diff --git a/extensions/undertow/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/undertow/test/sessioncontext/ObservingBean.java b/extensions/undertow/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/undertow/test/sessioncontext/ObservingBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..971e8ecf1ad3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/undertow/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/undertow/test/sessioncontext/ObservingBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package io.quarkus.undertow.test.sessioncontext;
+
+import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
+import jakarta.enterprise.context.BeforeDestroyed;
+import jakarta.enterprise.context.Destroyed;
+import jakarta.enterprise.context.Initialized;
+import jakarta.enterprise.context.SessionScoped;
+import jakarta.enterprise.event.Observes;
+
+@ApplicationScoped
+public class ObservingBean {
+
+    int timesInitObserved = 0;
+    int timesBeforeDestroyedObserved = 0;
+    int timesDestroyedObserved = 0;
+
+    public int getTimesInitObserved() {
+        return timesInitObserved;
+    }
+
+    public int getTimesBeforeDestroyedObserved() {
+        return timesBeforeDestroyedObserved;
+    }
+
+    public int getTimesDestroyedObserved() {
+        return timesDestroyedObserved;
+    }
+
+    public void observeInit(@Observes @Initialized(SessionScoped.class) Object event) {
+        timesInitObserved++;
+    }
+
+    public void observeBeforeDestroyed(@Observes @BeforeDestroyed(SessionScoped.class) Object event) {
+        timesBeforeDestroyedObserved++;
+    }
+
+    public void observeDestroyed(@Observes @Destroyed(SessionScoped.class) Object event) {
+        timesDestroyedObserved++;
+    }
+
+    public void resetState() {
+        this.timesInitObserved = 0;
+        this.timesBeforeDestroyedObserved = 0;
+        this.timesDestroyedObserved = 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/undertow/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/undertow/test/sessioncontext/SessionContextTestCase.java b/extensions/undertow/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/undertow/test/sessioncontext/SessionContextTestCase.java
index 949133763a83a..acc52ce3e5494 100644
--- a/extensions/undertow/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/undertow/test/sessioncontext/SessionContextTestCase.java
+++ b/extensions/undertow/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/undertow/test/sessioncontext/SessionContextTestCase.java
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotEquals;
 
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 
+import io.quarkus.arc.Arc;
 import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
 import io.restassured.response.Response;
 
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ public class SessionContextTestCase {
 
     @RegisterExtension
     static QuarkusUnitTest runner = new QuarkusUnitTest()
-            .withApplicationRoot((jar) -> jar.addClasses(TestServlet.class, Foo.class));
+            .withApplicationRoot((jar) -> jar.addClasses(TestServlet.class, Foo.class, ObservingBean.class));
 
     @Test
     public void testServlet() {
@@ -30,4 +32,18 @@ public void testServlet() {
         response.then().statusCode(200).body(is("count=1"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testContextEvents() {
+        ObservingBean observingBean = Arc.container().select(ObservingBean.class).get();
+
+        // make sure we start with zero events to keep this test method independent
+        observingBean.resetState();
+
+        // following request creates a session and also destroys it by enforcing invalidation
+        when().get("/foo?destroy=true").then().statusCode(200);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(1, observingBean.getTimesInitObserved());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(1, observingBean.getTimesBeforeDestroyedObserved());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(1, observingBean.getTimesDestroyedObserved());
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/extensions/undertow/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/undertow/runtime/HttpSessionContext.java b/extensions/undertow/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/undertow/runtime/HttpSessionContext.java
index 388d1665d0984..15337ec507f9d 100644
--- a/extensions/undertow/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/undertow/runtime/HttpSessionContext.java
+++ b/extensions/undertow/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/undertow/runtime/HttpSessionContext.java
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import jakarta.enterprise.context.BeforeDestroyed;
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.ContextNotActiveException;
+import jakarta.enterprise.context.Destroyed;
+import jakarta.enterprise.context.Initialized;
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.SessionScoped;
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.spi.Contextual;
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.spi.CreationalContext;
+import jakarta.enterprise.event.Event;
 import jakarta.servlet.annotation.WebListener;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSession;
@@ -205,12 +209,20 @@ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
     @Override
     public void sessionDestroyed(HttpSessionEvent se) {
         HttpSession session = se.getSession();
+        Event<Object> event = Arc.container().beanManager().getEvent();
+        event.select(HttpSession.class, BeforeDestroyed.Literal.SESSION).fire(session);
         try {
             DESTRUCT_SESSION.set(session);
             destroy(session);
+            event.select(HttpSession.class, Destroyed.Literal.SESSION).fire(session);
         } finally {
             DESTRUCT_SESSION.remove();
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void sessionCreated(HttpSessionEvent se) {
+        Arc.container().beanManager().getEvent().select(HttpSession.class, Initialized.Literal.SESSION).fire(se.getSession());
+    }
+
 }