diff --git a/stdlib/csv.pyi b/stdlib/csv.pyi
index 606694dca..db48e9e6c 100644
--- a/stdlib/csv.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/csv.pyi
@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@ from _csv import (
     unregister_dialect as unregister_dialect,
     writer as writer,
 )
-from collections import OrderedDict
-from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, Iterator, List, Mapping, Optional, Sequence, Text, Type
+from typing import Any, Generic, Iterable, Iterator, List, Mapping, Optional, Sequence, Text, Type, TypeVar, overload
 
-_DictRow = Mapping[str, Any]
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 8) or sys.version_info < (3, 6):
+    from typing import Dict as _DictReadMapping
+else:
+    from collections import OrderedDict as _DictReadMapping
+
+_T = TypeVar("_T")
 
 class excel(Dialect):
     delimiter: str
@@ -42,23 +46,28 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3,):
         lineterminator: str
         quoting: int
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
-    _DRMapping = Dict[str, str]
-elif sys.version_info >= (3, 6):
-    _DRMapping = OrderedDict[str, str]
-else:
-    _DRMapping = Dict[str, str]
-
-class DictReader(Iterator[_DRMapping]):
+class DictReader(Generic[_T], Iterator[_DictReadMapping[_T, str]]):
+    fieldnames: Optional[Sequence[_T]]
     restkey: Optional[str]
     restval: Optional[str]
     reader: _reader
     dialect: _DialectLike
     line_num: int
-    fieldnames: Optional[Sequence[str]]
+    @overload
     def __init__(
         self,
         f: Iterable[Text],
+        fieldnames: Sequence[_T],
+        restkey: Optional[str] = ...,
+        restval: Optional[str] = ...,
+        dialect: _DialectLike = ...,
+        *args: Any,
+        **kwds: Any,
+    ) -> None: ...
+    @overload
+    def __init__(
+        self: DictReader[str],
+        f: Iterable[Text],
         fieldnames: Optional[Sequence[str]] = ...,
         restkey: Optional[str] = ...,
         restval: Optional[str] = ...,
@@ -66,21 +75,21 @@ class DictReader(Iterator[_DRMapping]):
         *args: Any,
         **kwds: Any,
     ) -> None: ...
-    def __iter__(self) -> DictReader: ...
+    def __iter__(self) -> DictReader[_T]: ...
     if sys.version_info >= (3,):
-        def __next__(self) -> _DRMapping: ...
+        def __next__(self) -> _DictReadMapping[_T, str]: ...
     else:
-        def next(self) -> _DRMapping: ...
+        def next(self) -> _DictReadMapping[_T, str]: ...
 
-class DictWriter(object):
-    fieldnames: Sequence[str]
+class DictWriter(Generic[_T]):
+    fieldnames: Sequence[_T]
     restval: Optional[Any]
     extrasaction: str
     writer: _writer
     def __init__(
         self,
         f: Any,
-        fieldnames: Iterable[str],
+        fieldnames: Sequence[_T],
         restval: Optional[Any] = ...,
         extrasaction: str = ...,
         dialect: _DialectLike = ...,
@@ -91,8 +100,8 @@ class DictWriter(object):
         def writeheader(self) -> Any: ...
     else:
         def writeheader(self) -> None: ...
-    def writerow(self, rowdict: _DictRow) -> Any: ...
-    def writerows(self, rowdicts: Iterable[_DictRow]) -> None: ...
+    def writerow(self, rowdict: Mapping[_T, Any]) -> Any: ...
+    def writerows(self, rowdicts: Iterable[Mapping[_T, Any]]) -> None: ...
 
 class Sniffer(object):
     preferred: List[str]