diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1ccefe4693..78caca439d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ tls-rustls-ring = ["tls-rustls-ring-webpki"] # For backwards compatibility
 tls-rustls-ring-webpki = ["sqlx-core/_tls-rustls-ring-webpki", "sqlx-macros?/_tls-rustls-ring-webpki"]
 tls-rustls-ring-native-roots = ["tls-rustls-ring-platform-verifier"] # For backwards compatibility
 tls-rustls-ring-platform-verifier = ["sqlx-core/_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs-platform-verifier", "sqlx-macros?/_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs-platform-verifier"]
+tls-rustls-no-provider-platform-verifier = ["sqlx-core/_tls-rustls-no-provider-platform-verifier", "sqlx-macros?/_tls-rustls-no-provider-platform-verifier"]
 
 # No-op feature used by the workflows to compile without TLS enabled. Not meant for general use.
 tls-none = []
diff --git a/sqlx-core/Cargo.toml b/sqlx-core/Cargo.toml
index f52174a8b7..d46842f9e6 100644
--- a/sqlx-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sqlx-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ _tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs = ["_tls-rustls", "rustls/aws-lc-rs", "webpki-roots"]
 _tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs-platform-verifier = ["_tls-rustls", "rustls/aws-lc-rs", "rustls-platform-verifier"]
 _tls-rustls-ring-webpki = ["_tls-rustls", "rustls/ring", "webpki-roots"]
 _tls-rustls-ring-platform-verifier = ["_tls-rustls", "rustls/ring", "rustls-platform-verifier"]
+_tls-rustls-no-provider-platform-verifier = ["_tls-rustls", "rustls-platform-verifier"]
 _tls-rustls = ["rustls"]
 _tls-none = []
 
diff --git a/sqlx-core/src/net/tls/tls_rustls.rs b/sqlx-core/src/net/tls/tls_rustls.rs
index 0c61a3e2be..7d207c7992 100644
--- a/sqlx-core/src/net/tls/tls_rustls.rs
+++ b/sqlx-core/src/net/tls/tls_rustls.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ where
         ),
         not(feature = "_tls-rustls-ring-webpki"),
         not(feature = "_tls-rustls-ring-platform-verifier"),
+        not(feature = "_tls-rustls-no-provider-platform-verifier"),
     ))]
     let provider = Arc::new(rustls::crypto::aws_lc_rs::default_provider());
     #[cfg(any(
@@ -103,6 +104,18 @@ where
     ))]
     let provider = Arc::new(rustls::crypto::ring::default_provider());
 
+    #[cfg(all(
+        feature = "_tls-rustls-no-provider-platform-verifier",
+        not(feature = "_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs"),
+        not(feature = "_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs-platform-verifier"),
+        not(feature = "_tls-rustls-ring-webpki"),
+        not(feature = "_tls-rustls-ring-platform-verifier"),
+    ))]
+    let provider = CryptoProvider::get_default()
+        .ok_or_else(|| Error::Configuration(
+            "no process-level CryptoProvider available -- call CryptoProvider::install_default() before this point".into()
+        ))?.clone();
+
     // Unwrapping is safe here because we use a default provider.
     let config = ClientConfig::builder_with_provider(provider.clone())
         .with_safe_default_protocol_versions()
diff --git a/sqlx-macros-core/Cargo.toml b/sqlx-macros-core/Cargo.toml
index e7c6a74895..527da6e9b2 100644
--- a/sqlx-macros-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sqlx-macros-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ _tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs = ["sqlx-core/_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs"]
 _tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs-platform-verifier = ["sqlx-core/_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs-platform-verifier"]
 _tls-rustls-ring-webpki = ["sqlx-core/_tls-rustls-ring-webpki"]
 _tls-rustls-ring-platform-verifier = ["sqlx-core/_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs-platform-verifier"]
+_tls-rustls-no-provider-platform-verifier = ["sqlx-core/_tls-rustls-no-provider-platform-verifier"]
 
 _sqlite = []
 
diff --git a/sqlx-macros/Cargo.toml b/sqlx-macros/Cargo.toml
index 17b154d3f4..0a26e0c9a7 100644
--- a/sqlx-macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sqlx-macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ _tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs = ["sqlx-macros-core/_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs"]
 _tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs-platform-verifier = ["sqlx-macros-core/_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs-platform-verifier"]
 _tls-rustls-ring-webpki = ["sqlx-macros-core/_tls-rustls-ring-webpki"]
 _tls-rustls-ring-platform-verifier = ["sqlx-macros-core/_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs-platform-verifier"]
+_tls-rustls-no-provider-platform-verifier = ["sqlx-macros-core/_tls-rustls-no-provider-platform-verifier"]
 
 # SQLx features
 derive = ["sqlx-macros-core/derive"]