diff --git a/extensions/security/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/security/runtime/QuarkusIdentityProviderManagerImpl.java b/extensions/security/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/security/runtime/QuarkusIdentityProviderManagerImpl.java
index f2139649f24a1a..a4ba70a667a5a3 100644
--- a/extensions/security/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/security/runtime/QuarkusIdentityProviderManagerImpl.java
+++ b/extensions/security/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/security/runtime/QuarkusIdentityProviderManagerImpl.java
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@ public QuarkusIdentityProviderManagerImpl build() {
                 throw new IllegalStateException(
                         "No AnonymousIdentityProvider registered. An instance of AnonymousIdentityProvider must be provided to allow the Anonymous identity to be created.");
             }
+            providers.values().forEach(providers -> providers.sort(new Comparator<IdentityProvider>() {
+                @Override
+                public int compare(IdentityProvider o1, IdentityProvider o2) {
+                    return Integer.compare(o2.priority(), o1.priority());
+                }
+            }));
             if (blockingExecutor == null) {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("no blocking executor specified");
             }
diff --git a/extensions/security/runtime/src/test/java/io/quarkus/security/runtime/QuarkusIdentityProviderManagerImplTest.java b/extensions/security/runtime/src/test/java/io/quarkus/security/runtime/QuarkusIdentityProviderManagerImplTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..bab61bced37ed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/security/runtime/src/test/java/io/quarkus/security/runtime/QuarkusIdentityProviderManagerImplTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package io.quarkus.security.runtime;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import io.quarkus.security.AuthenticationFailedException;
+import io.quarkus.security.identity.AuthenticationRequestContext;
+import io.quarkus.security.identity.IdentityProvider;
+import io.quarkus.security.identity.IdentityProviderManager;
+import io.quarkus.security.identity.SecurityIdentity;
+import io.quarkus.security.identity.request.BaseAuthenticationRequest;
+import io.smallrye.mutiny.Uni;
+
+class QuarkusIdentityProviderManagerImplTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void testIdentityProviderPriority() {
+        IdentityProviderManager identityProviderManager = QuarkusIdentityProviderManagerImpl.builder()
+                .addProvider(new TestIdentityProviderSystemLastPriority())
+                .addProvider(new TestIdentityProviderUserLastPriority())
+                .addProvider(new TestIdentityProviderUserFirstPriority())
+                .addProvider(new TestIdentityProviderSystemFirstPriority())
+                .addProvider(new AnonymousIdentityProvider())
+                .setBlockingExecutor(Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor())
+                .build();
+
+        SecurityIdentity identity = identityProviderManager.authenticateBlocking(new TestAuthenticationRequest());
+
+        assertEquals(new QuarkusPrincipal("Bob"), identity.getPrincipal());
+    }
+
+    static class TestAuthenticationRequest extends BaseAuthenticationRequest {
+    }
+
+    abstract static class TestIdentityProvider implements IdentityProvider<TestAuthenticationRequest> {
+        @Override
+        public Class<TestAuthenticationRequest> getRequestType() {
+            return TestAuthenticationRequest.class;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Uni<SecurityIdentity> authenticate(TestAuthenticationRequest request, AuthenticationRequestContext context) {
+            throw new AuthenticationFailedException(getClass().getSimpleName());
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class TestIdentityProviderUserFirstPriority extends TestIdentityProvider {
+        @Override
+        public int priority() {
+            return Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Uni<SecurityIdentity> authenticate(TestAuthenticationRequest request, AuthenticationRequestContext context) {
+            SecurityIdentity identity = QuarkusSecurityIdentity.builder()
+                    .setPrincipal(new QuarkusPrincipal("Bob"))
+                    .build();
+            return Uni.createFrom().item(identity);
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class TestIdentityProviderUserLastPriority extends TestIdentityProvider {
+    }
+
+    static class TestIdentityProviderSystemFirstPriority extends TestIdentityProvider {
+        @Override
+        public int priority() {
+            return SYSTEM_FIRST;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class TestIdentityProviderSystemLastPriority extends TestIdentityProvider {
+        @Override
+        public int priority() {
+            return SYSTEM_LAST;
+        }
+    }
+}