diff --git a/python/python-psi-impl/resources/messages/PyPsiBundle.properties b/python/python-psi-impl/resources/messages/PyPsiBundle.properties
index 1a88b2624a05..1e09a306744f 100644
--- a/python/python-psi-impl/resources/messages/PyPsiBundle.properties
+++ b/python/python-psi-impl/resources/messages/PyPsiBundle.properties
@@ -1100,6 +1100,7 @@ INSP.typeddict.required.and.not.required.cannot.be.nested=Required[] and NotRequ
 INSP.typeddict.read.only.cannot.be.nested=ReadOnly[] cannot be nested
 INSP.typeddict.required.notrequired.must.have.exactly.one.type.argument=''{0}'' must have exactly one type argument
 INSP.typeddict.unexpected.argument.for.__init_subclass__.of.TypedDict=Unexpected argument ''{0}'' for __init_subclass__ of TypedDict
+INSP.typeddict.expected.a.dictionary.literal=Expected dictionary literal
 
 # PyTypeHintsInspection
 INSP.NAME.type.hints=Invalid type hints definitions and usages
diff --git a/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyTypedDictInspection.kt b/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyTypedDictInspection.kt
index a59025f1695b..1f4dcb13875d 100644
--- a/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyTypedDictInspection.kt
+++ b/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyTypedDictInspection.kt
@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ class PyTypedDictInspection : PyInspection() {
         if (callExpression != null) {
           val callee = callExpression.callee
           if (callee != null && PyTypedDictTypeProvider.isTypedDict(callee, myTypeEvalContext)) {
-            val fields = PyPsiUtils.flattenParens(callExpression.arguments.getOrNull(1))
+            val argument1 = callExpression.arguments.getOrNull(1)
+            val fields = PyPsiUtils.flattenParens(argument1)
             if (fields !is PyDictLiteralExpression) {
+              registerProblem(argument1, PyPsiBundle.message("INSP.typeddict.expected.a.dictionary.literal"))
               return
             }
 
diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyTypedDictInspectionTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyTypedDictInspectionTest.java
index cea057c631c6..0c5737718a75 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyTypedDictInspectionTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyTypedDictInspectionTest.java
@@ -196,8 +196,13 @@ public class PyTypedDictInspectionTest extends PyInspectionTestCase {
   }
 
   public void testIncorrectTypedDictArguments() {
-    doTestByText("from typing import TypedDict\n" +
-                 "c = TypedDict(\"c\", [1, 2, 3])");
+    doTestByText("""
+                   from typing import TypedDict
+                   BadTD1 = TypedDict("BadTD1", <warning descr="Expected dictionary literal">[1, 2, 3]</warning>)
+                   
+                   fields = {"v": int}
+                   BadTD2 = TypedDict("BadTD2", <warning descr="Expected dictionary literal">fields</warning>)
+                   """);
   }
 
   public void testTypedDictNonStringKey() {