diff --git a/dataclass_csv/dataclass_reader.py b/dataclass_csv/dataclass_reader.py
index 6467c21..2579876 100644
--- a/dataclass_csv/dataclass_reader.py
+++ b/dataclass_csv/dataclass_reader.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 from datetime import date, datetime
 from distutils.util import strtobool
-from typing import Union, Type, Optional, Sequence, Dict, Any, List
+from typing import Union, Type, Optional, Sequence, Dict, Any, List, Generic, TypeVar
 
 import typing
 
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 from collections import Counter
 
+T = TypeVar("T")
+
 
 def _verify_duplicate_header_items(header):
     if header is not None and len(header) == 0:
@@ -45,11 +47,11 @@ def get_args(t):
     return tuple()
 
 
-class DataclassReader:
+class DataclassReader(Generic[T]):
     def __init__(
         self,
         f: Any,
-        cls: Type[object],
+        cls: Type[T],
         fieldnames: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None,
         restkey: Optional[str] = None,
         restval: Optional[Any] = None,
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ def _parse_date_value(self, field, date_value, field_type):
         else:
             return datetime_obj
 
-    def _process_row(self, row):
+    def _process_row(self, row) -> T:
         values = dict()
 
         for field in dataclasses.fields(self._cls):
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@ def _process_row(self, row):
                 values[field.name] = transformed_value
         return self._cls(**values)
 
-    def __next__(self):
+    def __next__(self) -> T:
         row = next(self._reader)
         return self._process_row(row)
 
diff --git a/dataclass_csv/dataclass_reader.pyi b/dataclass_csv/dataclass_reader.pyi
index 155bd11..fb721c9 100644
--- a/dataclass_csv/dataclass_reader.pyi
+++ b/dataclass_csv/dataclass_reader.pyi
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 from .field_mapper import FieldMapper as FieldMapper
-from typing import Any, Optional, Sequence, Type
+from typing import Any, Optional, Sequence, Type, Generic, TypeVar
 
-class DataclassReader:
+T = TypeVar("T")
+
+
+class DataclassReader(Generic[T]):
     def __init__(
         self,
         f: Any,
-        cls: Type[object],
+        cls: Type[T],
         fieldnames: Optional[Sequence[str]] = ...,
         restkey: Optional[str] = ...,
         restval: Optional[Any] = ...,
@@ -13,6 +16,6 @@ class DataclassReader:
         *args: Any,
         **kwds: Any
     ) -> None: ...
-    def __next__(self) -> None: ...
+    def __next__(self) -> T: ...
     def __iter__(self) -> Any: ...
     def map(self, csv_fieldname: str) -> FieldMapper: ...