diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/deployment/SmallRyeHealthProcessor.java b/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/deployment/SmallRyeHealthProcessor.java
index 3c0dfedea87ade..f2034c408e9a62 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/deployment/SmallRyeHealthProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/deployment/SmallRyeHealthProcessor.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.RunTimeConfigurationDefaultBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.ShutdownContextBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.ShutdownListenerBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.NativeImageResourceBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.shutdown.ShutdownBuildTimeConfig;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.util.ServiceUtil;
 import io.quarkus.kubernetes.spi.KubernetesHealthLivenessPathBuildItem;
@@ -162,7 +163,8 @@ void healthCheck(BuildProducer<AdditionalBeanBuildItem> buildItemBuildProducer,
     void build(SmallRyeHealthRecorder recorder,
             BuildProducer<ExcludedTypeBuildItem> excludedTypes,
             BuildProducer<AdditionalBeanBuildItem> additionalBean,
-            BuildProducer<BeanDefiningAnnotationBuildItem> beanDefiningAnnotation)
+            BuildProducer<BeanDefiningAnnotationBuildItem> beanDefiningAnnotation,
+            BuildProducer<NativeImageResourceBuildItem> serviceProviders)
             throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
 
         // Discover the beans annotated with @Health, @Liveness, @Readiness, @Startup, @HealthGroup,
@@ -179,6 +181,9 @@ void build(SmallRyeHealthRecorder recorder,
         excludedTypes.produce(new ExcludedTypeBuildItem(AsyncHealthCheckFactory.class.getName()));
         additionalBean.produce(new AdditionalBeanBuildItem(SmallRyeHealthReporter.class));
 
+        // Register META-INF/services/jakarta.json.spi.JsonProvider as a resource, accessed by SmallRyeHealthReporter
+        serviceProviders.produce(new NativeImageResourceBuildItem("META-INF/services/jakarta.json.spi.JsonProvider"));
+
         // Make ArC discover @HealthGroup as a qualifier
         additionalBean.produce(new AdditionalBeanBuildItem(HealthGroup.class));