diff --git a/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/InjectableObserverMethod.java b/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/InjectableObserverMethod.java
index 2ecc487e587c9f..1fc8598b139bb5 100644
--- a/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/InjectableObserverMethod.java
+++ b/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/InjectableObserverMethod.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import jakarta.enterprise.event.Reception;
 import jakarta.enterprise.event.TransactionPhase;
+import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.Bean;
 import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.ObserverMethod;
 
 /**
@@ -32,6 +33,11 @@ default TransactionPhase getTransactionPhase() {
         return TransactionPhase.IN_PROGRESS;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    default Bean<?> getDeclaringBean() {
+        return Arc.container().bean(getDeclaringBeanIdentifier());
+    }
+
     /**
      *
      * @return the identifier or null for synthetic observers
diff --git a/independent-projects/arc/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/observers/SimpleObserverTest.java b/independent-projects/arc/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/observers/SimpleObserverTest.java
index c9a6da10accded..aef36126df7c02 100644
--- a/independent-projects/arc/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/observers/SimpleObserverTest.java
+++ b/independent-projects/arc/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/observers/SimpleObserverTest.java
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 package io.quarkus.arc.test.observers;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 
 import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.Dependent;
 import jakarta.enterprise.event.Event;
 import jakarta.enterprise.event.Observes;
+import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.Bean;
+import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.ObserverMethod;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
 
@@ -31,6 +35,15 @@ public void testObserver() {
         producer.produce("ping");
         List<String> events = observer.getEvents();
         assertEquals(2, events.size());
+
+        // verify we can resolve OM and check some of its metadata
+        Set<ObserverMethod<? super String>> foundOms = Arc.container().beanManager().resolveObserverMethods("someString");
+        assertEquals(1, foundOms.size());
+        ObserverMethod<? super String> om = foundOms.iterator().next();
+        Bean<?> declaringBean = om.getDeclaringBean();
+        assertNotNull(declaringBean);
+        assertEquals(StringObserver.class, declaringBean.getBeanClass());
+        assertEquals(Singleton.class, declaringBean.getScope());
     }
 
     @Singleton