diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c978cd6a6f..bed5ff2cd4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ A brief description of the categories of changes:
 * (rules) Auto exec groups are enabled. This allows actions run by the rules,
   such as precompiling, to pick an execution platform separately from what
   other toolchains support.
+* (providers) {obj}`PyRuntimeInfo` doesn't require passing the
+  `interpreter_version_info` arg.
 
 ### Removed
 * Nothing yet
diff --git a/python/private/common/providers.bzl b/python/private/common/providers.bzl
index e1876ff9d3..eb8b910a2e 100644
--- a/python/private/common/providers.bzl
+++ b/python/private/common/providers.bzl
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ def interpreter_version_info_struct_from_dict(info_dict):
     """Create a struct of interpreter version info from a dict from an attribute.
 
     Args:
-        info_dict: dict of versio info fields. See interpreter_version_info
+        info_dict: (dict | None) of version info fields. See interpreter_version_info
             provider field docs.
 
     Returns:
         struct of version info; see interpreter_version_info provider field docs.
     """
-    info_dict = dict(info_dict)  # Copy in case the original is frozen
+    info_dict = dict(info_dict or {})  # Copy in case the original is frozen
     if info_dict:
         if not ("major" in info_dict and "minor" in info_dict):
             fail("interpreter_version_info must have at least two keys, 'major' and 'minor'")
diff --git a/tests/py_runtime_info/BUILD.bazel b/tests/py_runtime_info/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c501d6d8b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/py_runtime_info/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+load(":py_runtime_info_tests.bzl", "py_runtime_info_test_suite")
+
+py_runtime_info_test_suite(
+    name = "py_runtime_info_tests",
+)
diff --git a/tests/py_runtime_info/py_runtime_info_tests.bzl b/tests/py_runtime_info/py_runtime_info_tests.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9acf541683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/py_runtime_info/py_runtime_info_tests.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# Copyright 2023 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""Starlark tests for PyRuntimeInfo provider."""
+
+load("@rules_testing//lib:analysis_test.bzl", "analysis_test")
+load("@rules_testing//lib:test_suite.bzl", "test_suite")
+load("//python:py_runtime_info.bzl", "PyRuntimeInfo")
+load("//python/private:util.bzl", "IS_BAZEL_7_OR_HIGHER")  # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
+
+def _create_py_runtime_info_without_interpreter_version_info_impl(ctx):
+    kwargs = {}
+    if IS_BAZEL_7_OR_HIGHER:
+        kwargs["bootstrap_template"] = ctx.attr.bootstrap_template
+
+    return [PyRuntimeInfo(
+        interpreter = ctx.file.interpreter,
+        files = depset(ctx.files.files),
+        python_version = "PY3",
+        **kwargs
+    )]
+
+_create_py_runtime_info_without_interpreter_version_info = rule(
+    implementation = _create_py_runtime_info_without_interpreter_version_info_impl,
+    attrs = {
+        "bootstrap_template": attr.label(allow_single_file = True, default = "bootstrap.txt"),
+        "files": attr.label_list(allow_files = True, default = ["data.txt"]),
+        "interpreter": attr.label(allow_single_file = True, default = "interpreter.sh"),
+        "python_version": attr.string(default = "PY3"),
+    },
+)
+
+_tests = []
+
+def _test_can_create_py_runtime_info_without_interpreter_version_info(name):
+    _create_py_runtime_info_without_interpreter_version_info(
+        name = name + "_subject",
+    )
+    analysis_test(
+        name = name,
+        target = name + "_subject",
+        impl = _test_can_create_py_runtime_info_without_interpreter_version_info_impl,
+    )
+
+def _test_can_create_py_runtime_info_without_interpreter_version_info_impl(env, target):
+    # If we get this for, construction succeeded, so nothing to check
+    _ = env, target  # @unused
+
+_tests.append(_test_can_create_py_runtime_info_without_interpreter_version_info)
+
+def py_runtime_info_test_suite(name):
+    test_suite(
+        name = name,
+        tests = _tests,
+    )