveFilter;
+import io.quarkus.rest.client.reactive.deployment.DotNames;
+import io.quarkus.rest.client.reactive.deployment.RegisterProviderAnnotationInstanceBuildItem;
 
 @BuildSteps(onlyIf = IsEnabled.class)
 public class OidcClientReactiveFilterBuildStep {
 
+    private static final DotName OIDC_CLIENT_FILTER = DotName.createSimple(OidcClientFilter.class.getName());
+    private static final DotName OIDC_CLIENT_REQUEST_REACTIVE_FILTER = DotName
+            .createSimple(OidcClientRequestReactiveFilter.class.getName());
+
+    // we simply pretend that @OidcClientFilter means @RegisterProvider(OidcClientRequestReactiveFilter.class)
+    @BuildStep
+    void oidcClientFilterSupport(CombinedIndexBuildItem indexBuildItem,
+            BuildProducer<RegisterProviderAnnotationInstanceBuildItem> producer) {
+        Collection<AnnotationInstance> instances = indexBuildItem.getIndex().getAnnotations(OIDC_CLIENT_FILTER);
+        for (AnnotationInstance instance : instances) {
+            String targetClass = instance.target().asClass().name().toString();
+            producer.produce(new RegisterProviderAnnotationInstanceBuildItem(targetClass, AnnotationInstance.create(
+                    DotNames.REGISTER_PROVIDER, instance.target(), List.of(AnnotationValue.createClassValue("value",
+                            Type.create(OIDC_CLIENT_REQUEST_REACTIVE_FILTER, org.jboss.jandex.Type.Kind.CLASS))))));
+        }
+    }
+
     @BuildStep
     void registerProvider(BuildProducer<AdditionalBeanBuildItem> additionalBeans,
             BuildProducer<ReflectiveClassBuildItem> reflectiveClass,
diff --git a/extensions/oidc-client-reactive-filter/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/oidc/client/reactive/filter/OidcClientFilter.java b/extensions/oidc-client-reactive-filter/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/oidc/client/reactive/filter/OidcClientFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3b412dfa5bb9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/oidc-client-reactive-filter/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/oidc/client/reactive/filter/OidcClientFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package io.quarkus.oidc.client.reactive.filter;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+@Target({ ElementType.TYPE })
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Documented
+public @interface OidcClientFilter {
+}
diff --git a/integration-tests/oidc-client-reactive/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/keycloak/ProtectedResourceServiceReactiveFilter.java b/integration-tests/oidc-client-reactive/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/keycloak/ProtectedResourceServiceReactiveFilter.java
index 9ae3873bc324b..b1436709da13f 100644
--- a/integration-tests/oidc-client-reactive/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/keycloak/ProtectedResourceServiceReactiveFilter.java
+++ b/integration-tests/oidc-client-reactive/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/keycloak/ProtectedResourceServiceReactiveFilter.java
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
 
-import org.eclipse.microprofile.rest.client.annotation.RegisterProvider;
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.rest.client.inject.RegisterRestClient;
 
-import io.quarkus.oidc.client.reactive.filter.OidcClientRequestReactiveFilter;
+import io.quarkus.oidc.client.reactive.filter.OidcClientFilter;
 import io.smallrye.mutiny.Uni;
 
 @RegisterRestClient
-@RegisterProvider(OidcClientRequestReactiveFilter.class)
+@OidcClientFilter
 @Path("/")
 public interface ProtectedResourceServiceReactiveFilter {