diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/test/converters/RuntimeParamConverterTest.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/test/converters/RuntimeParamConverterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1f2c14b52aaf8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/test/converters/RuntimeParamConverterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+package io.quarkus.resteasy.reactive.server.test.converters;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
+import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.QueryParam;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.ext.ParamConverter;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.ext.ParamConverterProvider;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
+import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.ShrinkWrap;
+import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.spec.JavaArchive;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+import static io.restassured.RestAssured.given;
+
+class RuntimeParamConverterTest {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    static QuarkusUnitTest test = new QuarkusUnitTest()
+            .setArchiveProducer(new Supplier<>() {
+                @Override
+                public JavaArchive get() {
+                    return ShrinkWrap.create(JavaArchive.class)
+                            .addClasses(ParamConverterEndpoint.class, OptionalIntegerParamConverterProvider.class, OptionalIntegerParamConverter.class);
+                }
+            });
+
+
+    @Test
+    void sendParameters() {
+        given().queryParam("number", 22)
+                .when().get("/param-converter")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200)
+                .body(Matchers.is("Hello, 22!"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void doNotSendParameters() {
+        given().when().get("/param-converter")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200)
+                .body(Matchers.is("Hello, world! No number was provided."));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void sendEmptyParameter() {
+        given().queryParam("number", "")
+                .when().get("/param-converter")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200)
+                .body(Matchers.is("Hello! You provided an empty number."));
+    }
+
+
+
+    @ApplicationScoped
+    @Path("/param-converter")
+    public static class ParamConverterEndpoint {
+
+        @GET
+        public Response greet(@QueryParam("number") Optional<Integer> numberOpt) {
+            if (numberOpt != null) {
+                if (numberOpt.isPresent()) {
+                    return Response.ok(String.format("Hello, %s!", numberOpt.get())).build();
+                } else {
+                    return Response.ok("Hello! You provided an empty number.").build();
+                }
+            } else {
+                return Response.ok("Hello, world! No number was provided.").build();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    @Provider
+    @ApplicationScoped
+    public static class OptionalIntegerParamConverterProvider implements ParamConverterProvider {
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        @Override
+        public <T> ParamConverter<T> getConverter(Class<T> rawType, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations) {
+            if (rawType.equals(Optional.class)) {
+                if (genericType instanceof ParameterizedType) {
+                    ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) genericType;
+                    Type[] typeArguments = parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments();
+                    if (typeArguments.length == 1 && typeArguments[0].equals(Integer.class)) {
+                        return (ParamConverter<T>) new OptionalIntegerParamConverter();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+    public static class OptionalIntegerParamConverter implements ParamConverter<Optional<Integer>> {
+
+        @Override
+        public Optional<Integer> fromString(String value) {
+            if (value == null) {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            if (value.trim().isEmpty()) {
+                return Optional.empty();
+            }
+
+            try {
+                int parsedInt = Integer.parseInt(value);
+                return Optional.of(parsedInt);
+            } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid integer value");
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString(Optional<Integer> value) {
+            if (!value.isPresent()) {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            Integer intValue = value.get();
+            if (intValue == null) {
+                return null;
+            } else {
+                return intValue.toString();
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/server/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/server/core/parameters/converters/RuntimeResolvedConverter.java b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/server/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/server/core/parameters/converters/RuntimeResolvedConverter.java
index 84f9e793affced..983e4fafb0ac16 100644
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/server/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/server/core/parameters/converters/RuntimeResolvedConverter.java
+++ b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/server/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/server/core/parameters/converters/RuntimeResolvedConverter.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public RuntimeResolvedConverter(ParameterConverter quarkusConverter) {
     @Override
     public Object convert(Object parameter) {
         if (runtimeConverter != null)
-            return runtimeConverter.fromString(parameter.toString());
+            return runtimeConverter.fromString(parameter != null ? parameter.toString() : null);
         return quarkusConverter.convert(parameter);
     }