diff --git a/docs/en/reference/annotations-reference.rst b/docs/en/reference/annotations-reference.rst
index 22686dbe7f0..1bcd69f85f8 100644
--- a/docs/en/reference/annotations-reference.rst
+++ b/docs/en/reference/annotations-reference.rst
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ in order to specify that it is an embedded class.
 
 Required attributes:
 
--  **class**: The embeddable class
+-  **class**: The embeddable class. You can omit this value if you use a PHP property type instead.
 
 
 .. code-block:: php
diff --git a/doctrine-mapping.xsd b/doctrine-mapping.xsd
index 94795e439b6..30db18d0ac8 100644
--- a/doctrine-mapping.xsd
+++ b/doctrine-mapping.xsd
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
 
   <xs:complexType name="embedded">
     <xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string" use="required" />
-    <xs:attribute name="class" type="orm:fqcn" use="required" />
+    <xs:attribute name="class" type="orm:fqcn" use="optional" />
     <xs:attribute name="column-prefix" type="xs:string" use="optional" />
     <xs:attribute name="use-column-prefix" type="xs:boolean" default="true" use="optional" />
   </xs:complexType>
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
index 6c2c6bcbf37..21b43e571c8 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
@@ -3605,9 +3605,16 @@ public function mapEmbedded(array $mapping)
     {
         $this->assertFieldNotMapped($mapping['fieldName']);
 
+        if (! isset($mapping['class']) && $this->isTypedProperty($mapping['fieldName'])) {
+            $type = $this->reflClass->getProperty($mapping['fieldName'])->getType();
+            if ($type) {
+                $mapping['class'] = $type->getName();
+            }
+        }
+
         $this->embeddedClasses[$mapping['fieldName']] = [
             'class' => $this->fullyQualifiedClassName($mapping['class']),
-            'columnPrefix' => $mapping['columnPrefix'],
+            'columnPrefix' => $mapping['columnPrefix'] ?? null,
             'declaredField' => $mapping['declaredField'] ?? null,
             'originalField' => $mapping['originalField'] ?? null,
         ];
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/XmlDriver.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/XmlDriver.php
index 96261749292..dae779b88b2 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/XmlDriver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/XmlDriver.php
@@ -322,9 +322,11 @@ public function loadMetadataForClass($className, ClassMetadata $metadata)
                     ? $this->evaluateBoolean($embeddedMapping['use-column-prefix'])
                     : true;
 
+                $class = isset($embeddedMapping['class']) ? (string) $embeddedMapping['class'] : null;
+
                 $mapping = [
                     'fieldName' => (string) $embeddedMapping['name'],
-                    'class' => (string) $embeddedMapping['class'],
+                    'class' => $class,
                     'columnPrefix' => $useColumnPrefix ? $columnPrefix : false,
                 ];
 
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/YamlDriver.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/YamlDriver.php
index 668bfe57802..70914d2f891 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/YamlDriver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/YamlDriver.php
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ public function loadMetadataForClass($className, ClassMetadata $metadata)
             foreach ($element['embedded'] as $name => $embeddedMapping) {
                 $mapping = [
                     'fieldName' => $name,
-                    'class' => $embeddedMapping['class'],
+                    'class' => $embeddedMapping['class'] ?? null,
                     'columnPrefix' => $embeddedMapping['columnPrefix'] ?? null,
                 ];
                 $metadata->mapEmbedded($mapping);
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Embedded.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Embedded.php
index 6090f75836c..cfb0acaa980 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Embedded.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Embedded.php
@@ -31,16 +31,13 @@
 #[Attribute(Attribute::TARGET_PROPERTY)]
 final class Embedded implements Annotation
 {
-    /**
-     * @Required
-     * @var string
-     */
+    /** @var string|null */
     public $class;
 
     /** @var string|bool|null */
     public $columnPrefix;
 
-    public function __construct(string $class, $columnPrefix = null)
+    public function __construct(?string $class = null, $columnPrefix = null)
     {
         $this->class        = $class;
         $this->columnPrefix = $columnPrefix;
diff --git a/phpstan-baseline.neon b/phpstan-baseline.neon
index 4010d04e08d..6e6a4db46c3 100644
--- a/phpstan-baseline.neon
+++ b/phpstan-baseline.neon
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ parameters:
 
 		-
 			message: "#^Call to an undefined method ReflectionProperty\\:\\:getType\\(\\)\\.$#"
-			count: 2
+			count: 3
 			path: lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
 
