diff --git a/.chronus/changes/openapi31-tuple-support-2024-10-26-14-50-53.md b/.chronus/changes/openapi31-tuple-support-2024-10-26-14-50-53.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..56e473ab7ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chronus/changes/openapi31-tuple-support-2024-10-26-14-50-53.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+changeKind: feature
+packages:
+  - "@typespec/openapi3"
+---
+
+Adds support for emitting tuples for Open API 3.1
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diff --git a/packages/openapi3/src/schema-emitter-3-1.ts b/packages/openapi3/src/schema-emitter-3-1.ts
index ccd65b97be8..6eb8c8aecc3 100644
--- a/packages/openapi3/src/schema-emitter-3-1.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi3/src/schema-emitter-3-1.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ import {
   Program,
   Scalar,
   serializeValueAsJson,
+  Tuple,
   Type,
   Union,
 } from "@typespec/compiler";
 import {
+  ArrayBuilder,
   AssetEmitter,
   createAssetEmitter,
   EmitterOutput,
@@ -239,4 +241,19 @@ export class OpenAPI31SchemaEmitter extends OpenAPI3SchemaEmitterBase<OpenAPISch
     });
     return {};
   }
+
+  tupleLiteral(tuple: Tuple): EmitterOutput<Record<string, any>> {
+    return new ObjectBuilder({
+      type: "array",
+      prefixItems: this.emitter.emitTupleLiteralValues(tuple),
+    });
+  }
+
+  tupleLiteralValues(tuple: Tuple): EmitterOutput<Record<string, any>> {
+    const values = new ArrayBuilder();
+    for (const value of tuple.values.values()) {
+      values.push(this.emitter.emitType(value));
+    }
+    return values;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/openapi3/test/array.test.ts b/packages/openapi3/test/array.test.ts
index eb04eeb8715..c4f100cd73e 100644
--- a/packages/openapi3/test/array.test.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi3/test/array.test.ts
@@ -226,8 +226,10 @@ worksFor(["3.0.0", "3.1.0"], ({ oapiForModel, openApiFor }) => {
 
     strictEqual(res.schemas.Foo.title, "FooArray");
   });
+});
 
-  it("can specify tuple defaults using tuple syntax", async () => {
+worksFor(["3.0.0"], ({ oapiForModel }) => {
+  it("can specify tuple defaults using tuple syntax (empty items)", async () => {
     const res = await oapiForModel(
       "Pet",
       `
@@ -258,3 +260,55 @@ worksFor(["3.0.0", "3.1.0"], ({ oapiForModel, openApiFor }) => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+worksFor(["3.1.0"], ({ oapiForModel }) => {
+  it("can specify tuple defaults using tuple syntax (prefix items)", async () => {
+    const res = await oapiForModel(
+      "Pet",
+      `
+      model Pet {
+        names: [string, int32] = #["bismarck", 12];
+        decimals: [string, decimal] = #["hi", 456.7];
+        decimal128s: [string, decimal128] = #["hi", 456.7];
+      };
+      `,
+    );
+
+    deepStrictEqual(res.schemas.Pet.properties.names, {
+      type: "array",
+      prefixItems: [{ type: "string" }, { type: "integer", format: "int32" }],
+      default: ["bismarck", 12],
+    });
+
+    deepStrictEqual(res.schemas.Pet.properties.decimals, {
+      type: "array",
+      prefixItems: [{ type: "string" }, { type: "number", format: "decimal" }],
+      default: ["hi", 456.7],
+    });
+
+    deepStrictEqual(res.schemas.Pet.properties.decimal128s, {
+      type: "array",
+      prefixItems: [{ type: "string" }, { type: "number", format: "decimal128" }],
+      default: ["hi", 456.7],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("can specify tuple with constants", async () => {
+    const res = await oapiForModel(
+      "Pet",
+      `
+      model Pet {
+        names: ["bismark", 32];
+      };
+      `,
+    );
+
+    deepStrictEqual(res.schemas.Pet.properties.names, {
+      type: "array",
+      prefixItems: [
+        { type: "string", enum: ["bismark"] },
+        { type: "number", enum: [32] },
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+});