diff --git a/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/configuration/LoomConfigurations.java b/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/configuration/LoomConfigurations.java
index 8922f3af..21a7ae7e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/configuration/LoomConfigurations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/configuration/LoomConfigurations.java
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ public abstract class LoomConfigurations implements Runnable {
 		extendsFrom(Constants.Configurations.MINECRAFT_TEST_CLIENT_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES, Constants.Configurations.MINECRAFT_NATIVES);
 		extendsFrom(Constants.Configurations.MINECRAFT_TEST_CLIENT_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES, Constants.Configurations.MINECRAFT_CLIENT_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES);
 		extendsFrom(Constants.Configurations.MINECRAFT_TEST_CLIENT_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES, Constants.Configurations.LOADER_DEPENDENCIES);
+
+		register(Constants.Configurations.PRODUCTION_RUNTIME_MODS, Role.RESOLVABLE);
 	}
 
 	private NamedDomainObjectProvider<Configuration> register(String name, Role role) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/task/prod/AbstractProductionRunTask.java b/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/task/prod/AbstractProductionRunTask.java
index 0661f969..55a28789 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/task/prod/AbstractProductionRunTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/task/prod/AbstractProductionRunTask.java
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ public abstract sealed class AbstractProductionRunTask extends AbstractLoomTask
 		if (!GradleUtils.getBooleanProperty(getProject(), Constants.Properties.DONT_REMAP)) {
 			getMods().from(getProject().getTasks().named(RemapTaskConfiguration.REMAP_JAR_TASK_NAME));
 		}
+
+		getMods().from(getProject().getConfigurations().named(Constants.Configurations.PRODUCTION_RUNTIME_MODS));
 	}
 
 	@TaskAction
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/util/Constants.java b/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/util/Constants.java
index deceb58d..8a7a9c08 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/util/Constants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/util/Constants.java
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ public class Constants {
 		 * The configuration that contains the Minecraft client and loader runtime libraries, as used by the production run tasks.
 		 */
 		public static final String MINECRAFT_TEST_CLIENT_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES = "minecraftTestClientRuntimeLibraries";
+		/**
+		 * Mods to be used by {@link net.fabricmc.loom.task.prod.AbstractProductionRunTask} tasks by default.
+		 */
+		public static final String PRODUCTION_RUNTIME_MODS = "productionRuntimeMods";
 
 		private Configurations() {
 		}
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/net/fabricmc/loom/test/integration/RunConfigTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/net/fabricmc/loom/test/integration/RunConfigTest.groovy
index f0f86bfb..7a8cacb7 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/net/fabricmc/loom/test/integration/RunConfigTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/net/fabricmc/loom/test/integration/RunConfigTest.groovy
@@ -174,21 +174,16 @@ class RunConfigTest extends Specification implements GradleProjectTestTrait {
 
 		def gradle = gradleProject(project: "minimalBase", version: version)
 		gradle.buildGradle << '''
-				configurations {
-					productionMods
-				}
-
                 dependencies {
                     minecraft "com.mojang:minecraft:1.21.4"
                     mappings "net.fabricmc:yarn:1.21.4+build.4:v2"
                     modImplementation "net.fabricmc:fabric-loader:0.16.9"
                     modImplementation "net.fabricmc.fabric-api:fabric-api:0.114.0+1.21.4"
 
-                    productionMods "net.fabricmc.fabric-api:fabric-api:0.114.0+1.21.4"
+                    productionRuntimeMods "net.fabricmc.fabric-api:fabric-api:0.114.0+1.21.4"
                 }
 
                 tasks.register("prodClient", net.fabricmc.loom.task.prod.ClientProductionRunTask) {
-                	mods.from(configurations.productionMods)
                 	jvmArgs.add("-Dfabric.client.gametest")
 
                 	tracy {