diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/InputFormatter.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/InputFormatter.cs
index f743faec66..32470fb09a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/InputFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/InputFormatter.cs
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ public virtual bool CanRead(InputFormatterContext context)
                 return false;
             }
 
+            if (SupportedMediaTypes?.Count == 0)
+            {
+                var message = Resources.FormatFormatter_NoMediaTypes(
+                    nameof(OutputFormatter),
+                    nameof(SupportedMediaTypes));
+
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(message);
+            }
+
             var contentType = context.HttpContext.Request.ContentType;
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(contentType))
             {
@@ -169,6 +178,15 @@ public IReadOnlyList<string> GetSupportedContentTypes(string contentType, Type o
                 return null;
             }
 
+            if (SupportedMediaTypes?.Count == 0)
+            {
+                var message = Resources.FormatFormatter_NoMediaTypes(
+                    nameof(OutputFormatter),
+                    nameof(SupportedMediaTypes));
+
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(message);
+            }
+
             if (contentType == null)
             {
                 // If contentType is null, then any type we support is valid.
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/OutputFormatter.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/OutputFormatter.cs
index 3b1a14c7c6..aa04773087 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/OutputFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/OutputFormatter.cs
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ public virtual IReadOnlyList<string> GetSupportedContentTypes(
             string contentType,
             Type objectType)
         {
+            if (SupportedMediaTypes?.Count == 0)
+            {
+                var message = Resources.FormatFormatter_NoMediaTypes(
+                    nameof(OutputFormatter),
+                    nameof(SupportedMediaTypes));
+
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(message);
+            }
+
             if (!CanWriteType(objectType))
             {
                 return null;
@@ -166,6 +175,15 @@ public virtual bool CanWriteResult(OutputFormatterCanWriteContext context)
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
             }
 
+            if (SupportedMediaTypes?.Count == 0)
+            {
+                var message = Resources.FormatFormatter_NoMediaTypes(
+                    nameof(OutputFormatter),
+                    nameof(SupportedMediaTypes));
+
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(message);
+            }
+
             if (!CanWriteType(context.ObjectType))
             {
                 return false;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
index 65d7e0b324..017ef555b5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -1098,6 +1098,22 @@ internal static string FormatHtmlGeneration_ValueMustBeNumber(object p0)
             return string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, GetString("HtmlGeneration_ValueMustBeNumber"), p0);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// No media types found in '{0}.{1}'. Add at least one media type to the list of supported media types.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string Formatter_NoMediaTypes
+        {
+            get { return GetString("Formatter_NoMediaTypes"); }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// No media types found in '{0}.{1}'. Add at least one media type to the list of supported media types.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string FormatFormatter_NoMediaTypes(object p0, object p1)
+        {
+            return string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, GetString("Formatter_NoMediaTypes"), p0, p1);
+        }
+
         private static string GetString(string name, params string[] formatterNames)
         {
             var value = _resourceManager.GetString(name);
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Resources.resx b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Resources.resx
index 9bb383b191..95a1b30f3e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Resources.resx
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Resources.resx
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <root>
-  <!--
-    Microsoft ResX Schema
-
+  <!-- 
+    Microsoft ResX Schema 
+    
     Version 2.0
-
-    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format
-    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the
-    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes
+    
+    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format 
+    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the 
+    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes 
     associated with the data types.
-
+    
     Example:
-
+    
     ... ado.net/XML headers & schema ...
     <resheader name="resmimetype">text/microsoft-resx</resheader>
     <resheader name="version">2.0</resheader>
@@ -26,36 +26,36 @@
         <value>[base64 mime encoded string representing a byte array form of the .NET Framework object]</value>
         <comment>This is a comment</comment>
     </data>
-
-    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple
+                
+    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple 
     name/value pairs.
-
-    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a
-    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support
-    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture.
-    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the
+    
+    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a 
+    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support 
+    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture. 
+    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the 
     mimetype set.
-
-    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the
-    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not
+    
+    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the 
+    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not 
     extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:
-
-    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format
-    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can
+    
+    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format 
+    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can 
     read any of the formats listed below.
-
+    
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized with
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
             : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
-
+    
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized with
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
             : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
 
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array
+    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array 
             : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
     -->
@@ -331,4 +331,7 @@
   <data name="HtmlGeneration_ValueMustBeNumber" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>The field {0} must be a number.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Formatter_NoMediaTypes" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>No media types found in '{0}.{1}'. Add at least one media type to the list of supported media types.</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
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