diff --git a/docs/api/crs/crs.rst b/docs/api/crs/crs.rst
index 496966875..9d834790b 100644
--- a/docs/api/crs/crs.rst
+++ b/docs/api/crs/crs.rst
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ CompoundCRS
     :special-members: __init__
 
 
+CustomConstructorCRS
+------------------------
+
+.. autoclass:: pyproj.crs.CustomConstructorCRS
+    :members:
+    :show-inheritance:
+    :special-members: __init__
+
+
 is_wkt
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/pyproj/crs/__init__.py b/pyproj/crs/__init__.py
index 584164b6f..228af4c5f 100644
--- a/pyproj/crs/__init__.py
+++ b/pyproj/crs/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     CRS,
     BoundCRS,
     CompoundCRS,
+    CustomConstructorCRS,
     DerivedGeographicCRS,
     GeocentricCRS,
     GeographicCRS,
diff --git a/pyproj/crs/crs.py b/pyproj/crs/crs.py
index b5bcfe70c..3376115a6 100644
--- a/pyproj/crs/crs.py
+++ b/pyproj/crs/crs.py
@@ -1535,11 +1535,10 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
         )
 
 
-class _MakerCRS(CRS):
+class CustomConstructorCRS(CRS):
     """
-    This class exists to handle the oddities to do with the
-    maker CRS classes having a different constructor than
-    the base CRS classes.
+    This class is a base class for CRS classes
+    that use a different constructor than the main CRS class.
 
     .. versionadded:: 3.2.0
 
@@ -1592,7 +1591,7 @@ def from_user_input(cls, value: Any, **kwargs) -> "CRS":
         if isinstance(value, cls):
             return value
         crs = cls.__new__(cls)
-        super(_MakerCRS, crs).__init__(value, **kwargs)
+        super(CustomConstructorCRS, crs).__init__(value, **kwargs)
         crs._check_type()
         return crs
 
@@ -1668,7 +1667,7 @@ def to_3d(self, name: Optional[str] = None) -> "CRS":
         return CRS(self._crs.to_3d(name=name))
 
 
-class GeographicCRS(_MakerCRS):
+class GeographicCRS(CustomConstructorCRS):
     """
     .. versionadded:: 2.5.0
 
@@ -1708,7 +1707,7 @@ def __init__(
         super().__init__(geographic_crs_json)
 
 
-class DerivedGeographicCRS(_MakerCRS):
+class DerivedGeographicCRS(CustomConstructorCRS):
     """
     .. versionadded:: 2.5.0
 
@@ -1764,7 +1763,7 @@ def __init__(
         super().__init__(derived_geographic_crs_json)
 
 
-class GeocentricCRS(_MakerCRS):
+class GeocentricCRS(CustomConstructorCRS):
     """
     .. versionadded:: 3.2.0
 
@@ -1819,7 +1818,7 @@ def __init__(
         super().__init__(geocentric_crs_json)
 
 
-class ProjectedCRS(_MakerCRS):
+class ProjectedCRS(CustomConstructorCRS):
     """
     .. versionadded:: 2.5.0
 
@@ -1868,7 +1867,7 @@ def __init__(
         super().__init__(proj_crs_json)
 
 
-class VerticalCRS(_MakerCRS):
+class VerticalCRS(CustomConstructorCRS):
     """
     .. versionadded:: 2.5.0
 
@@ -1916,7 +1915,7 @@ def __init__(
         super().__init__(vert_crs_json)
 
 
-class CompoundCRS(_MakerCRS):
+class CompoundCRS(CustomConstructorCRS):
     """
     .. versionadded:: 2.5.0
 
@@ -1948,7 +1947,7 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, components: List[Any]) -> None:
         super().__init__(compound_crs_json)
 
 
-class BoundCRS(_MakerCRS):
+class BoundCRS(CustomConstructorCRS):
     """
     .. versionadded:: 2.5.0
 
diff --git a/test/crs/test_crs_maker.py b/test/crs/test_crs_maker.py
index fb085822e..f6ea83210 100644
--- a/test/crs/test_crs_maker.py
+++ b/test/crs/test_crs_maker.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     CRS,
     BoundCRS,
     CompoundCRS,
+    CustomConstructorCRS,
     DerivedGeographicCRS,
     GeocentricCRS,
     GeographicCRS,
@@ -321,3 +322,22 @@ def test_bound_crs_crs__from_methods():
     assert_maker_inheritance_valid(
         BoundCRS.from_json_dict(CRS(crs_str).to_json_dict()), BoundCRS
     )
+
+
+def test_custom_constructor_crs__not_implemented():
+    class MyCustomInit(CustomConstructorCRS):
+        def __init__(self, *, name: str):
+            super().__init__(name)
+
+    with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
+        MyCustomInit.from_epsg(4326)
+
+
+def test_custom_constructor_crs():
+    class MyCustomInit(CustomConstructorCRS):
+        _expected_types = ("Geographic 2D CRS",)
+
+        def __init__(self, *, name: str):
+            super().__init__(name)
+
+    assert isinstance(MyCustomInit.from_epsg(4326), MyCustomInit)