diff --git a/misk/src/main/kotlin/misk/client/TypedHttpClientModule.kt b/misk/src/main/kotlin/misk/client/TypedHttpClientModule.kt
index 087a8ddd15c..fb35e98017a 100644
--- a/misk/src/main/kotlin/misk/client/TypedHttpClientModule.kt
+++ b/misk/src/main/kotlin/misk/client/TypedHttpClientModule.kt
@@ -144,13 +144,15 @@ class TypedClientFactory @Inject constructor() {
   // Use Providers for the interceptors so Guice can properly detect cycles when apps inject
   // an HTTP Client in an Interceptor.
   // https://gist.github.com/ryanhall07/e3eac6d2d47b72a4c37bce87219d7ced
-  @Inject
-  private lateinit var clientNetworkInterceptorFactories:
-    Provider<List<ClientNetworkInterceptor.Factory>>
+  // Also, these are optional because the end user may not have used TypedHttpClientModule at all
+  // and thus may not have had multibindings provided here.
+  @Inject(optional = true)
+  private val clientNetworkInterceptorFactories:
+    Provider<List<ClientNetworkInterceptor.Factory>> = Provider { emptyList() }
 
-  @Inject
-  private lateinit var clientApplicationInterceptorFactories:
-    Provider<List<ClientApplicationInterceptorFactory>>
+  @Inject(optional = true)
+  private val clientApplicationInterceptorFactories:
+    Provider<List<ClientApplicationInterceptorFactory>> = Provider { emptyList() }
 
   @Inject
   private lateinit var clientMetricsInterceptorFactory: ClientMetricsInterceptor.Factory
diff --git a/misk/src/test/kotlin/misk/client/TypedHttpClientTest.kt b/misk/src/test/kotlin/misk/client/TypedHttpClientTest.kt
index cac00e9abfa..8b6d8538041 100644
--- a/misk/src/test/kotlin/misk/client/TypedHttpClientTest.kt
+++ b/misk/src/test/kotlin/misk/client/TypedHttpClientTest.kt
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ internal class TypedHttpClientTest {
   fun buildDynamicClients() {
     val typedClientFactory = clientInjector.getInstance(TypedClientFactory::class.java)
 
+    testBuildAndUseDynamicClient(typedClientFactory)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun buildDynamicClientWithoutHavingBuiltAnyOtherClients() {
+    val injector = Guice.createInjector(MiskTestingServiceModule())
+    val typedClientFactory = injector.getInstance(TypedClientFactory::class.java)
+
+    testBuildAndUseDynamicClient(typedClientFactory)
+  }
+
+  private fun testBuildAndUseDynamicClient(typedClientFactory: TypedClientFactory) {
     val dinoClient = typedClientFactory.build<ReturnADinosaur>(
       HttpClientEndpointConfig(jetty.httpServerUrl.toString()),
       "dynamicDino"