diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-jaxrs-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/client/deployment/JaxrsClientProcessor.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-jaxrs-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/client/deployment/JaxrsClientProcessor.java
index e555cbaacccd9..56b161214d2c8 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-jaxrs-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/client/deployment/JaxrsClientProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-jaxrs-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/client/deployment/JaxrsClientProcessor.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.RuntimeType;
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ void setupClientProxies(ResteasyReactiveClientRecorder recorder,
             List<MessageBodyReaderBuildItem> messageBodyReaderBuildItems,
             List<MessageBodyWriterBuildItem> messageBodyWriterBuildItems,
             BeanArchiveIndexBuildItem beanArchiveIndexBuildItem,
-            ResourceScanningResultBuildItem resourceScanningResultBuildItem,
+            Optional<ResourceScanningResultBuildItem> resourceScanningResultBuildItem,
             ResteasyReactiveConfig config,
             RecorderContext recorderContext,
             BuildProducer<GeneratedClassBuildItem> generatedClassBuildItemBuildProducer,
@@ -85,12 +86,12 @@ void setupClientProxies(ResteasyReactiveClientRecorder recorder,
                 messageBodyWriterBuildItems, beanContainerBuildItem, applicationResultBuildItem, serialisers,
                 RuntimeType.CLIENT);
 
-        if (resourceScanningResultBuildItem == null
-                || resourceScanningResultBuildItem.getResult().getPathInterfaces().isEmpty()) {
+        if (!resourceScanningResultBuildItem.isPresent()
+                || resourceScanningResultBuildItem.get().getResult().getPathInterfaces().isEmpty()) {
             recorder.setupClientProxies(new HashMap<>());
             return;
         }
-        ResourceScanningResult result = resourceScanningResultBuildItem.getResult();
+        ResourceScanningResult result = resourceScanningResultBuildItem.get().getResult();
 
         AdditionalReaders additionalReaders = new AdditionalReaders();
         AdditionalWriters additionalWriters = new AdditionalWriters();
diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/common/deployment/ResteasyReactiveCommonProcessor.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/common/deployment/ResteasyReactiveCommonProcessor.java
index fb09cb98e8986..e01db0be5ed87 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/common/deployment/ResteasyReactiveCommonProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/common/deployment/ResteasyReactiveCommonProcessor.java
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ public class ResteasyReactiveCommonProcessor {
     @BuildStep
     void setUpDenyAllJaxRs(CombinedIndexBuildItem index,
             JaxRsSecurityConfig config,
-            ResourceScanningResultBuildItem resteasyDeployment,
+            Optional<ResourceScanningResultBuildItem> resteasyDeployment,
             BuildProducer<AdditionalSecuredClassesBuildIem> additionalSecuredClasses) {
-        if (config.denyJaxRs) {
+        if (config.denyJaxRs && resteasyDeployment.isPresent()) {
             final List<ClassInfo> classes = new ArrayList<>();
 
-            Set<DotName> resourceClasses = resteasyDeployment.getResult().getScannedResourcePaths().keySet();
+            Set<DotName> resourceClasses = resteasyDeployment.get().getResult().getScannedResourcePaths().keySet();
             for (DotName className : resourceClasses) {
                 ClassInfo classInfo = index.getIndex().getClassByName(className);
                 if (!SecurityTransformerUtils.hasSecurityAnnotation(classInfo)) {
diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/deployment/ResteasyReactiveCDIProcessor.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/deployment/ResteasyReactiveCDIProcessor.java
index 10333d55536c6..ba5865a8355eb 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/deployment/ResteasyReactiveCDIProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/deployment/ResteasyReactiveCDIProcessor.java
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 package io.quarkus.resteasy.reactive.server.deployment;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.BeanParam;
 
+import org.jboss.jandex.ClassInfo;
 import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
 import org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.common.processor.ResteasyReactiveDotNames;
+import org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.common.processor.scanning.ResourceScanningResult;
 import org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.server.injection.ContextProducers;
 
 import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.AdditionalBeanBuildItem;
@@ -15,6 +21,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.arc.processor.DotNames;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildProducer;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
+import io.quarkus.resteasy.reactive.common.deployment.ResourceScanningResultBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.resteasy.reactive.server.runtime.QuarkusContextProducers;
 import io.quarkus.resteasy.reactive.spi.DynamicFeatureBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.resteasy.reactive.spi.JaxrsFeatureBuildItem;
@@ -43,6 +50,38 @@ void beanDefiningAnnotations(BuildProducer<BeanDefiningAnnotationBuildItem> bean
                         BuiltinScope.SINGLETON.getName()));
     }
 
