diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de860fad8..b947b7173 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ENHANCEMENTS:
 * `r/tfe_workspace` update `tags` to be a computed attribute, by @Maed223 [#1767](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-tfe/pull/1767)
+* `r/tfe_workspace_run`: Allow configuration without `apply` and `destroy` blocks, by @tmatilai [#1604](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-tfe/pull/1604)
 
 ## v0.67.0
 
diff --git a/internal/provider/resource_tfe_workspace_run.go b/internal/provider/resource_tfe_workspace_run.go
index a0bd1c6af..ef294a183 100644
--- a/internal/provider/resource_tfe_workspace_run.go
+++ b/internal/provider/resource_tfe_workspace_run.go
@@ -82,11 +82,10 @@ func resourceTFEWorkspaceRun() *schema.Resource {
 				ForceNew: true,
 			},
 			"apply": {
-				Type:         schema.TypeList,
-				Elem:         resourceTFEWorkspaceRunSchema(),
-				Optional:     true,
-				AtLeastOneOf: []string{"apply", "destroy"},
-				MaxItems:     1,
+				Type:     schema.TypeList,
+				Elem:     resourceTFEWorkspaceRunSchema(),
+				Optional: true,
+				MaxItems: 1,
 			},
 			"destroy": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeList,
diff --git a/internal/provider/resource_tfe_workspace_run_test.go b/internal/provider/resource_tfe_workspace_run_test.go
index 2b3b5fd62..13aa88fbd 100644
--- a/internal/provider/resource_tfe_workspace_run_test.go
+++ b/internal/provider/resource_tfe_workspace_run_test.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func TestAccTFEWorkspaceRun_withBothApplyAndDestroyBlocks(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-func TestAccTFEWorkspaceRun_invalidParams(t *testing.T) {
+func TestAccTFEWorkspaceRun_withNoApplyOrDestroyBlock(t *testing.T) {
 	rInt := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())).Int()
 
 	tfeClient, err := getClientUsingEnv()
@@ -126,14 +126,32 @@ func TestAccTFEWorkspaceRun_invalidParams(t *testing.T) {
 	organization, orgCleanup := createBusinessOrganization(t, tfeClient)
 	t.Cleanup(orgCleanup)
 
+	parentWorkspace, _ := setupWorkspacesWithConfig(t, tfeClient, rInt, organization.Name, "test-fixtures/basic-config")
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck: func() {
+			testAccPreCheck(t)
+		},
+		Providers: testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+			testAccCheckTFEWorkspaceRunDestroy(parentWorkspace.ID, 0),
+		),
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccTFEWorkspaceRun_noApplyOrDestroyBlockProvided(organization.Name, rInt),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckTFEWorkspaceRunDoesNotExist("tfe_workspace_run.ws_run_parent"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAccTFEWorkspaceRun_invalidParams(t *testing.T) {
 	invalidCases := []struct {
 		Config      string
 		ExpectError *regexp.Regexp
 	}{
-		{
-			Config:      testAccTFEWorkspaceRun_noApplyOrDestroyBlockProvided(organization.Name, rInt),
-			ExpectError: regexp.MustCompile("\"apply\": one of `apply,destroy` must be specified"),
-		},
 		{
 			Config:      testAccTFEWorkspaceRun_noWorkspaceProvided(),
 			ExpectError: regexp.MustCompile(`The argument "workspace_id" is required, but no definition was found`),
@@ -254,6 +272,28 @@ func testAccCheckTFEWorkspaceRunExistWithExpectedStatus(n string, run *tfe.Run,
 	}
 }
 
+func testAccCheckTFEWorkspaceRunDoesNotExist(n string) resource.TestCheckFunc {
+	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
+		rs, ok := s.RootModule().Resources[n]
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Not found: %s", n)
+		}
+
+		if rs.Primary.ID == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("No instance ID is set")
+		}
+
+		// A workspace run resource without apply block has a random ID,
+		// and no run with that ID should exist.
+		_, err := testAccConfiguredClient.Client.Runs.Read(ctx, rs.Primary.ID)
+		if err == nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Expected run to not exist")
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 func testAccCheckTFEWorkspaceRunDestroy(workspaceID string, expectedDestroyCount int) resource.TestCheckFunc {
 	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
 		mustBeNil, err := retryFn(10, 1, func() (any, error) {