diff --git a/lib/tempfile.rb b/lib/tempfile.rb
index 13d9585..6280a53 100644
--- a/lib/tempfile.rb
+++ b/lib/tempfile.rb
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ def open(*args)
 #      ... do something with f ...
 #   end
 #
-def Tempfile.create(basename, tmpdir=nil, mode: 0, **options)
+def Tempfile.create(basename="", tmpdir=nil, mode: 0, **options)
   tmpfile = nil
   Dir::Tmpname.create(basename, tmpdir, options) do |tmpname, n, opts|
     mode |= File::RDWR|File::CREAT|File::EXCL
diff --git a/test/test_tempfile.rb b/test/test_tempfile.rb
index c8af2f5..42d8331 100644
--- a/test/test_tempfile.rb
+++ b/test/test_tempfile.rb
@@ -325,6 +325,15 @@ def test_binmode
     end
   end
 
+  def test_create_default_basename
+    path = nil
+    Tempfile.create {|f|
+      path = f.path
+      assert(File.exist?(path))
+    }
+    assert(!File.exist?(path))
+  end
+
   def test_create_with_block
     path = nil
     Tempfile.create("tempfile-create") {|f|