diff --git a/extensions-core/core/deployment/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/core/deployment/CamelUnremovableBeansProcessor.java b/extensions-core/core/deployment/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/core/deployment/CamelUnremovableBeansProcessor.java
index 385a404dd3e..e3c2d72f420 100644
--- a/extensions-core/core/deployment/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/core/deployment/CamelUnremovableBeansProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions-core/core/deployment/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/core/deployment/CamelUnremovableBeansProcessor.java
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@
 import org.apache.camel.quarkus.core.deployment.catalog.BuildTimeJsonSchemaResolver;
 import org.apache.camel.quarkus.core.deployment.catalog.SchemaResource;
 import org.apache.camel.quarkus.core.deployment.spi.BuildTimeCamelCatalogBuildItem;
+import org.apache.camel.spi.InterceptStrategy;
 import org.apache.camel.spi.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.camel.spi.annotations.Dataformat;
 import org.apache.camel.spi.annotations.Language;
 import org.apache.camel.tooling.model.BaseOptionModel;
 import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationInstance;
+import org.jboss.jandex.ClassInfo;
 import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
 import org.jboss.jandex.IndexView;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -50,6 +52,10 @@ public class CamelUnremovableBeansProcessor {
             DotName.createSimple(Language.class.getName())
     };
 
+    private static final DotName[] OPTIONAL_SERVICE_TYPES = {
+            DotName.createSimple(InterceptStrategy.class.getName())
+    };
+
     @BuildStep
     BuildTimeCamelCatalogBuildItem buildTimeCamelCatalog(CombinedIndexBuildItem combinedIndex) {
         Set<SchemaResource> resources = new HashSet<>();
@@ -91,4 +97,23 @@ UnremovableBeanBuildItem unremovableCamelBeans(BuildTimeCamelCatalogBuildItem ca
 
         return UnremovableBeanBuildItem.beanTypes(unremovableClasses);
     }
+
+    @BuildStep
+    UnremovableBeanBuildItem unremovableOptionalServices(CombinedIndexBuildItem combinedIndex) {
+        IndexView index = combinedIndex.getIndex();
+
+        Set<DotName> unremovableClasses = Stream.of(OPTIONAL_SERVICE_TYPES)
+                .map(index::getAllKnownImplementors)
+                .flatMap(Collection::stream)
+                .map(ClassInfo::name)
+                .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+
+        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            unremovableClasses.stream().forEach(
+                    unremovableClass -> LOGGER.debug("Registering optional service unremovable bean class: {}",
+                            unremovableClass));
+        }
+
+        return UnremovableBeanBuildItem.beanTypes(unremovableClasses);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/extensions-core/core/deployment/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/core/runtime/CamelBeansUnremovableTest.java b/extensions-core/core/deployment/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/core/runtime/CamelBeansUnremovableTest.java
index ebf16453929..fdb8e110cb8 100644
--- a/extensions-core/core/deployment/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/core/runtime/CamelBeansUnremovableTest.java
+++ b/extensions-core/core/deployment/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/core/runtime/CamelBeansUnremovableTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 
 import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
 import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
+import org.apache.camel.NamedNode;
+import org.apache.camel.Processor;
+import org.apache.camel.spi.InterceptStrategy;
 import org.apache.camel.spi.Registry;
 import org.apache.camel.spi.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.camel.spi.annotations.Dataformat;
@@ -75,6 +78,14 @@ public void testLanguageBeansUnremovable() {
         Assertions.assertEquals(1, unremovableLanguageBeans.size());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testInterceptStrategyUnremovable() {
+        Registry registry = context.getRegistry();
+        Set<UnremovableInterceptStrategy> unremovableInterceptStrategies = registry
+                .findByType(UnremovableInterceptStrategy.class);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(1, unremovableInterceptStrategies.size());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testNonUnremovableBeansRemoved() {
         Registry registry = context.getRegistry();
@@ -94,6 +105,14 @@ static final class UnremovableDataFormatBean {
     static final class UnremovableLanguageBean {
     }
 
+    static final class UnremovableInterceptStrategy implements InterceptStrategy {
+        @Override
+        public Processor wrapProcessorInInterceptors(CamelContext context, NamedNode definition, Processor target,
+                Processor nextTarget) throws Exception {
+            return target;
+        }
+    }
+
     @ApplicationScoped
     static final class BeanProducers {
 
@@ -121,6 +140,12 @@ public UnremovableLanguageBean unremovableLanguageBean() {
             return new UnremovableLanguageBean();
         }
 
+        @Singleton
+        @Produces
+        public UnremovableInterceptStrategy unremovableInterceptStrategy() {
+            return new UnremovableInterceptStrategy();
+        }
+
         @Singleton
         @Produces
         public Exception removableBean() {