diff --git a/mypy/stubgen.py b/mypy/stubgen.py
index a12cd969e9ca..4ec138ad7c21 100755
--- a/mypy/stubgen.py
+++ b/mypy/stubgen.py
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         # Disable implicit exports of package-internal imports?
         self.export_less = export_less
         # Add imports that could be implicitly generated
-        self.import_tracker.add_import_from("collections", [("namedtuple", None)])
+        self.import_tracker.add_import_from("typing", [("NamedTuple", None)])
         # Names in __all__ are required
         for name in _all_ or ():
             if name not in IGNORED_DUNDERS:
@@ -900,18 +900,24 @@ def is_namedtuple(self, expr: Expression) -> bool:
     def process_namedtuple(self, lvalue: NameExpr, rvalue: CallExpr) -> None:
         if self._state != EMPTY:
             self.add('\n')
-        name = repr(getattr(rvalue.args[0], 'value', ERROR_MARKER))
         if isinstance(rvalue.args[1], StrExpr):
-            items = repr(rvalue.args[1].value)
+            items = rvalue.args[1].value.split(" ")
         elif isinstance(rvalue.args[1], (ListExpr, TupleExpr)):
             list_items = cast(List[StrExpr], rvalue.args[1].items)
-            items = '[%s]' % ', '.join(repr(item.value) for item in list_items)
+            items = [item.value for item in list_items]
         else:
             self.add('%s%s: Any' % (self._indent, lvalue.name))
             self.import_tracker.require_name('Any')
             return
-        self.import_tracker.require_name('namedtuple')
-        self.add('%s%s = namedtuple(%s, %s)\n' % (self._indent, lvalue.name, name, items))
+        self.import_tracker.require_name('NamedTuple')
+        self.add('{}class {}(NamedTuple):'.format(self._indent, lvalue.name))
+        if len(items) == 0:
+            self.add(' ...\n')
+        else:
+            self.import_tracker.require_name('Any')
+            self.add('\n')
+            for item in items:
+                self.add('{}    {}: Any\n'.format(self._indent, item))
         self._state = CLASS
 
     def is_alias_expression(self, expr: Expression, top_level: bool = True) -> bool:
diff --git a/test-data/unit/stubgen.test b/test-data/unit/stubgen.test
index cfcd13eb45ad..42fcdbb8b643 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/stubgen.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/stubgen.test
@@ -591,18 +591,30 @@ class A:
 import collections, x
 X = collections.namedtuple('X', ['a', 'b'])
 [out]
-from collections import namedtuple
+from typing import Any, NamedTuple
+
+class X(NamedTuple):
+    a: Any
+    b: Any
 
-X = namedtuple('X', ['a', 'b'])
+[case testEmptyNamedtuple]
+import collections
+X = collections.namedtuple('X', [])
+[out]
+from typing import NamedTuple
+
+class X(NamedTuple): ...
 
 [case testNamedtupleAltSyntax]
 from collections import namedtuple, xx
 X = namedtuple('X', 'a b')
 xx
 [out]
-from collections import namedtuple
+from typing import Any, NamedTuple
 
-X = namedtuple('X', 'a b')
+class X(NamedTuple):
+    a: Any
+    b: Any
 
 [case testNamedtupleWithUnderscore]
 from collections import namedtuple as _namedtuple
@@ -610,11 +622,13 @@ def f(): ...
 X = _namedtuple('X', 'a b')
 def g(): ...
 [out]
-from collections import namedtuple
+from typing import Any, NamedTuple
 
 def f() -> None: ...
 
-X = namedtuple('X', 'a b')
+class X(NamedTuple):
+    a: Any
+    b: Any
 
 def g() -> None: ...
 
@@ -623,9 +637,11 @@ import collections, x
 _X = collections.namedtuple('_X', ['a', 'b'])
 class Y(_X): ...
 [out]
-from collections import namedtuple
+from typing import Any, NamedTuple
 
-_X = namedtuple('_X', ['a', 'b'])
+class _X(NamedTuple):
+    a: Any
+    b: Any
 
 class Y(_X): ...
 
@@ -636,13 +652,19 @@ Y = namedtuple('Y', ('a',))
 Z = namedtuple('Z', ('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'))
 xx
 [out]
-from collections import namedtuple
+from typing import Any, NamedTuple
 
-X = namedtuple('X', [])
+class X(NamedTuple): ...
 
-Y = namedtuple('Y', ['a'])
+class Y(NamedTuple):
+    a: Any
 
-Z = namedtuple('Z', ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'])
+class Z(NamedTuple):
+    a: Any
+    b: Any
+    c: Any
+    d: Any
+    e: Any
 
 [case testDynamicNamedTuple]
 from collections import namedtuple
@@ -2187,10 +2209,12 @@ from collections import namedtuple
 class C:
     N = namedtuple('N', ['x', 'y'])
 [out]
-from collections import namedtuple
+from typing import Any, NamedTuple
 
 class C:
-    N = namedtuple('N', ['x', 'y'])
+    class N(NamedTuple):
+        x: Any
+        y: Any
 
 [case testImports_directImportsWithAlias]
 import p.a as a