diff --git a/docs/versionhistory.rst b/docs/versionhistory.rst
index 1aa9762..f79a795 100644
--- a/docs/versionhistory.rst
+++ b/docs/versionhistory.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ This library adheres to
 - Fixed ``typing`` types (``dict[str, int]``, ``List[str]``, etc.) not passing checks
   against ``type`` or ``Type``
   (`#432 <https://github.com/agronholm/typeguard/issues/432>`_, PR by Yongxin Wang)
+- Fixed detection of optional fields (``NotRequired[...]``) in ``TypedDict`` when using
+  forward references (`#424 <https://github.com/agronholm/typeguard/issues/424>`_)
 
 **4.1.5** (2023-09-11)
 
diff --git a/src/typeguard/_checkers.py b/src/typeguard/_checkers.py
index f79da91..2f8de6f 100644
--- a/src/typeguard/_checkers.py
+++ b/src/typeguard/_checkers.py
@@ -51,20 +51,20 @@
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
     from typing import (
         Annotated,
+        NotRequired,
         TypeAlias,
         get_args,
         get_origin,
-        get_type_hints,
     )
 
     SubclassableAny = Any
 else:
     from typing_extensions import (
         Annotated,
+        NotRequired,
         TypeAlias,
         get_args,
         get_origin,
-        get_type_hints,
     )
     from typing_extensions import Any as SubclassableAny
 
@@ -251,22 +251,33 @@ def check_typed_dict(
 
     declared_keys = frozenset(origin_type.__annotations__)
     if hasattr(origin_type, "__required_keys__"):
-        required_keys = origin_type.__required_keys__
+        required_keys = set(origin_type.__required_keys__)
     else:  # py3.8 and lower
-        required_keys = declared_keys if origin_type.__total__ else frozenset()
+        required_keys = set(declared_keys) if origin_type.__total__ else set()
 
-    existing_keys = frozenset(value)
+    existing_keys = set(value)
     extra_keys = existing_keys - declared_keys
     if extra_keys:
         keys_formatted = ", ".join(f'"{key}"' for key in sorted(extra_keys, key=repr))
         raise TypeCheckError(f"has unexpected extra key(s): {keys_formatted}")
 
+    # Detect NotRequired fields which are hidden by get_type_hints()
+    type_hints: dict[str, type] = {}
+    for key, annotation in origin_type.__annotations__.items():
+        if isinstance(annotation, ForwardRef):
+            annotation = evaluate_forwardref(annotation, memo)
+            if get_origin(annotation) is NotRequired:
+                required_keys.discard(key)
+                annotation = get_args(annotation)[0]
+
+        type_hints[key] = annotation
+
     missing_keys = required_keys - existing_keys
     if missing_keys:
         keys_formatted = ", ".join(f'"{key}"' for key in sorted(missing_keys, key=repr))
         raise TypeCheckError(f"is missing required key(s): {keys_formatted}")
 
-    for key, argtype in get_type_hints(origin_type).items():
+    for key, argtype in type_hints.items():
         argvalue = value.get(key, _missing)
         if argvalue is not _missing:
             try:
diff --git a/tests/test_checkers.py b/tests/test_checkers.py
index f9aef31..d767b4f 100644
--- a/tests/test_checkers.py
+++ b/tests/test_checkers.py
@@ -492,6 +492,33 @@ class DummyDict(typing_provider.TypedDict):
             TypeCheckError, check_type, {"x": 1, "y": 2, b"z": 3}, DummyDict
         ).match(r'dict has unexpected extra key\(s\): "y", "b\'z\'"')
 
+    def test_notrequired_pass(self, typing_provider):
+        try:
+            NotRequired = typing_provider.NotRequired
+        except AttributeError:
+            pytest.skip(f"'NotRequired' not found in {typing_provider.__name__!r}")
+
+        class DummyDict(typing_provider.TypedDict):
+            x: int
+            y: "NotRequired[int]"
+
+        check_type({"x": 8}, DummyDict)
+
+    def test_notrequired_fail(self, typing_provider):
+        try:
+            NotRequired = typing_provider.NotRequired
+        except AttributeError:
+            pytest.skip(f"'NotRequired' not found in {typing_provider.__name__!r}")
+
+        class DummyDict(typing_provider.TypedDict):
+            x: int
+            y: "NotRequired[int]"
+
+        with pytest.raises(
+            TypeCheckError, match=r"value of key 'y' of dict is not an instance of int"
+        ):
+            check_type({"x": 1, "y": "foo"}, DummyDict)
+
 
 class TestList:
     def test_bad_type(self):