diff --git a/service-config/src/main/java/com/palantir/conjure/java/api/config/service/ServicesConfigBlock.java b/service-config/src/main/java/com/palantir/conjure/java/api/config/service/ServicesConfigBlock.java
index 312890e1c..d852e351c 100644
--- a/service-config/src/main/java/com/palantir/conjure/java/api/config/service/ServicesConfigBlock.java
+++ b/service-config/src/main/java/com/palantir/conjure/java/api/config/service/ServicesConfigBlock.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  * fully-specified {@link ServiceConfiguration} objects.
  */
 @DoNotLog
-@Immutable
+@Immutable(singleton = true)
 @JsonSerialize(as = ImmutableServicesConfigBlock.class)
 @JsonDeserialize(builder = ServicesConfigBlock.Builder.class)
 @ImmutablesStyle
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ public abstract class ServicesConfigBlock {
     @JsonAlias("fallback-to-common-name-verification")
     public abstract Optional<Boolean> defaultFallbackToCommonNameVerification();
 
+    public static ServicesConfigBlock empty() {
+        return ImmutableServicesConfigBlock.of();
+    }
+
     public static Builder builder() {
         return new Builder();
     }