diff --git a/configs/resource.go b/configs/resource.go
index e5cc8c606..a6946854d 100644
--- a/configs/resource.go
+++ b/configs/resource.go
@@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ func (r *Resource) Addr() addrs.Resource {
 // config addr if an explicit "provider" argument was not provided.
 func (r *Resource) ProviderConfigAddr() addrs.LocalProviderConfig {
 	if r.ProviderConfigRef == nil {
+		// If no specific "provider" argument is given, we want to look up the
+		// provider config where the local name matches the implied provider
+		// from the resource type. This may be different from the resource's
+		// provider type.
 		return addrs.LocalProviderConfig{
-			LocalName: r.Provider.Type,
+			LocalName: r.Addr().ImpliedProvider(),
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/terraform/evaluate_valid_test.go b/terraform/evaluate_valid_test.go
index 9be7b278b..086ca3037 100644
--- a/terraform/evaluate_valid_test.go
+++ b/terraform/evaluate_valid_test.go
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ For example, to correlate with indices of a referring resource, use:
     aws_instance.count[count.index]
 - Unsupported attribute: This object has no argument, nested block, or exported attribute named "foo".`,
 		},
+		{
+			"boop_instance.yep",
+			``,
+		},
+		{
+			"boop_whatever.nope",
+			`Invalid resource type: A managed resource type "boop_whatever" is not supported by provider "registry.terraform.io/foobar/beep".`,
+		},
 	}
 
 	cfg := testModule(t, "static-validate-refs")
@@ -62,6 +70,12 @@ For example, to correlate with indices of a referring resource, use:
 						"aws_instance": {},
 					},
 				},
+				addrs.MustParseProviderSourceString("foobar/beep"): {
+					ResourceTypes: map[string]*configschema.Block{
+						// intentional mismatch between resource type prefix and provider type
+						"boop_instance": {},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/terraform/testdata/static-validate-refs/static-validate-refs.tf b/terraform/testdata/static-validate-refs/static-validate-refs.tf
index 9d945279c..e9f9344a8 100644
--- a/terraform/testdata/static-validate-refs/static-validate-refs.tf
+++ b/terraform/testdata/static-validate-refs/static-validate-refs.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
+terraform {
+  required_providers {
+    boop = {
+      source = "foobar/beep" # intentional mismatch between local name and type
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 resource "aws_instance" "no_count" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_instance" "count" {
   count = 1
 }
+
+resource "boop_instance" "yep" {
+}
+
+resource "boop_whatever" "nope" {
+}