diff --git a/__tests__/Range.ts b/__tests__/Range.ts
index 0a5618ff46..915dd592a8 100644
--- a/__tests__/Range.ts
+++ b/__tests__/Range.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,19 @@ describe('Range', () => {
     expect(v.toArray()).toEqual([1, 4, 7]);
   });
 
+  it('range should contain start and end values', () => {
+    // @ts-expect-error -- test that runtime error is thrown
+    expect(() => Range()).toThrow(
+      'You must define a start value when using Range'
+    );
+    // @ts-expect-error -- test that runtime error is thrown
+    expect(() => Range(1)).toThrow(
+      'You must define an end value when using Range'
+    );
+  });
+
   it('open range', () => {
-    const v = Range(10);
+    const v = Range(10, Infinity);
     expect(v.size).toBe(Infinity);
     expect(v.first()).toBe(10);
     expect(v.rest().first()).toBe(11);
diff --git a/__tests__/count.ts b/__tests__/count.ts
index 8cbfb771c3..c4b13fb957 100644
--- a/__tests__/count.ts
+++ b/__tests__/count.ts
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ describe('count', () => {
     });
 
     it('with infinitely long sequences of known length', () => {
-      const seq = Range();
+      const seq = Range(0, Infinity);
       expect(seq.size).toBe(Infinity);
       expect(seq.isEmpty()).toBe(false);
     });
 
     it('with infinitely long sequences of unknown length', () => {
-      const seq = Range().filter(x => x % 2 === 0);
+      const seq = Range(0, Infinity).filter(x => x % 2 === 0);
       expect(seq.size).toBe(undefined);
       expect(seq.isEmpty()).toBe(false);
       expect(seq.size).toBe(undefined);
diff --git a/__tests__/zip.ts b/__tests__/zip.ts
index 9fe2d16889..4f8e7f538a 100644
--- a/__tests__/zip.ts
+++ b/__tests__/zip.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('zip', () => {
 
   it('zips with infinite lists', () => {
     expect(
-      Range()
+      Range(0, Infinity)
         .zip(Seq(['A', 'B', 'C']))
         .toArray()
     ).toEqual([
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ describe('zip', () => {
     });
 
     it('with infinite lists', () => {
-      const r: Seq.Indexed<any> = Range();
+      const r: Seq.Indexed<any> = Range(0, Infinity);
       const i = r.interleave(Seq(['A', 'B', 'C']));
       expect(i.size).toBe(6);
       expect(i.toArray()).toEqual([0, 'A', 1, 'B', 2, 'C']);
diff --git a/src/Range.js b/src/Range.js
index 332994aef9..45945be23a 100644
--- a/src/Range.js
+++ b/src/Range.js
@@ -11,16 +11,21 @@ import deepEqual from './utils/deepEqual';
  * infinity. When start is equal to end, returns empty list.
  */
 export class Range extends IndexedSeq {
-  constructor(start, end, step) {
+  constructor(start, end, step = 1) {
     if (!(this instanceof Range)) {
       return new Range(start, end, step);
     }
     invariant(step !== 0, 'Cannot step a Range by 0');
-    start = start || 0;
-    if (end === undefined) {
-      end = Infinity;
-    }
-    step = step === undefined ? 1 : Math.abs(step);
+    invariant(
+      start !== undefined,
+      'You must define a start value when using Range'
+    );
+    invariant(
+      end !== undefined,
+      'You must define an end value when using Range'
+    );
+
+    step = Math.abs(step);
     if (end < start) {
       step = -step;
     }
diff --git a/type-definitions/immutable.d.ts b/type-definitions/immutable.d.ts
index a44869187e..e58b95e098 100644
--- a/type-definitions/immutable.d.ts
+++ b/type-definitions/immutable.d.ts
@@ -2475,8 +2475,8 @@ declare namespace Immutable {
    * ```
    */
   function Range(
-    start?: number,
-    end?: number,
+    start: number,
+    end: number,
     step?: number
   ): Seq.Indexed<number>;
 
diff --git a/type-definitions/ts-tests/range.ts b/type-definitions/ts-tests/range.ts
index 9e8432cc67..7429c44e71 100644
--- a/type-definitions/ts-tests/range.ts
+++ b/type-definitions/ts-tests/range.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@ import { Range } from 'immutable';
   // #constructor
 
   // $ExpectType Indexed<number>
-  Range(0, 0, 0);
+  Range(0, 0, 1);
 
   // $ExpectError
   Range('a', 0, 0);
+
+  // $ExpectError
+  Range();
+
+  // $ExpectError
+  Range(1);
 }