diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/rest-client.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/rest-client.adoc
index cb6183b5e314b..1b717a9ab9478 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/rest-client.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/rest-client.adoc
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ import jakarta.ws.rs.QueryParam;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java util.Optional;
 
 @Path("/extensions")
 @RegisterRestClient(configKey = "extensions-api")
@@ -168,6 +169,9 @@ public interface ExtensionsService {
     @GET
     Set<Extension> getByName(@RestQuery String name); <1>
 
+    @GET
+    Set<Extension> getByOptionalName(@RestQuery Optional<String> name);
+
     @GET
     Set<Extension> getByFilter(@RestQuery Map<String, String> filter); <2>
 
diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-jaxrs/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jaxrs/client/reactive/deployment/JaxrsClientReactiveProcessor.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-jaxrs/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jaxrs/client/reactive/deployment/JaxrsClientReactiveProcessor.java
index ba00737128b1c..41528da8079c1 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-jaxrs/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jaxrs/client/reactive/deployment/JaxrsClientReactiveProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-jaxrs/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jaxrs/client/reactive/deployment/JaxrsClientReactiveProcessor.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import static org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.common.processor.ResteasyReactiveDotNames.MAP;
 import static org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.common.processor.ResteasyReactiveDotNames.MULTI;
 import static org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.common.processor.ResteasyReactiveDotNames.OBJECT;
+import static org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.common.processor.ResteasyReactiveDotNames.OPTIONAL;
 import static org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.common.processor.ResteasyReactiveDotNames.PART_TYPE_NAME;
 import static org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.common.processor.ResteasyReactiveDotNames.REST_FORM_PARAM;
 import static org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.common.processor.ResteasyReactiveDotNames.REST_MULTI;
@@ -2861,6 +2862,19 @@ private ResultHandle addQueryParam(MethodInfo jandexMethod, BytecodeCreator meth
                 paramArray = notNullParam.invokeStaticMethod(
                         MethodDescriptor.ofMethod(ToObjectArray.class, "collection", Object[].class, Collection.class),
                         queryParamHandle);
+            } else if (isOptional(type, index)) {
+                if (type.kind() == PARAMETERIZED_TYPE) {
+                    Type paramType = type.asParameterizedType().arguments().get(0);
+                    if ((paramType.kind() == CLASS) || (paramType.kind() == PARAMETERIZED_TYPE)) {
+                        componentType = paramType.name().toString();
+                    }
+                }
+                if (componentType == null) {
+                    componentType = DotNames.OBJECT.toString();
+                }
+                paramArray = notNullParam.invokeStaticMethod(
+                        MethodDescriptor.ofMethod(ToObjectArray.class, "optional", Object[].class, Optional.class),
+                        queryParamHandle);
             } else {
                 componentType = type.name().toString();
                 paramArray = notNullParam.invokeStaticMethod(
@@ -2930,6 +2944,10 @@ private boolean isMap(Type type, IndexView index) {
         return isAssignableFrom(MAP, type.name(), index);
     }
 
+    private boolean isOptional(Type type, IndexView index) {
+        return isAssignableFrom(OPTIONAL, type.name(), index);
+    }
+
     private void addHeaderParam(BytecodeCreator invoBuilderEnricher, AssignableResultHandle invocationBuilder,
             String paramName, ResultHandle headerParamHandle, String paramType, ResultHandle client,
             ResultHandle genericType, ResultHandle annotations) {
diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-jaxrs/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jaxrs/client/reactive/runtime/ToObjectArray.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-jaxrs/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jaxrs/client/reactive/runtime/ToObjectArray.java
index 6dc6c53e074bf..4f4d2f614fbc7 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-jaxrs/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jaxrs/client/reactive/runtime/ToObjectArray.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-jaxrs/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jaxrs/client/reactive/runtime/ToObjectArray.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.quarkus.jaxrs.client.reactive.runtime;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 /**
  * used by query param handling mechanism, in generated code
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ public static Object[] value(Object value) {
         return new Object[] { value };
     }
 
+    public static Object[] optional(Optional<?> optional) {
+        return optional.isPresent() ? new Object[] { optional.get() } : new Object[] {};
+    }
+
     private ToObjectArray() {
     }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/rest/client/reactive/OptionalQueryParamsTest.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/rest/client/reactive/OptionalQueryParamsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..19407ccc476fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/rest/client/reactive/OptionalQueryParamsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package io.quarkus.rest.client.reactive;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.*;
+
+import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Context;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.UriInfo;
+
+import org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.RestQuery;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
+import io.quarkus.test.common.http.TestHTTPResource;
+
+public class OptionalQueryParamsTest {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    static final QuarkusUnitTest config = new QuarkusUnitTest()
+            .withApplicationRoot((jar) -> jar.addClasses(Resource.class, Client.class));
+
+    @TestHTTPResource
+    URI baseUri;
+
+    @Test
+    void testQueryParamsWithOptionals() {
+        Client client = QuarkusRestClientBuilder.newBuilder().baseUri(baseUri).build(Client.class);
+        String responseForEmptyOptional = client.optional(Optional.empty());
+        assertThat(responseForEmptyOptional).isNullOrEmpty();
+
+        String responseForValueOptional = client.optional(Optional.of("value"));
+        assertThat(responseForValueOptional).isEqualTo("parameter=value");
+    }
+
+    @Path("optional")
+    public static class Resource {
+
+        @Path("query")
+        @GET
+        public String queryParams(@Context UriInfo uriInfo) {
+
+            var entries = new ArrayList<String>(uriInfo.getQueryParameters().size());
+            for (var entry : uriInfo.getQueryParameters().entrySet()) {
+                entries.add(entry.getKey() + "=" + String.join(",", entry.getValue()));
+            }
+            return String.join(";", entries);
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Path("optional")
+    public interface Client {
+
+        @Path("query")
+        @GET
+        String optional(@RestQuery Optional<String> parameter);
+
+    }
+}