diff --git a/pytype/overlays/typing_overlay.py b/pytype/overlays/typing_overlay.py
index e6c43b7a6..4b88dfb34 100644
--- a/pytype/overlays/typing_overlay.py
+++ b/pytype/overlays/typing_overlay.py
@@ -301,7 +301,16 @@ def _get_typeparam_args(self, node, args):
     contravariant = self._get_namedarg(node, args, "contravariant", False)
     if constraints and bound:
       raise TypeVarError("constraints and a bound are mutually exclusive")
-    extra_kwargs = set(args.namedargs) - {"bound", "covariant", "contravariant"}
+    # `default` is unsupported for now - access it just to generate a warning.
+    # TODO: b/382028836 - actually support the `default` arg to `TypeVar`
+    self._get_namedarg(node, args, "default", None)
+
+    extra_kwargs = set(args.namedargs) - {
+        "bound",
+        "covariant",
+        "contravariant",
+        "default",
+    }
     if extra_kwargs:
       raise TypeVarError("extra keyword arguments: " + ", ".join(extra_kwargs))
     if args.starargs:
@@ -345,7 +354,10 @@ def _get_namedarg(self, node, args, name, default_value):
     if name == "bound":
       return self._get_annotation(node, args.namedargs[name], name)
     else:
-      ret = self._get_constant(args.namedargs[name], name, bool)
+      if name == "default":
+        ret = self._get_annotation(node, args.namedargs[name], name)
+      else:
+        ret = self._get_constant(args.namedargs[name], name, bool)
       # This error is logged only if _get_constant succeeds.
       self.ctx.errorlog.not_supported_yet(
           self.ctx.vm.frames, f'argument "{name}" to TypeVar'
diff --git a/pytype/stubs/builtins/typing.pytd b/pytype/stubs/builtins/typing.pytd
index d0ca51d71..bf6165c24 100644
--- a/pytype/stubs/builtins/typing.pytd
+++ b/pytype/stubs/builtins/typing.pytd
@@ -35,8 +35,14 @@ Text = str
 # purposes and to make it easier for pytype to type-check arguments to TypeVar
 # and ParamSpec.
 def _typevar_new(
-    name: str, *constraints: type | str | None, bound: type | str | None = None,
-    covariant: bool = False, contravariant: bool = False): ...
+    name: str,
+    *constraints: type | str | None,
+    bound: type | str | None = None,
+    covariant: bool = False,
+    contravariant: bool = False,
+    infer_variance: bool = False,
+    default: Any = None,
+): ...
 def _paramspec_new(
     name: str, *constraints: type | str | None, bound: type | str | None = None,
     covariant: bool = False, contravariant: bool = False): ...
diff --git a/pytype/tests/test_typevar1.py b/pytype/tests/test_typevar1.py
index 8bb778966..a9342c6ba 100644
--- a/pytype/tests/test_typevar1.py
+++ b/pytype/tests/test_typevar1.py
@@ -208,6 +208,41 @@ def test_contravariant(self):
         },
     )
 
+  def test_default(self):
+    ty = self.Infer("""
+      from typing import Generic, TypeVar
+
+      T = TypeVar("T", default=int)  # pytype: disable=not-supported-yet
+
+      class Foo(Generic[T]):
+        pass
+
+      f = Foo()
+    """)
+    self.assertTypesMatchPytd(
+        ty,
+        """
+          from typing import Generic, TypeVar
+
+          T = TypeVar('T')
+
+          class Foo(Generic[T]): ...
+
+          f: Foo[nothing]
+        """,
+    )
+
+    self.CheckWithErrors("""
+      from typing import Generic, TypeVar
+
+      T = TypeVar("T", default=int)  # not-supported-yet
+
+      class Foo(Generic[T]):
+        pass
+
+      f = Foo()
+    """)
+
   def test_dont_propagate_pyval(self):
     # in functions like f(x: T) -> T, if T has constraints we should not copy
     # the value of constant types between instances of the typevar.