diff --git a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/rect.pyi b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/rect.pyi
index a0ad71d87b..b401f9a930 100644
--- a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/rect.pyi
+++ b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/rect.pyi
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ class _GenericRect(Collection[_N]):
     def __init__(self, left_top: Coordinate, width_height: Coordinate) -> None: ...
     @overload
     def __init__(self, single_arg: RectValue) -> None: ...
+    @overload
+    def __init__(self) -> None: ...
     def __len__(self) -> Literal[4]: ...
     def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[_N]: ...
     @overload
diff --git a/docs/reST/ref/rect.rst b/docs/reST/ref/rect.rst
index 984c1aeee4..9066d045b1 100644
--- a/docs/reST/ref/rect.rst
+++ b/docs/reST/ref/rect.rst
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@
    | :sg:`Rect(left, top, width, height) -> Rect`
    | :sg:`Rect((left, top), (width, height)) -> Rect`
    | :sg:`Rect(object) -> Rect`
+   | :sg:`Rect() -> Rect`
    | :sg:`FRect(left, top, width, height) -> FRect`
    | :sg:`FRect((left, top), (width, height)) -> FRect`
    | :sg:`FRect(object) -> FRect`
+   | :sg:`FRect() -> FRect`
 
    .. versionchanged:: 2.2 Since version 2.2 there is another class called FRect that serves the same purpose as as `Rect` but it can hold floats instead of integers.
 
@@ -26,6 +28,10 @@
    values to construct a Rect. This makes it easier to create Rects on the fly
    as arguments to functions.
 
+   If no arguments are given, a zero Rect will be created (x=0, y=0, w=0, h=0).
+   This will only work when using the Rect/FRect class and not with functions
+   that require a Rect argument.
+
    The Rect functions that change the position or size of a Rect return a new
    copy of the Rect with the affected changes. The original Rect is not
    modified. Some methods have an alternate "in-place" version that returns
diff --git a/src_c/doc/rect_doc.h b/src_c/doc/rect_doc.h
index cfe1e2f1bd..e83a50431c 100644
--- a/src_c/doc/rect_doc.h
+++ b/src_c/doc/rect_doc.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Auto generated file: with makeref.py .  Docs go in docs/reST/ref/ . */
-#define DOC_RECT "Rect(left, top, width, height) -> Rect\nRect((left, top), (width, height)) -> Rect\nRect(object) -> Rect\nFRect(left, top, width, height) -> FRect\nFRect((left, top), (width, height)) -> FRect\nFRect(object) -> FRect\npygame object for storing rectangular coordinates"
+#define DOC_RECT "Rect(left, top, width, height) -> Rect\nRect((left, top), (width, height)) -> Rect\nRect(object) -> Rect\nRect() -> Rect\nFRect(left, top, width, height) -> FRect\nFRect((left, top), (width, height)) -> FRect\nFRect(object) -> FRect\nFRect() -> FRect\npygame object for storing rectangular coordinates"
 #define DOC_RECT_COPY "copy() -> Rect\ncopy the rectangle"
 #define DOC_RECT_MOVE "move(x, y, /) -> Rect\nmoves the rectangle"
 #define DOC_RECT_MOVEIP "move_ip(x, y, /) -> None\nmoves the rectangle, in place"
diff --git a/src_c/rect_impl.h b/src_c/rect_impl.h
index b66ee4c3f4..0f6cb53fb0 100644
--- a/src_c/rect_impl.h
+++ b/src_c/rect_impl.h
@@ -850,6 +850,10 @@ RectExport_dealloc(RectObject *self)
 static int
 RectExport_init(RectObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
+    if (PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args) == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     InnerRect *argrect, temp;
 
     if (!(argrect = RectFromObject(args, &temp))) {
diff --git a/test/rect_test.py b/test/rect_test.py
index 22291fae15..307feb8b29 100644
--- a/test/rect_test.py
+++ b/test/rect_test.py
@@ -2847,6 +2847,13 @@ def test_collection_abc(self):
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(r, Collection))
         self.assertFalse(isinstance(r, Sequence))
 
+    def test_construction_no_args(self):
+        r = Rect()
+        self.assertEqual(r.x, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(r.y, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(r.w, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(r.h, 0)
+
 
 class FRectTypeTest(RectTypeTest):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -3291,6 +3298,13 @@ def test_frect_subscript(self):
         self.assertSeqAlmostEqual5(r[3::-1], [4.8, 3.6, 2.4, 1.2])
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, r.__getitem__, None)
 
+    def test_construction_no_args(self):
+        r = FRect()
+        self.assertEqual(r.x, 0.0)
+        self.assertEqual(r.y, 0.0)
+        self.assertEqual(r.w, 0.0)
+        self.assertEqual(r.h, 0.0)
+
 
 class SubclassTest(unittest.TestCase):
     class MyRect(Rect):
@@ -3366,6 +3380,13 @@ def test_collection_abc(self):
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(mr1, Collection))
         self.assertFalse(isinstance(mr1, Sequence))
 
+    def test_construction_no_args(self):
+        mr = self.MyRect()
+        self.assertEqual(mr.x, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(mr.y, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(mr.w, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(mr.h, 0)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()