diff --git a/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types.rs b/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types.rs
index 252b9125b7708..c5f38eb642082 100644
--- a/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types.rs
+++ b/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types.rs
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ pub enum Type<'db> {
     LiteralString,
     /// A bytes literal
     BytesLiteral(BytesLiteralType<'db>),
+    /// A heterogeneous tuple type, with elements of the given types in source order.
+    // TODO: Support variable length homogeneous tuple type like `tuple[int, ...]`.
+    Tuple(TupleType<'db>),
     // TODO protocols, callable types, overloads, generics, type vars
 }
 
@@ -362,6 +365,10 @@ impl<'db> Type<'db> {
                 // TODO defer to Type::Instance(<bytes from typeshed>).member
                 Type::Unknown
             }
+            Type::Tuple(_) => {
+                // TODO: implement tuple methods
+                Type::Unknown
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -473,6 +480,7 @@ impl<'db> Type<'db> {
             Type::Unknown => Type::Unknown,
             // TODO intersections
             Type::Intersection(_) => Type::Unknown,
+            Type::Tuple(_) => builtins_symbol_ty(db, "tuple"),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -658,3 +666,9 @@ pub struct BytesLiteralType<'db> {
     #[return_ref]
     value: Box<[u8]>,
 }
+
+#[salsa::interned]
+pub struct TupleType<'db> {
+    #[return_ref]
+    elements: Box<[Type<'db>]>,
+}
diff --git a/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types/display.rs b/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types/display.rs
index 49241154994a6..0d7e2ecf511ce 100644
--- a/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types/display.rs
+++ b/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types/display.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,23 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for DisplayRepresentation<'_> {
 
                 escape.bytes_repr().write(f)
             }
+            Type::Tuple(tuple) => {
+                f.write_str("tuple[")?;
+                let elements = tuple.elements(self.db);
+                if elements.is_empty() {
+                    f.write_str("()")?;
+                } else {
+                    let mut first = true;
+                    for element in &**elements {
+                        if !first {
+                            f.write_str(", ")?;
+                        }
+                        first = false;
+                        element.display(self.db).fmt(f)?;
+                    }
+                }
+                f.write_str("]")
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types/infer.rs b/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types/infer.rs
index 02b0efb3b51ec..051e8db2bf627 100644
--- a/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types/infer.rs
+++ b/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types/infer.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ use crate::stdlib::builtins_module_scope;
 use crate::types::diagnostic::{TypeCheckDiagnostic, TypeCheckDiagnostics};
 use crate::types::{
     builtins_symbol_ty, definitions_ty, global_symbol_ty, symbol_ty, BytesLiteralType, ClassType,
-    FunctionType, StringLiteralType, Type, UnionBuilder,
+    FunctionType, StringLiteralType, TupleType, Type, UnionBuilder,
 };
 use crate::Db;
 
@@ -1553,12 +1553,12 @@ impl<'db> TypeInferenceBuilder<'db> {
             parenthesized: _,
         } = tuple;
 
-        for elt in elts {
-            self.infer_expression(elt);
-        }
+        let element_types = elts
+            .iter()
+            .map(|elt| self.infer_expression(elt))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
-        // TODO generic
-        builtins_symbol_ty(self.db, "tuple").to_instance()
+        Type::Tuple(TupleType::new(self.db, element_types.into_boxed_slice()))
     }
 
     fn infer_list_expression(&mut self, list: &ast::ExprList) -> Type<'db> {
@@ -4012,7 +4012,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn tuple_literal() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    fn empty_tuple_literal() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let mut db = setup_db();
 
         db.write_dedented(
@@ -4022,8 +4022,37 @@ mod tests {
             ",
         )?;
 
-        // TODO should be a generic type
-        assert_public_ty(&db, "/src/a.py", "x", "tuple");
+        assert_public_ty(&db, "/src/a.py", "x", "tuple[()]");
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn tuple_heterogeneous_literal() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let mut db = setup_db();
+
+        db.write_dedented(
+            "/src/a.py",
+            "
+            x = (1, 'a')
+            y = (1, (2, 3))
+            z = (x, 2)
+            ",
+        )?;
+
+        assert_public_ty(&db, "/src/a.py", "x", r#"tuple[Literal[1], Literal["a"]]"#);
+        assert_public_ty(
+            &db,
+            "/src/a.py",
+            "y",
+            "tuple[Literal[1], tuple[Literal[2], Literal[3]]]",
+        );
+        assert_public_ty(
+            &db,
+            "/src/a.py",
+            "z",
+            r#"tuple[tuple[Literal[1], Literal["a"]], Literal[2]]"#,
+        );
 
         Ok(())
     }