Index: jaxrs/resteasy-cdi/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/cdi/ResteasyCdiExtension.java
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--- jaxrs/resteasy-cdi/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/cdi/ResteasyCdiExtension.java	(revision 1249)
+++ jaxrs/resteasy-cdi/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/cdi/ResteasyCdiExtension.java	(revision )
@@ -74,11 +74,16 @@
 
       if (!type.getJavaClass().isInterface())
       {
-         if (type.isAnnotationPresent(Stateless.class) || type.isAnnotationPresent(Singleton.class))
-         {
+          try {
+              Class.forName("javax.ejb.Stateless");
+              Class.forName("javax.ejb.Singleton");
+              if (type.isAnnotationPresent(Stateless.class) || type.isAnnotationPresent(Singleton.class)) {
-            log.debug("Bean {0} is a SLSB or Singleton. Leaving scope unmodified.", type.getJavaClass());
-            return; // Do not modify scopes of SLSBs and Singletons
-         }
+                  log.debug("Bean {0} is a SLSB or Singleton. Leaving scope unmodified.", type.getJavaClass());
+                  return; // Do not modify scopes of SLSBs and Singletons
+              }
+          } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+              log.info("EJB classes are not present, ignoring @Stateless and @Singleton annotations");
+          }
          if (type.isAnnotationPresent(Provider.class))
          {
             log.debug("Discovered CDI bean which is a JAX-RS provider {0}.", type.getJavaClass().getCanonicalName());