diff --git a/internal/tofu/context_plan2_test.go b/internal/tofu/context_plan2_test.go
index b25d7d061b..835c6670a8 100644
--- a/internal/tofu/context_plan2_test.go
+++ b/internal/tofu/context_plan2_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty"
 
-	// "github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2"
 	"github.com/opentofu/opentofu/internal/addrs"
 	"github.com/opentofu/opentofu/internal/checks"
 
@@ -7327,3 +7327,89 @@ func TestContext2Plan_importResourceWithSensitiveDataSource(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+func TestContext2Plan_insuffient_block(t *testing.T) {
+	type testcase struct {
+		filename string
+		start    hcl.Pos
+		end      hcl.Pos
+	}
+
+	tests := map[string]testcase{
+		"insufficient-features-blocks-aliased-provider": {
+			filename: "provider[\"registry.opentofu.org/hashicorp/test\"] with no configuration",
+			start:    hcl.InitialPos,
+			end:      hcl.InitialPos,
+		},
+		"insufficient-features-blocks-nested_module": {
+			filename: "provider[\"registry.opentofu.org/hashicorp/test\"] with no configuration",
+			start:    hcl.InitialPos,
+			end:      hcl.InitialPos,
+		},
+		"insufficient-features-blocks-no-feats": {
+			filename: "testdata/insufficient-features-blocks-no-feats/main.tf",
+			start:    hcl.Pos{Line: 9, Column: 17, Byte: 146},
+			end:      hcl.Pos{Line: 9, Column: 17, Byte: 146},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for testName, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(testName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			m := testModule(t, testName)
+			p := mockProviderWithFeaturesBlock()
+
+			ctx := testContext2(t, &ContextOpts{
+				Providers: map[addrs.Provider]providers.Factory{
+					addrs.NewDefaultProvider("test"): testProviderFuncFixed(p),
+				},
+			})
+
+			_, diags := ctx.Plan(m, states.NewState(), DefaultPlanOpts)
+			var expectedDiags tfdiags.Diagnostics
+
+			expectedDiags = expectedDiags.Append(
+				&hcl.Diagnostic{
+					Severity: hcl.DiagError,
+					Summary:  "Insufficient features blocks",
+					Detail:   "At least 1 \"features\" blocks are required.",
+					Subject: &hcl.Range{
+						Filename: tc.filename,
+						Start:    tc.start,
+						End:      tc.end,
+					},
+				},
+			)
+
+			assertDiagnosticsMatch(t, diags, expectedDiags)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func mockProviderWithFeaturesBlock() *MockProvider {
+	return &MockProvider{
+		GetProviderSchemaResponse: &providers.GetProviderSchemaResponse{
+			Provider: providers.Schema{Block: featuresBlockTestSchema()},
+			ResourceTypes: map[string]providers.Schema{
+				"test_object": {Block: simpleTestSchema()},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func featuresBlockTestSchema() *configschema.Block {
+	return &configschema.Block{
+		Attributes: map[string]*configschema.Attribute{
+			"test_string": {
+				Type:     cty.String,
+				Optional: true,
+			},
+		},
+		BlockTypes: map[string]*configschema.NestedBlock{
+			"features": {
+				MinItems: 1,
+				MaxItems: 1,
+				Nesting:  configschema.NestingList,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/tofu/eval_provider.go b/internal/tofu/eval_provider.go
index 7b17369bf6..26f428d1b8 100644
--- a/internal/tofu/eval_provider.go
+++ b/internal/tofu/eval_provider.go
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ import (
 	"log"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2"
+	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty"
 
 	"github.com/opentofu/opentofu/internal/addrs"
 	"github.com/opentofu/opentofu/internal/configs"
+	"github.com/opentofu/opentofu/internal/configs/hcl2shim"
 	"github.com/opentofu/opentofu/internal/providers"
 )
 
@@ -40,7 +42,8 @@ func buildProviderConfig(ctx EvalContext, addr addrs.AbsProviderConfig, config *
 		return inputBody
 	default:
 		log.Printf("[TRACE] buildProviderConfig for %s: no configuration at all", addr)
-		return hcl.EmptyBody()
+		addr := fmt.Sprintf("%s with no configuration", addr)
+		return hcl2shim.SynthBody(addr, make(map[string]cty.Value))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/tofu/testdata/insufficient-features-blocks-aliased-provider/main.tf b/internal/tofu/testdata/insufficient-features-blocks-aliased-provider/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55d7bc6e44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tofu/testdata/insufficient-features-blocks-aliased-provider/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+terraform {
+    required_providers {
+        test = {
+            source = "registry.opentofu.org/hashicorp/test"
+	    }
+    }
+}
+
+provider "test" {
+    alias = "test2" 
+    test_string = "config"
+    features {}
+}
+
+resource "test_object" "a" {
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tofu/testdata/insufficient-features-blocks-nested_module/main.tf b/internal/tofu/testdata/insufficient-features-blocks-nested_module/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e004da2ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tofu/testdata/insufficient-features-blocks-nested_module/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+terraform {
+    required_providers {
+        test = {
+            source = "registry.opentofu.org/hashicorp/test"
+	    }
+    }
+}
+
+module "nested" {
+  source = "./nested"
+}
diff --git a/internal/tofu/testdata/insufficient-features-blocks-nested_module/nested/main.tf b/internal/tofu/testdata/insufficient-features-blocks-nested_module/nested/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b70dd91d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tofu/testdata/insufficient-features-blocks-nested_module/nested/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+provider "test" {
+    alias = "test2" 
+    test_string = "config"
+    features {}
+}
+
+resource "test_object" "a" {
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tofu/testdata/insufficient-features-blocks-no-feats/main.tf b/internal/tofu/testdata/insufficient-features-blocks-no-feats/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42e12b2f12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tofu/testdata/insufficient-features-blocks-no-feats/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+terraform {
+    required_providers {
+        test = {
+            source = "registry.opentofu.org/hashicorp/test"
+	    }
+    }
+}
+
+provider "test" {
+    test_string = "config"
+}
+
+resource "test_object" "a" {
+}
\ No newline at end of file