diff --git a/src/EFCore.Design/Design/Internal/DesignTimeServicesBuilder.cs b/src/EFCore.Design/Design/Internal/DesignTimeServicesBuilder.cs
index 9a4ee6d7d3d..e382d56f221 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Design/Design/Internal/DesignTimeServicesBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.Design/Design/Internal/DesignTimeServicesBuilder.cs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ private void ConfigureUserServices(IServiceCollection services)
         _reporter.WriteVerbose(DesignStrings.FindingDesignTimeServices(_startupAssembly.GetName().Name));
 
         var designTimeServicesType = _startupAssembly.GetLoadableDefinedTypes()
-            .Where(t => typeof(IDesignTimeServices).IsAssignableFrom(t)).Select(t => t.AsType())
+            .Where(t => typeof(IDesignTimeServices).IsAssignableFrom(t) && t.IsInstantiable()).Select(t => t.AsType())
             .FirstOrDefault();
         if (designTimeServicesType == null)
         {
diff --git a/test/EFCore.Design.Tests/Design/DesignTimeServicesTest.cs b/test/EFCore.Design.Tests/Design/DesignTimeServicesTest.cs
index 162a18e5e70..2efe1e4d4ae 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.Design.Tests/Design/DesignTimeServicesTest.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.Design.Tests/Design/DesignTimeServicesTest.cs
@@ -314,6 +314,101 @@ public string GetInsertScript(HistoryRow row)
             => throw new NotImplementedException();
     }
 
+    [ConditionalFact]
+    public void Abstract_design_time_services_are_ignored()
+    {
+        var serviceProvider = CreateDesignServiceProvider(
+            @"
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+
+#pragma warning disable EF1001
+
+public abstract class DesignTimeServicesBase : IDesignTimeServices
+{
+    public void ConfigureDesignTimeServices(IServiceCollection serviceCollection)
+    {
+        DoSomething();
+    }
+
+    protected abstract void DoSomething();
+}
+
+public class ActualDesignTimeServices : DesignTimeServicesBase
+{
+    protected override void DoSomething()
+    {
+        // Actual implementation
+    }
+}
+").CreateScope().ServiceProvider;
+
+        // Should not throw an exception when creating the service provider
+        // The abstract base class should be ignored and only concrete implementations should be used
+        Assert.NotNull(serviceProvider);
+    }
+
+    [ConditionalFact]
+    public void Interface_design_time_services_are_ignored()
+    {
+        var serviceProvider = CreateDesignServiceProvider(
+            @"
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+
+#pragma warning disable EF1001
+
+public interface IDesignTimeServicesInterface : IDesignTimeServices
+{
+}
+
+public class ConcreteDesignTimeServices : IDesignTimeServicesInterface
+{
+    public void ConfigureDesignTimeServices(IServiceCollection serviceCollection)
+    {
+        // Concrete implementation
+    }
+}
+").CreateScope().ServiceProvider;
+
+        // Should not throw an exception when creating the service provider
+        // Interfaces implementing IDesignTimeServices should be ignored
+        Assert.NotNull(serviceProvider);
+    }
+
+    [ConditionalFact]
+    public void Prefers_concrete_class_over_abstract()
+    {
+        // This test verifies that when both abstract and concrete classes are present,
+        // the concrete class is used (since we're using FirstOrDefault which finds the first non-abstract)
+        var serviceProvider = CreateDesignServiceProvider(
+            @"
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+
+#pragma warning disable EF1001
+
+public abstract class AbstractDesignTimeServices : IDesignTimeServices
+{
+    public void ConfigureDesignTimeServices(IServiceCollection serviceCollection)
+    {
+        throw new System.NotImplementedException(""Should not be called"");
+    }
+}
+
+public class ConcreteDesignTimeServices : IDesignTimeServices
+{
+    public void ConfigureDesignTimeServices(IServiceCollection serviceCollection)
+    {
+        // This should be the one used
+    }
+}
+").CreateScope().ServiceProvider;
+
+        // Should not throw an exception and should use the concrete implementation
+        Assert.NotNull(serviceProvider);
+    }
+
     public class MyContext(DbContextOptions<MyContext> options) : DbContext(options);
 
     private ServiceProvider CreateDesignServiceProvider(