diff --git a/types/create-react-class/create-react-class-tests.ts b/types/create-react-class/create-react-class-tests.ts
index 3d7536d722..3c1d263367 100644
--- a/types/create-react-class/create-react-class-tests.ts
+++ b/types/create-react-class/create-react-class-tests.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ const ClassicComponentNoProps: React.ClassicComponentClass = createReactClass({
     }
 });
 
+const ClassicComponentNoState: React.ClassicComponentClass<{ text: string }> = createReactClass<{ text: string }>({
+    render() {
+        return DOM.div(this.props.text);
+    }
+});
+
 // React.createFactory
 const classicFactory: React.ClassicFactory<Props> =
     React.createFactory(ClassicComponent);
diff --git a/types/create-react-class/index.d.ts b/types/create-react-class/index.d.ts
index 9b9d2b2ad5..6aaa6dba4f 100644
--- a/types/create-react-class/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/create-react-class/index.d.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import { ComponentSpec, ClassicComponentClass } from "react";
 
 declare namespace createReactClass {}
-declare function createReactClass<P, S>(spec: ComponentSpec<P, S>): ClassicComponentClass<P>;
+declare function createReactClass<P, S = {}>(spec: ComponentSpec<P, S>): ClassicComponentClass<P>;
 
 export as namespace createReactClass;
 export = createReactClass;