diff --git a/wrap/Class.cpp b/wrap/Class.cpp
index cd7dd4ca6..7aa4cd72a 100644
--- a/wrap/Class.cpp
+++ b/wrap/Class.cpp
@@ -832,9 +832,11 @@ void Class::emit_cython_pyx(FileWriter& pyxFile, const std::vector<Class>& allCl
                 << pyxClassName() << "_" << i
                 << "(*args, **kwargs):\n            pass\n";
   }
-  if (constructor.nrOverloads()>0)
+  if (constructor.nrOverloads()>0) {
+    pyxFile.oss << "        elif len(args)+len(kwargs)==0:\n            return\n";
     pyxFile.oss << "        else:\n            raise TypeError('" << pyxClassName()
                 << " construction failed!')\n";
+  }
 
   pyxInitParentObj(pyxFile, "        self", "self." + shared_pxd_obj_in_pyx(), allClasses);
   pyxFile.oss << "\n";