diff --git a/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi b/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi
index db7e8e2bf1af..7321ca60a2ba 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi
@@ -966,6 +966,9 @@ def filter(__function: None, __iterable: Iterable[Optional[_T]]) -> Iterator[_T]
 @overload
 def filter(__function: Callable[[_T], Any], __iterable: Iterable[_T]) -> Iterator[_T]: ...
 def format(__value: object, __format_spec: str = ...) -> str: ...  # TODO unicode
+@overload
+def getattr(__o: Any, name: str, __default: None) -> Optional[Any]: ...
+@overload
 def getattr(__o: Any, name: str, __default: Any = ...) -> Any: ...
 def globals() -> Dict[str, Any]: ...
 def hasattr(__obj: Any, __name: str) -> bool: ...