diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index 19ef2c38f24..ecf81e33f98 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Bug #10363: Fixed fallback float and integer formatting (AnatolyRugalev, silverfire)
 - Bug #10372: Fixed console controller including DI arguments in help (sammousa)
 - Bug #10385: Fixed `yii\validators\CaptchaValidator` passed incorrect hashKey to JS validator when `captchaAction` begins with `/` (silverfire)
+- Bug #10467: Fixed `yii\di\Instance::ensure()`to work with minimum settings (LAV45)
 - Bug: Fixed generation of canonical URLs for `ViewAction` pages (samdark)
 - Bug: Fixed `mb_*` functions calls to use `UTF-8` or `Yii::$app->charset` (silverfire)
 - Enh #3506: Added `yii\validators\IpValidator` to perform validation of IP addresses and subnets (SilverFire, samdark)
diff --git a/framework/di/Instance.php b/framework/di/Instance.php
index 4e335db7ecb..f51e0f24f8d 100644
--- a/framework/di/Instance.php
+++ b/framework/di/Instance.php
@@ -107,9 +107,7 @@ public static function of($id)
      */
     public static function ensure($reference, $type = null, $container = null)
     {
-        if ($reference instanceof $type) {
-            return $reference;
-        } elseif (is_array($reference)) {
+        if (is_array($reference)) {
             $class = isset($reference['class']) ? $reference['class'] : $type;
             if (!$container instanceof Container) {
                 $container = Yii::$container;
@@ -122,11 +120,13 @@ public static function ensure($reference, $type = null, $container = null)
 
         if (is_string($reference)) {
             $reference = new static($reference);
+        } elseif ($type === null || $reference instanceof $type) {
+            return $reference;
         }
 
         if ($reference instanceof self) {
             $component = $reference->get($container);
-            if ($component instanceof $type || $type === null) {
+            if ($type === null || $component instanceof $type) {
                 return $component;
             } else {
                 throw new InvalidConfigException('"' . $reference->id . '" refers to a ' . get_class($component) . " component. $type is expected.");
diff --git a/tests/framework/di/InstanceTest.php b/tests/framework/di/InstanceTest.php
index 70f7970a6f2..be058b46453 100644
--- a/tests/framework/di/InstanceTest.php
+++ b/tests/framework/di/InstanceTest.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace yiiunit\framework\di;
 
+use Yii;
 use yii\base\Component;
 use yii\db\Connection;
 use yii\di\Container;
@@ -41,9 +42,77 @@ public function testEnsure()
 
         $this->assertTrue(Instance::ensure('db', 'yii\db\Connection', $container) instanceof Connection);
         $this->assertTrue(Instance::ensure(new Connection, 'yii\db\Connection', $container) instanceof Connection);
-        $this->assertTrue(Instance::ensure([
+        $this->assertTrue(Instance::ensure(['class' => 'yii\db\Connection', 'dsn' => 'test'], 'yii\db\Connection', $container) instanceof Connection);
+    }
+
+    public function testEnsureWithoutType()
+    {
+        $container = new Container;
+        $container->set('db', [
+            'class' => 'yii\db\Connection',
+            'dsn' => 'test',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertTrue(Instance::ensure('db', null, $container) instanceof Connection);
+        $this->assertTrue(Instance::ensure(new Connection, null, $container) instanceof Connection);
+        $this->assertTrue(Instance::ensure(['class' => 'yii\db\Connection', 'dsn' => 'test'], null, $container) instanceof Connection);
+    }
+
+    public function testEnsureMinimalSettings()
+    {
+        Yii::$container->set('db', [
+            'class' => 'yii\db\Connection',
+            'dsn' => 'test',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertTrue(Instance::ensure('db') instanceof Connection);
+        $this->assertTrue(Instance::ensure(new Connection) instanceof Connection);
+        $this->assertTrue(Instance::ensure(['class' => 'yii\db\Connection', 'dsn' => 'test']) instanceof Connection);
+
+        Yii::$container = new Container;
+    }
+
+    public function testExceptionRefersTo()
+    {
+        $container = new Container;
+        $container->set('db', [
             'class' => 'yii\db\Connection',
             'dsn' => 'test',
-        ], 'yii\db\Connection', $container) instanceof Connection);
+        ]);
+
+        $this->setExpectedException('yii\base\InvalidConfigException', '"db" refers to a yii\db\Connection component. yii\base\Widget is expected.');
+
+        Instance::ensure('db', 'yii\base\Widget', $container);
+        Instance::ensure(['class' => 'yii\db\Connection', 'dsn' => 'test'], 'yii\base\Widget', $container);
+    }
+
+    public function testExceptionInvalidDataType()
+    {
+        $this->setExpectedException('yii\base\InvalidConfigException', 'Invalid data type: yii\db\Connection. yii\base\Widget is expected.');
+        Instance::ensure(new Connection, 'yii\base\Widget');
+    }
+
+    public function testExceptionComponentIsNotSpecified()
+    {
+        $this->setExpectedException('yii\base\InvalidConfigException', 'The required component is not specified.');
+        Instance::ensure('');
+    }
+
+    public function testGet()
+    {
+        $this->mockApplication([
+            'components' => [
+                'db' => [
+                    'class' => 'yii\db\Connection',
+                    'dsn' => 'test',
+                ]
+            ]
+        ]);
+
+        $container = Instance::of('db');
+
+        $this->assertTrue($container->get() instanceof Connection);
+
+        $this->destroyApplication();
     }
 }