diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e44fc6..62f6d9b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -163,12 +163,15 @@ The plugin also allows you to ignore some unwanted services from being automatic
 ```kotlin
 extraJavaModuleInfo {               
     module("groovy-all-2.4.15.jar", "groovy.all", "2.4.15") {
-       requiresTransitive("java.scripting")
-       requires("java.logging")
-       requires("java.desktop")
-       ignoreServiceProvider("org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ExtensionModule")
-       ignoreServiceProvider("org.codehaus.groovy.plugins.Runners")
-       ignoreServiceProvider("org.codehaus.groovy.source.Extensions")
+        requiresTransitive("java.scripting")
+        requires("java.logging")
+        requires("java.desktop")
+        ignoreServiceProvider("org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ExtensionModule")
+        ignoreServiceProvider("org.codehaus.groovy.plugins.Runners")
+        ignoreServiceProvider("org.codehaus.groovy.source.Extensions")
+        
+        // or add a service provider registration if it is missing 
+        // provides("org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect", "org.sqlite.hibernate.dialect.SQLiteDialect")
     }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/ExtraJavaModuleInfoTransform.java b/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/ExtraJavaModuleInfoTransform.java
index 744d169..4e236d6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/ExtraJavaModuleInfoTransform.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/ExtraJavaModuleInfoTransform.java
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ private byte[] addModuleInfo(
             explicitlyHandledPackage.addAll(moduleInfo.exports.keySet());
             explicitlyHandledPackage.addAll(autoExportedPackages);
             explicitlyHandledPackage.addAll(removedPackages);
+            Map<String, Set<String>> additionalProviders = moduleInfo.getProviders();
 
             ClassVisitor classVisitor = new ClassVisitor(Opcodes.ASM9, classWriter) {
                 @Override
@@ -619,6 +620,15 @@ private void addModuleInfoEntries(
                                 .toArray(String[]::new));
             }
         }
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Set<String>> provider : moduleInfo.getProviders().entrySet()) {
+            if (!provider.getValue().isEmpty()) {
+                moduleVisitor.visitProvide(
+                        packageToPath(provider.getKey()),
+                        provider.getValue().stream()
+                                .map(ExtraJavaModuleInfoTransform::packageToPath)
+                                .toArray(String[]::new));
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     private void mergeJars(
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/ModuleInfo.java b/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/ModuleInfo.java
index 73ca225..9b70d5d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/ModuleInfo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/ModuleInfo.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public class ModuleInfo extends ModuleSpec {
     final Set<String> requiresStaticTransitive = new LinkedHashSet<>();
     final Map<String, Set<String>> ignoreServiceProviders = new LinkedHashMap<>();
     final Set<String> uses = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+    final Map<String, Set<String>> providers = new LinkedHashMap<>();
     final Set<String> exportAllPackagesExceptions = new LinkedHashSet<>();
 
     boolean exportAllPackages;
@@ -95,6 +96,22 @@ public void requiresStaticTransitive(String requiresStaticTransitive) {
         addOrThrow(this.requiresStaticTransitive, requiresStaticTransitive);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param provides corresponds to the directive in a 'module-info.java' file
+     * @param with specifys the package(s) containing provided service classes
+     */
+    public void provides(String provides, String... with) {
+        addOrThrow(this.providers, provides, with);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Getter for the providers map (needed for the transformation logic)
+     * @return
+     */
+    public Map<String, Set<String>> getProviders() {
+        return providers;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param uses corresponds to the directive in a 'module-info.java' file
      */
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/test/ProvidesWithFunctionalTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/test/ProvidesWithFunctionalTest.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..276e579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/groovy/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/test/ProvidesWithFunctionalTest.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package org.gradlex.javamodule.moduleinfo.test
+
+import org.gradlex.javamodule.moduleinfo.test.fixture.GradleBuild
+import spock.lang.Specification
+
+class ProvidesWithFunctionalTest extends Specification {
+
+    @Delegate
+    GradleBuild build = new GradleBuild()
+
+    def setup() {
+        settingsFile << 'rootProject.name = "test-project"'
+        buildFile << """
+            plugins {
+                id("application")
+                id("org.gradlex.extra-java-module-info")
+            }
+            application {
+                mainModule.set("org.gradle.sample.app")
+                mainClass.set("org.gradle.sample.app.Main")
+            }
+        """
+    }
+
+    def "can define missing service providers"() {
+        setup:
+        file("src/main/java/module-info.java") << """
+            module org.gradle.sample.app {
+                requires org.hibernate.sqlite;
+                requires org.hibernate.orm.core;
+                uses org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect;
+            }
+        """
+        file("src/main/java/org/gradle/sample/app/Main.java") << """
+            package org.gradle.sample.app;
+            
+            public class Main {
+                public static void main(String[] args) { 
+                    java.util.ServiceLoader.load(org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect.class).forEach(
+                        d -> System.out.println(d.getClass()));
+                }
+            }
+        """
+        buildFile << """     
+            dependencies {
+                implementation("com.github.gwenn:sqlite-dialect:0.2.0")
+            }             
+            extraJavaModuleInfo {
+                module("com.github.gwenn:sqlite-dialect", "org.hibernate.sqlite") {
+                    requires("java.sql")
+                    requires("org.hibernate.orm.core")
+                    provides("org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect", "org.sqlite.hibernate.dialect.SQLiteDialect")
+                }
+                module("org.hibernate:hibernate-core", "org.hibernate.orm.core") {
+                    requires("java.persistence")
+                    requires("java.sql")
+                    exportAllPackages()
+                }
+                module("antlr:antlr", "org.antlr") { }
+            }
+        """
+
+        expect:
+        def result = run()
+        result.output.contains("INFO: HHH000400: Using dialect: org.sqlite.hibernate.dialect.SQLiteDialect")
+    }
+}