diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_typevarobject.h b/Include/internal/pycore_typevarobject.h
index 80a2daf4efc..a368edebd62 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_typevarobject.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_typevarobject.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ extern int _Py_initialize_generic(PyInterpreterState *);
 extern void _Py_clear_generic_types(PyInterpreterState *);
 
 extern PyTypeObject _PyTypeAlias_Type;
+extern PyTypeObject _PyNoDefault_Type;
 extern PyObject _Py_NoDefaultStruct;
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_typing.py b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
index fff81f79977..f6fe95321ba 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_typing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import typing
 import weakref
 import types
 
-from test.support import captured_stderr, cpython_only, infinite_recursion
+from test.support import captured_stderr, cpython_only, infinite_recursion, requires_docstrings
 from test.typinganndata import ann_module695, mod_generics_cache, _typed_dict_helper
 
 
@@ -10247,15 +10247,34 @@ class NoDefaultTests(BaseTestCase):
     def test_constructor(self):
         self.assertIs(NoDefault, type(NoDefault)())
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
-            NoDefault(1)
+            type(NoDefault)(1)
 
     def test_repr(self):
         self.assertEqual(repr(NoDefault), 'typing.NoDefault')
 
+    @requires_docstrings
+    def test_doc(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(NoDefault.__doc__, str)
+
+    def test_class(self):
+        self.assertIs(NoDefault.__class__, type(NoDefault))
+
     def test_no_call(self):
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             NoDefault()
 
+    def test_no_attributes(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            NoDefault.foo = 3
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            NoDefault.foo
+
+        # TypeError is consistent with the behavior of NoneType
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            type(NoDefault).foo = 3
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            type(NoDefault).foo
+
 
 class AllTests(BaseTestCase):
     """Tests for __all__."""
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-10-05-24-32.gh-issue-118895.wUm5r2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-10-05-24-32.gh-issue-118895.wUm5r2.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..226c8d612a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-10-05-24-32.gh-issue-118895.wUm5r2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Setting attributes on :data:`typing.NoDefault` now raises
+:exc:`AttributeError` instead of :exc:`TypeError`.
diff --git a/Modules/_typingmodule.c b/Modules/_typingmodule.c
index 09fbb3c5e8b..37af00f3071 100644
--- a/Modules/_typingmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_typingmodule.c
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ _typing_exec(PyObject *m)
     if (PyModule_AddObjectRef(m, "TypeAliasType", (PyObject *)&_PyTypeAlias_Type) < 0) {
         return -1;
     }
+    if (PyType_Ready(&_PyNoDefault_Type) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
     if (PyModule_AddObjectRef(m, "NoDefault", (PyObject *)&_Py_NoDefaultStruct) < 0) {
         return -1;
     }