diff --git a/lib/internal/blob.js b/lib/internal/blob.js
index 69feb22c3304f0..82a708a88db875 100644
--- a/lib/internal/blob.js
+++ b/lib/internal/blob.js
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/errors');
 
 const {
-  validateObject,
   isUint32,
+  validateDictionary,
 } = require('internal/validators');
 
 const kHandle = Symbol('kHandle');
@@ -138,17 +138,17 @@ class Blob {
    * }} [options]
    * @constructs {Blob}
    */
-  constructor(sources = [], options = kEmptyObject) {
+  constructor(sources = [], options) {
     if (sources === null ||
         typeof sources[SymbolIterator] !== 'function' ||
         typeof sources === 'string') {
       throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('sources', 'a sequence', sources);
     }
-    validateObject(options, 'options');
+    validateDictionary(options, 'options');
     let {
       type = '',
       endings = 'transparent',
-    } = options;
+    } = options ?? kEmptyObject;
 
     endings = `${endings}`;
     if (endings !== 'transparent' && endings !== 'native')
diff --git a/lib/internal/validators.js b/lib/internal/validators.js
index 20b7486315cf1f..efb18fc43c0556 100644
--- a/lib/internal/validators.js
+++ b/lib/internal/validators.js
@@ -257,6 +257,25 @@ const validateObject = hideStackFrames(
     }
   });
 
+/**
+ * @callback validateDictionary - We are using the Web IDL Standard definition
+ *                                of "dictionary" here, which means any value
+ *                                whose Type is either Undefined, Null, or
+ *                                Object (which includes functions).
+ * @param {*} value
+ * @param {string} name
+ * @see https://webidl.spec.whatwg.org/#es-dictionary
+ * @see https://tc39.es/ecma262/#table-typeof-operator-results
+ */
+
+/** @type {validateDictionary} */
+const validateDictionary = hideStackFrames(
+  (value, name) => {
+    if (value != null && typeof value !== 'object' && typeof value !== 'function') {
+      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(name, 'a dictionary', value);
+    }
+  });
+
 /**
  * @callback validateArray
  * @param {*} value
@@ -505,6 +524,7 @@ module.exports = {
   validateBooleanArray,
   validateBoolean,
   validateBuffer,
+  validateDictionary,
   validateEncoding,
   validateFunction,
   validateInt32,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-blob.js b/test/parallel/test-blob.js
index 7bec9dbf69e7c5..588fc0bfff0d49 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-blob.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-blob.js
@@ -287,3 +287,32 @@ assert.throws(() => new Blob({}), {
   assert.strictEqual(blob.size, 28);
   assert.strictEqual(blob.type, '');
 })().then(common.mustCall());
+
+{
+  // Testing the defaults
+  [undefined, null, Object.create(null), { type: undefined }, {
+    get type() {}, // eslint-disable-line getter-return
+  }].forEach((options) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      new Blob([], options).type,
+      new Blob([]).type,
+    );
+  });
+
+  Reflect.defineProperty(Object.prototype, 'type', {
+    __proto__: null,
+    configurable: true,
+    get: common.mustCall(() => 3, 7),
+  });
+
+  [{}, [], () => {}, Number, new Number(), new String(), new Boolean()].forEach(
+    (options) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(new Blob([], options).type, '3');
+    },
+  );
+  [0, '', true, Symbol(), 0n].forEach((options) => {
+    assert.throws(() => new Blob([], options), { code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE' });
+  });
+
+  delete Object.prototype.type;
+}