diff --git a/configs/named_values.go b/configs/named_values.go
index 9a463c214c..0454a98ee2 100644
--- a/configs/named_values.go
+++ b/configs/named_values.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl2/hcl/hclsyntax"
 	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty"
 	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty/convert"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/addrs"
 )
 
 // A consistent detail message for all "not a valid identifier" diagnostics.
@@ -311,6 +313,14 @@ func decodeLocalsBlock(block *hcl.Block) ([]*Local, hcl.Diagnostics) {
 	return locals, diags
 }
 
+// Addr returns the address of the local value declared by the receiver,
+// relative to its containing module.
+func (l *Local) Addr() addrs.LocalValue {
+	return addrs.LocalValue{
+		Name: l.Name,
+	}
+}
+
 var variableBlockSchema = &hcl.BodySchema{
 	Attributes: []hcl.AttributeSchema{
 		{
diff --git a/configs/provider.go b/configs/provider.go
index 9274909636..b12a95f49d 100644
--- a/configs/provider.go
+++ b/configs/provider.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl2/gohcl"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl2/hcl"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl2/hcl/hclsyntax"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/addrs"
 )
 
 // Provider represents a "provider" block in a module or file. A provider
@@ -57,6 +59,15 @@ func decodeProviderBlock(block *hcl.Block) (*Provider, hcl.Diagnostics) {
 	return provider, diags
 }
 
+// Addr returns the address of the receiving provider configuration, relative
+// to its containing module.
+func (p *Provider) Addr() addrs.ProviderConfig {
+	return addrs.ProviderConfig{
+		Type:  p.Name,
+		Alias: p.Alias,
+	}
+}
+
 func (p *Provider) moduleUniqueKey() string {
 	if p.Alias != "" {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", p.Name, p.Alias)
diff --git a/configs/resource.go b/configs/resource.go
index 18eb774f83..9909fa4cbf 100644
--- a/configs/resource.go
+++ b/configs/resource.go
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@ package configs
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/addrs"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl2/gohcl"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl2/hcl"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl2/hcl/hclsyntax"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/addrs"
 )
 
 // Resource represents a "resource" or "data" block in a module or file.
@@ -58,20 +57,29 @@ func (r *Resource) moduleUniqueKey() string {
 	}
 }
 
-// ProviderConfigKey returns a string key for the provider configuration
+// Addr returns a resource address for the receiver that is relative to the
+// resource's containing module.
+func (r *Resource) Addr() addrs.Resource {
+	return addrs.Resource{
+		Mode: r.Mode,
+		Type: r.Type,
+		Name: r.Name,
+	}
+}
+
+// ProviderConfigAddr returns the address for the provider configuration
 // that should be used for this resource. This function implements the
 // default behavior of extracting the type from the resource type name if
 // an explicit "provider" argument was not provided.
-func (r *Resource) ProviderConfigKey() string {
+func (r *Resource) ProviderConfigAddr() addrs.ProviderConfig {
 	if r.ProviderConfigRef == nil {
-		typeName := r.Type
-		if under := strings.Index(typeName, "_"); under != -1 {
-			return typeName[:under]
-		}
-		return typeName
+		return r.Addr().DefaultProviderConfig()
 	}
 
-	return r.ProviderConfigRef.String()
+	return addrs.ProviderConfig{
+		Type:  r.ProviderConfigRef.Name,
+		Alias: r.ProviderConfigRef.Alias,
+	}
 }
 
 func decodeResourceBlock(block *hcl.Block) (*Resource, hcl.Diagnostics) {
@@ -389,6 +397,18 @@ func decodeProviderConfigRef(expr hcl.Expression, argName string) (*ProviderConf
 	return ret, diags
 }
 
+// Addr returns the provider config address corresponding to the receiving
+// config reference.
+//
+// This is a trivial conversion, essentially just discarding the source
+// location information and keeping just the addressing information.
+func (r *ProviderConfigRef) Addr() addrs.ProviderConfig {
+	return addrs.ProviderConfig{
+		Type:  r.Name,
+		Alias: r.Alias,
+	}
+}
+
 func (r *ProviderConfigRef) String() string {
 	if r == nil {
 		return "<nil>"