diff --git a/graalpython/com.oracle.graal.python.test/src/tests/test_collections.py b/graalpython/com.oracle.graal.python.test/src/tests/test_collections.py
index 6f88d69be8..5a14f4c133 100644
--- a/graalpython/com.oracle.graal.python.test/src/tests/test_collections.py
+++ b/graalpython/com.oracle.graal.python.test/src/tests/test_collections.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2018, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2018, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # The Universal Permissive License (UPL), Version 1.0
@@ -57,3 +57,13 @@ def test_import():
     except ImportError:
         imported = False
     assert imported
+
+
+def test_tuplegetter_arguments():
+    from collections import _tuplegetter
+    assert_raises(TypeError, _tuplegetter)
+    assert_raises(TypeError, _tuplegetter, 0)
+    assert_raises(TypeError, _tuplegetter, 0, None, 1)
+    assert_raises(TypeError, _tuplegetter, 0, doc=None)
+    assert_raises(TypeError, _tuplegetter, index=0, doc=None)
+    assert _tuplegetter(1, 'doc').__get__((10, 20)) == 20
diff --git a/graalpython/com.oracle.graal.python/src/com/oracle/graal/python/builtins/objects/tuple/TupleGetterBuiltins.java b/graalpython/com.oracle.graal.python/src/com/oracle/graal/python/builtins/objects/tuple/TupleGetterBuiltins.java
index 1962762fda..ea5ace648e 100644
--- a/graalpython/com.oracle.graal.python/src/com/oracle/graal/python/builtins/objects/tuple/TupleGetterBuiltins.java
+++ b/graalpython/com.oracle.graal.python/src/com/oracle/graal/python/builtins/objects/tuple/TupleGetterBuiltins.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2021, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * The Universal Permissive License (UPL), Version 1.0
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ protected List<? extends NodeFactory<? extends PythonBuiltinBaseNode>> getNodeFa
     }
 
     @Slot(value = SlotKind.tp_new, isComplex = true)
-    @SlotSignature(name = J_TUPLE_GETTER, parameterNames = {"cls", "index", "doc"})
+    @SlotSignature(name = J_TUPLE_GETTER, minNumOfPositionalArgs = 3, numOfPositionalOnlyArgs = 3, parameterNames = {"cls", "index", "doc"})
     @ArgumentClinic(name = "index", conversion = ArgumentClinic.ClinicConversion.Index)
     @GenerateNodeFactory
     public abstract static class TupleGetterNode extends PythonTernaryClinicBuiltinNode {