+    // when an interface is annotated with @Path and there is only one implementation of it that is not annotated with @Path,
+    // we need to make this class a bean. See https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/15028
+    @BuildStep
+    void pathInterfaceImpls(Optional<ResourceScanningResultBuildItem> resourceScanningResultBuildItem,
+            BuildProducer<AdditionalBeanBuildItem> additionalBeanBuildItemBuildProducer) {
+        if (!resourceScanningResultBuildItem.isPresent()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        ResourceScanningResult resourceScanningResult = resourceScanningResultBuildItem.get().getResult();
+        Map<DotName, String> pathInterfaces = resourceScanningResult.getPathInterfaces();
+        List<String> impls = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Map.Entry<DotName, String> i : pathInterfaces.entrySet()) {
+            List<ClassInfo> candidateBeans = new ArrayList<>(1);
+            for (ClassInfo clazz : resourceScanningResult.getIndex().getAllKnownImplementors(i.getKey())) {
+                if (!Modifier.isAbstract(clazz.flags())) {
+                    if ((clazz.enclosingClass() == null || Modifier.isStatic(clazz.flags())) &&
+                            clazz.enclosingMethod() == null) {
+                        candidateBeans.add(clazz);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (candidateBeans.size() == 1) {
+                impls.add(candidateBeans.get(0).name().toString());
+            }
+        }
+        if (!impls.isEmpty()) {
+            additionalBeanBuildItemBuildProducer
+                    .produce(AdditionalBeanBuildItem.builder().setUnremovable().addBeanClasses(impls.toArray(new String[0]))
+                            .build());
+        }
+    }
+
     @BuildStep
     void additionalBeans(List<DynamicFeatureBuildItem> additionalDynamicFeatures,
             List<JaxrsFeatureBuildItem> featureBuildItems,
diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/test/simple/InterfaceResource.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/test/simple/InterfaceResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c1871daa1da30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/test/simple/InterfaceResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package io.quarkus.resteasy.reactive.server.test.simple;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+@Path("iface")
+public interface InterfaceResource {
+
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
+    String hello();
+}
diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/test/simple/InterfaceResourceImpl.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/test/simple/InterfaceResourceImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e7943d12c2f94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/test/simple/InterfaceResourceImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package io.quarkus.resteasy.reactive.server.test.simple;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
+public class InterfaceResourceImpl implements InterfaceResource {
+
+    @Inject
+    HelloService helloService;
+
+    @Override
+    public String hello() {
+        return helloService.sayHello();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/test/simple/SimpleQuarkusRestTestCase.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/test/simple/SimpleQuarkusRestTestCase.java
index 9df63331690a5..0af962e3c270f 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/test/simple/SimpleQuarkusRestTestCase.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/test/simple/SimpleQuarkusRestTestCase.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public JavaArchive get() {
                                     ParameterWithFromString.class, BeanParamSubClass.class, FieldInjectedSubClassResource.class,
                                     BeanParamSuperClass.class, IllegalClassExceptionMapper.class,
                                     MyParameterProvider.class, MyParameterConverter.class, MyParameter.class,
-                                    NewParamsRestResource.class);
+                                    NewParamsRestResource.class, InterfaceResource.class, InterfaceResourceImpl.class);
                 }
             });
 
@@ -413,4 +413,10 @@ public void bigDecimal() {
         RestAssured.get("/simple/bigDecimal/1.0")
                 .then().statusCode(200).body(Matchers.equalTo("1.0"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInterfaceResource() {
+        RestAssured.get("/iface")
+                .then().statusCode(200).body(Matchers.equalTo("Hello"));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/processor/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/processor/scanning/ResourceScanningResult.java b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/processor/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/processor/scanning/ResourceScanningResult.java
index ccdb28231fe64..f2c01c69d356f 100644
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/processor/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/processor/scanning/ResourceScanningResult.java
+++ b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/processor/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/processor/scanning/ResourceScanningResult.java
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import org.jboss.jandex.ClassInfo;
 import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
+import org.jboss.jandex.IndexView;
 import org.jboss.jandex.MethodInfo;
 
 public final class ResourceScanningResult {
 
+    private final IndexView index;
     final Map<DotName, ClassInfo> scannedResources;
     final Map<DotName, String> scannedResourcePaths;
     final Map<DotName, ClassInfo> possibleSubResources;
@@ -18,10 +20,12 @@ public final class ResourceScanningResult {
     final Map<DotName, String> httpAnnotationToMethod;
     final List<MethodInfo> classLevelExceptionMappers;
 
-    public ResourceScanningResult(Map<DotName, ClassInfo> scannedResources, Map<DotName, String> scannedResourcePaths,
+    public ResourceScanningResult(IndexView index, Map<DotName, ClassInfo> scannedResources,
+            Map<DotName, String> scannedResourcePaths,
             Map<DotName, ClassInfo> possibleSubResources, Map<DotName, String> pathInterfaces,
             Map<DotName, MethodInfo> resourcesThatNeedCustomProducer,
             Set<String> beanParams, Map<DotName, String> httpAnnotationToMethod, List<MethodInfo> classLevelExceptionMappers) {
+        this.index = index;
         this.scannedResources = scannedResources;
         this.scannedResourcePaths = scannedResourcePaths;
         this.possibleSubResources = possibleSubResources;
@@ -32,6 +36,10 @@ public ResourceScanningResult(Map<DotName, ClassInfo> scannedResources, Map<DotN
         this.classLevelExceptionMappers = classLevelExceptionMappers;
     }
 
+    public IndexView getIndex() {
+        return index;
+    }
+
     public Map<DotName, ClassInfo> getScannedResources() {
         return scannedResources;
     }
diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/processor/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/processor/scanning/ResteasyReactiveScanner.java b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/processor/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/processor/scanning/ResteasyReactiveScanner.java
index c37f18504f718..7b213a3d6590d 100644
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/processor/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/processor/scanning/ResteasyReactiveScanner.java
+++ b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/processor/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/processor/scanning/ResteasyReactiveScanner.java
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public static ResourceScanningResult scanResources(
             }
             httpAnnotationToMethod.put(httpMethodInstance.target().asClass().name(), httpMethodInstance.value().asString());
         }
-        return new ResourceScanningResult(scannedResources,
+        return new ResourceScanningResult(index, scannedResources,
                 scannedResourcePaths, possibleSubResources, pathInterfaces, resourcesThatNeedCustomProducer, beanParams,
                 httpAnnotationToMethod, methodExceptionMappers);
     }