diff --git a/apischema/objects/getters.py b/apischema/objects/getters.py
index 1fab1270..b2220152 100644
--- a/apischema/objects/getters.py
+++ b/apischema/objects/getters.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     Any,
     Callable,
     Mapping,
+    Optional,
     Sequence,
     Type,
     TypeVar,
@@ -23,7 +24,12 @@
 
 @cache
 def object_fields(
-    tp: AnyType, deserialization: bool = False, serialization: bool = False
+    tp: AnyType,
+    deserialization: bool = False,
+    serialization: bool = False,
+    default: Optional[
+        Callable[[type], Optional[Sequence[ObjectField]]]
+    ] = ObjectVisitor._default_fields,
 ) -> Mapping[str, ObjectField]:
     class GetFields(ObjectVisitor[Sequence[ObjectField]]):
         def _skip_field(self, field: ObjectField) -> bool:
@@ -31,6 +37,10 @@ def _skip_field(self, field: ObjectField) -> bool:
                 field.skip.serialization and deserialization
             )
 
+        @staticmethod
+        def _default_fields(cls: type) -> Optional[Sequence[ObjectField]]:
+            return None if default is None else default(cls)
+
         def object(
             self, cls: Type, fields: Sequence[ObjectField]
         ) -> Sequence[ObjectField]:
diff --git a/apischema/objects/visitor.py b/apischema/objects/visitor.py
index d7704e74..9573564c 100644
--- a/apischema/objects/visitor.py
+++ b/apischema/objects/visitor.py
@@ -53,6 +53,29 @@ def _field_conversion(self, field: ObjectField) -> Optional[AnyConversion]:
     def _skip_field(self, field: ObjectField) -> bool:
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _default_fields(cls: type) -> Optional[Sequence[ObjectField]]:
+        from apischema import settings
+
+        return settings.default_object_fields(cls)
+
+    def _override_fields(
+        self, tp: AnyType, fields: Sequence[ObjectField]
+    ) -> Sequence[ObjectField]:
+
+        origin = get_origin_or_type(tp)
+        if isinstance(origin, type):
+            default_fields = self._default_fields(origin)
+            if default_fields is not None:
+                if get_args(tp):
+                    sub = dict(zip(get_parameters(origin), get_args(tp)))
+                    default_fields = [
+                        replace(f, type=substitute_type_vars(f.type, sub))
+                        for f in default_fields
+                    ]
+                return default_fields
+        return fields
+
     def _object(self, tp: AnyType, fields: Sequence[ObjectField]) -> Result:
         fields = [f for f in fields if not self._skip_field(f)]
         aliaser = get_class_aliaser(get_origin_or_type(tp))
@@ -77,7 +100,7 @@ def dataclass(
             for name in types
             if name in by_name and by_name[name].kind != self._field_kind_filtered
         ]
-        return self._object(tp, object_fields)
+        return self._object(tp, self._override_fields(tp, object_fields))
 
     def object(self, tp: AnyType, fields: Sequence[ObjectField]) -> Result:
         raise NotImplementedError
@@ -89,7 +112,7 @@ def named_tuple(
             ObjectField(name, type_, name not in defaults, default=defaults.get(name))
             for name, type_ in types.items()
         ]
-        return self._object(tp, fields)
+        return self._object(tp, self._override_fields(tp, fields))
 
     def typed_dict(
         self, tp: AnyType, types: Mapping[str, AnyType], required_keys: Collection[str]
@@ -98,23 +121,12 @@ def typed_dict(
             ObjectField(name, type_, name in required_keys, default=Undefined)
             for name, type_ in types.items()
         ]
-        return self._object(tp, fields)
+        return self._object(tp, self._override_fields(tp, fields))
 
     def unsupported(self, tp: AnyType) -> Result:
-        from apischema import settings
-
-        origin = get_origin_or_type(tp)
-        if isinstance(origin, type):
-            fields = settings.default_object_fields(origin)
-            if fields is not None:
-                if get_args(tp):
-                    sub = dict(zip(get_parameters(origin), get_args(tp)))
-                    fields = [
-                        replace(f, type=substitute_type_vars(f.type, sub))
-                        for f in fields
-                    ]
-                return self._object(origin, fields)
-        return super().unsupported(tp)
+        dummy: list = []
+        fields = self._override_fields(tp, dummy)
+        return super().unsupported(tp) if fields is dummy else self._object(tp, fields)
 
 
 class DeserializationObjectVisitor(ObjectVisitor[Result]):
diff --git a/docs/data_model.md b/docs/data_model.md
index cc8ec0bd..4a146070 100644
--- a/docs/data_model.md
+++ b/docs/data_model.md
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ Thus, support of dataclass-like types (*attrs*, *SQLAlchemy* traditional mappers
 
 Another way to set object fields is to directly modify *apischema* default behavior, using `apischema.settings.default_object_fields`.
 
+!!! note
+    `set_object_fields`/`settings.default_object_fields` can be used to override existing fields. Current fields can be retrieved using `apischema.objects.object_fields`.
+
 ```python
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from typing import Optional
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_object_fields_overriding.py b/tests/integration/test_object_fields_overriding.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88f8f654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/test_object_fields_overriding.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+from dataclasses import dataclass, replace
+from typing import Optional
+
+from pytest import raises
+
+from apischema import ValidationError, deserialize, serialize
+from apischema.metadata import none_as_undefined
+from apischema.objects import object_fields, set_object_fields
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Foo:
+    bar: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+def test_object_fields_overriding():
+    set_object_fields(Foo, [])
+    assert serialize(Foo, Foo()) == {}
+    set_object_fields(
+        Foo,
+        [
+            replace(f, metadata=none_as_undefined | f.metadata)
+            for f in object_fields(Foo, default=None).values()
+        ],
+    )
+    assert serialize(Foo, Foo()) == {}
+    with raises(ValidationError):
+        deserialize(Foo, {"bar": None})