--- /dev/null
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Block\Plugin\Block;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Block\BlockBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Defines a fallback plugin for missing block plugins.
+ *
+ * @Block(
+ * id = "broken",
+ * admin_label = @Translation("Broken/Missing"),
+ * category = @Translation("Block"),
+ * )
+ */
+class Broken extends BlockBase {
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function build() {
+ return $this->brokenMessage();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function blockForm($form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
+ return $this->brokenMessage();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Generate message with debugging information as to why the block is broken.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * Render array containing debug information.
+ */
+ protected function brokenMessage() {
+ $build['message'] = [
+ '#markup' => $this->t('This block is broken or missing. You may be missing content or you might need to enable the original module.')
+ ];
+
+ return $build;
+ }
+
+}