diff --git a/Lib/csv.py b/Lib/csv.py
index 0a627ba7a512fa..3e23fa5781f25a 100644
--- a/Lib/csv.py
+++ b/Lib/csv.py
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ class excel:
         and when writing, each quote character embedded in the data is
         written as two quotes
 """
+from typing import (
+    Any, Iterable, Iterator, Optional, Dict, Union, List,
+    Callable, Type, cast
+)
 
 import types
 from _csv import Error, writer, reader, register_dialect, \
@@ -142,22 +146,30 @@ class unix_dialect(Dialect):
 
 
 class DictReader:
-    def __init__(self, f, fieldnames=None, restkey=None, restval=None,
-                 dialect="excel", *args, **kwds):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        f: Iterable[str],
+        fieldnames: Optional[Iterable[str]] = None,
+        restkey: Optional[str] = None,
+        restval: Optional[Any] = None,
+        dialect: Union[str, Dialect] = "excel",
+        *args: Any,
+        **kwds: Any
+    ) -> None:
         if fieldnames is not None and iter(fieldnames) is fieldnames:
             fieldnames = list(fieldnames)
-        self._fieldnames = fieldnames   # list of keys for the dict
-        self.restkey = restkey          # key to catch long rows
-        self.restval = restval          # default value for short rows
-        self.reader = reader(f, dialect, *args, **kwds)
-        self.dialect = dialect
-        self.line_num = 0
-
-    def __iter__(self):
+        self._fieldnames: Optional[List[str]] = fieldnames  # Explicit type
+        self.restkey: Optional[str] = restkey
+        self.restval: Optional[Any] = restval
+        self.reader: Iterator[List[str]] = reader(f, dialect, *args, **kwds)
+        self.dialect: Union[str, Dialect] = dialect
+        self.line_num: int = 0
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Dict[str, Any]]:
         return self
 
     @property
-    def fieldnames(self):
+    def fieldnames(self) -> Optional[List[str]]:
         if self._fieldnames is None:
             try:
                 self._fieldnames = next(self.reader)
@@ -167,28 +179,30 @@ def fieldnames(self):
         return self._fieldnames
 
     @fieldnames.setter
-    def fieldnames(self, value):
-        self._fieldnames = value
+    def fieldnames(self, value: Optional[Iterable[str]]) -> None:
+        if value is not None and iter(value) is value:
+            value = list(value)
+        self._fieldnames = cast(Optional[List[str]], value)
 
-    def __next__(self):
+    def __next__(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         if self.line_num == 0:
-            # Used only for its side effect.
-            self.fieldnames
+            self.fieldnames  # Force header parsing
         row = next(self.reader)
         self.line_num = self.reader.line_num
 
-        # unlike the basic reader, we prefer not to return blanks,
-        # because we will typically wind up with a dict full of None
-        # values
         while row == []:
             row = next(self.reader)
-        d = dict(zip(self.fieldnames, row))
-        lf = len(self.fieldnames)
-        lr = len(row)
+
+        fieldnames = self.fieldnames
+        if fieldnames is None:
+            raise ValueError("fieldnames must be set before iteration")
+
+        d: Dict[str, Any] = dict(zip(fieldnames, row))
+        lf, lr = len(fieldnames), len(row)
         if lf < lr:
             d[self.restkey] = row[lf:]
         elif lf > lr:
-            for key in self.fieldnames[lr:]:
+            for key in fieldnames[lr:]:
                 d[key] = self.restval
         return d