diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/package/chocolatey.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/package/chocolatey.rb
index 0bd5a68e..d01ad0d5 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/package/chocolatey.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/package/chocolatey.rb
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ def self.instances
         process.each_line do |line|
           line.chomp!
           if line.empty? or line.match(/Reading environment variables.*/); next; end
+          raise Puppet::Error, "At least one source must be enabled." if line.match(/Unable to search for packages.*/)
           if choco_exe
             values = line.split('|')
           else
diff --git a/spec/unit/puppet/provider/package/chocolatey_spec.rb b/spec/unit/puppet/provider/package/chocolatey_spec.rb
index d29099f0..e6fa57be 100644
--- a/spec/unit/puppet/provider/package/chocolatey_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/puppet/provider/package/chocolatey_spec.rb
@@ -473,6 +473,14 @@
               :name => 'package2'
           }
         end
+
+        it "should return nil on error" do
+          provider.expects(:execpipe).yields(StringIO.new(%Q(Unable to search for packages when there are no soures enabled for packages and none were passed as arguments.\n)))
+
+          expect {
+            provider.instances
+          }.to raise_error(Puppet::Error, /At least one source must be enabled./)
+        end
       end
 
       context "with posh choco client" do