 		-
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/TypedProperties/Contact.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/TypedProperties/Contact.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e99dd3ad0e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/TypedProperties/Contact.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\Models\TypedProperties;
+
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
+
+/**
+ * @ORM\Embeddable()
+ */
+#[ORM\Embeddable]
+class Contact
+{
+    /** @Column() */
+    #[ORM\Column]
+    public ?string $email = null;
+}
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/TypedProperties/UserTyped.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/TypedProperties/UserTyped.php
index 8d3cdb0174a..00703f2d030 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/TypedProperties/UserTyped.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/TypedProperties/UserTyped.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class UserTyped
      */
     #[ORM\Id, ORM\Column, ORM\GeneratedValue]
     public int $id;
+
     /** @Column(length=50) */
     #[ORM\Column(length: 50)]
     public ?string $status;
@@ -67,6 +68,10 @@ class UserTyped
     #[ORM\ManyToOne]
     public ?CmsEmail $mainEmail;
 
+    /** @Embedded */
+    #[ORM\Embedded]
+    public ?Contact $contact = null;
+
     public static function loadMetadata(ClassMetadataInfo $metadata): void
     {
         $metadata->setInheritanceType(ClassMetadataInfo::INHERITANCE_TYPE_NONE);
@@ -131,5 +136,7 @@ public static function loadMetadata(ClassMetadataInfo $metadata): void
         $metadata->mapManyToOne(
             ['fieldName' => 'mainEmail']
         );
+
+        $metadata->mapEmbedded(['fieldName' => 'contact']);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/AbstractMappingDriverTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/AbstractMappingDriverTest.php
index 28a2abefc05..14d186e2b04 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/AbstractMappingDriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/AbstractMappingDriverTest.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 use Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC889\DDC889Entity;
 use Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC964\DDC964Admin;
 use Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC964\DDC964Guest;
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\TypedProperties\Contact;
 use Doctrine\Tests\Models\TypedProperties\UserTyped;
 use Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase;
 
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ public function testFieldIsNullableByType(): void
 
         $this->assertEquals(CmsEmail::class, $class->getAssociationMapping('email')['targetEntity']);
         $this->assertEquals(CmsEmail::class, $class->getAssociationMapping('mainEmail')['targetEntity']);
+        $this->assertEquals(Contact::class, $class->embeddedClasses['contact']['class']);
     }
 
     public function testFieldTypeFromReflection(): void
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataTest.php
index ae142ad70c0..1abf4945d64 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataTest.php
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ public function testFieldIsNullableByType(): void
 
         $cm->mapManyToOne(['fieldName' => 'mainEmail']);
         $this->assertEquals(CmsEmail::class, $cm->getAssociationMapping('mainEmail')['targetEntity']);
+
+        $cm->mapEmbedded(['fieldName' => 'contact']);
+        $this->assertEquals(TypedProperties\Contact::class, $cm->embeddedClasses['contact']['class']);
     }
 
     public function testFieldTypeFromReflection(): void
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/php/Doctrine.Tests.Models.TypedProperties.UserTyped.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/php/Doctrine.Tests.Models.TypedProperties.UserTyped.php
index 9fbcbe55d44..0888a78d07d 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/php/Doctrine.Tests.Models.TypedProperties.UserTyped.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/php/Doctrine.Tests.Models.TypedProperties.UserTyped.php
@@ -61,3 +61,5 @@
 $metadata->mapManyToOne(
     ['fieldName' => 'mainEmail']
 );
+
+$metadata->mapEmbedded(['fieldName' => 'contact']);
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/xml/Doctrine.Tests.Models.TypedProperties.UserTyped.dcm.xml b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/xml/Doctrine.Tests.Models.TypedProperties.UserTyped.dcm.xml
index 90dd5a46362..a9547af4ab3 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/xml/Doctrine.Tests.Models.TypedProperties.UserTyped.dcm.xml
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/xml/Doctrine.Tests.Models.TypedProperties.UserTyped.dcm.xml
@@ -25,5 +25,7 @@
     </one-to-one>
 
     <many-to-one field="mainEmail"/>
+
+    <embedded name="contact" />
   </entity>
 </doctrine-mapping>
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.Models.TypedProperties.UserTyped.dcm.yml b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.Models.TypedProperties.UserTyped.dcm.yml
index 503a67fb34d..7bc39f55804 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.Models.TypedProperties.UserTyped.dcm.yml
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.Models.TypedProperties.UserTyped.dcm.yml
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ Doctrine\Tests\Models\TypedProperties\UserTyped:
             joinColumn: []
     manyToOne:
         mainEmail: []
+    embedded:
+        contact: ~