diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Editor/Weaver/Helpers.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Editor/Weaver/Helpers.cs
index 81d01ca09..f214b89b9 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Editor/Weaver/Helpers.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Editor/Weaver/Helpers.cs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public static string PrettyPrintType(TypeReference type)
 
         public static ReaderParameters ReaderParameters(string assemblyPath, IEnumerable<string> extraPaths, IAssemblyResolver assemblyResolver, string unityEngineDLLPath, string mirrorNetDLLPath)
         {
-            ReaderParameters parameters = new ReaderParameters();
+            ReaderParameters parameters = new ReaderParameters() {ReadWrite = true};
             if (assemblyResolver == null)
                 assemblyResolver = new DefaultAssemblyResolver();
             AddSearchDirectoryHelper helper = new AddSearchDirectoryHelper(assemblyResolver);
diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Editor/Weaver/Processors/TargetRpcProcessor.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Editor/Weaver/Processors/TargetRpcProcessor.cs
index 9257482d3..56a9fd9eb 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Editor/Weaver/Processors/TargetRpcProcessor.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Editor/Weaver/Processors/TargetRpcProcessor.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ public static class TargetRpcProcessor
     {
         const string k_TargetRpcPrefix = "InvokeTargetRpc";
 
+        // helper functions to check if the method has a NetworkConnection parameter
+        public static bool HasNetworkConnectionParameter(MethodDefinition md)
+        {
+            return md.Parameters.Count > 0 &&
+                   md.Parameters[0].ParameterType.FullName == Weaver.NetworkConnectionType.FullName;
+        }
+
         public static MethodDefinition ProcessTargetRpcInvoke(TypeDefinition td, MethodDefinition md)
         {
             MethodDefinition rpc = new MethodDefinition(RpcProcessor.k_RpcPrefix + md.Name, MethodAttributes.Family |
@@ -24,10 +31,16 @@ public static MethodDefinition ProcessTargetRpcInvoke(TypeDefinition td, MethodD
             rpcWorker.Append(rpcWorker.Create(OpCodes.Ldarg_0));
             rpcWorker.Append(rpcWorker.Create(OpCodes.Castclass, td));
 
-            //ClientScene.readyconnection
-            rpcWorker.Append(rpcWorker.Create(OpCodes.Call, Weaver.ReadyConnectionReference));
+            // NetworkConnection parameter is optional
+            bool hasNetworkConnection = HasNetworkConnectionParameter(md);
+            if (hasNetworkConnection)
+            {
+                //ClientScene.readyconnection
+                rpcWorker.Append(rpcWorker.Create(OpCodes.Call, Weaver.ReadyConnectionReference));
+            }
 
-            if (!NetworkBehaviourProcessor.ProcessNetworkReaderParameters(td, md, rpcWorker, true))
+            // process reader parameters and skip first one if first one is NetworkConnection
+            if (!NetworkBehaviourProcessor.ProcessNetworkReaderParameters(td, md, rpcWorker, hasNetworkConnection))
                 return null;
 
             // invoke actual command function
@@ -46,6 +59,14 @@ public void CallTargetTest (NetworkConnection conn, int param)
             writer.WritePackedUInt32 ((uint)param);
             base.SendTargetRPCInternal (conn, typeof(class), "TargetTest", val);
         }
+
+        or if optional:
+        public void CallTargetTest (int param)
+        {
+            NetworkWriter writer = new NetworkWriter ();
+            writer.WritePackedUInt32 ((uint)param);
+            base.SendTargetRPCInternal (null, typeof(class), "TargetTest", val);
+        }
         */
         public static MethodDefinition ProcessTargetRpcCall(TypeDefinition td, MethodDefinition md, CustomAttribute ca)
         {
@@ -53,7 +74,7 @@ public static MethodDefinition ProcessTargetRpcCall(TypeDefinition td, MethodDef
                     MethodAttributes.HideBySig,
                     Weaver.voidType);
 
-            // add paramters
+            // add parameters
             foreach (ParameterDefinition pd in md.Parameters)
             {
                 rpc.Parameters.Add(new ParameterDefinition(pd.Name, ParameterAttributes.None, pd.ParameterType));
@@ -65,8 +86,12 @@ public static MethodDefinition ProcessTargetRpcCall(TypeDefinition td, MethodDef
 
             NetworkBehaviourProcessor.WriteCreateWriter(rpcWorker);
 
+            // NetworkConnection parameter is optional
+            bool hasNetworkConnection = HasNetworkConnectionParameter(md);
+
             // write all the arguments that the user passed to the TargetRpc call
-            if (!NetworkBehaviourProcessor.WriteArguments(rpcWorker, md, "TargetRPC", true))
+            // (skip first one if first one is NetworkConnection)
+            if (!NetworkBehaviourProcessor.WriteArguments(rpcWorker, md, "TargetRPC", hasNetworkConnection))
                 return null;
 
             var rpcName = md.Name;
@@ -78,7 +103,14 @@ public static MethodDefinition ProcessTargetRpcCall(TypeDefinition td, MethodDef
 
             // invoke SendInternal and return
             rpcWorker.Append(rpcWorker.Create(OpCodes.Ldarg_0)); // this
-            rpcWorker.Append(rpcWorker.Create(OpCodes.Ldarg_1)); // connection
+            if (HasNetworkConnectionParameter(md))
+            {
+                rpcWorker.Append(rpcWorker.Create(OpCodes.Ldarg_1)); // connection
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                rpcWorker.Append(rpcWorker.Create(OpCodes.Ldnull)); // null
+            }
             rpcWorker.Append(rpcWorker.Create(OpCodes.Ldtoken, td));
             rpcWorker.Append(rpcWorker.Create(OpCodes.Call, Weaver.getTypeFromHandleReference)); // invokerClass
             rpcWorker.Append(rpcWorker.Create(OpCodes.Ldstr, rpcName));
@@ -113,18 +145,6 @@ public static bool ProcessMethodsValidateTargetRpc(TypeDefinition td, MethodDefi
                 return false;
             }
 
-            if (md.Parameters.Count < 1)
-            {
-                Weaver.Error("Target Rpc function [" + td.FullName + ":" + md.Name + "] must have a NetworkConnection as the first parameter");
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (md.Parameters[0].ParameterType.FullName != Weaver.NetworkConnectionType.FullName)
-            {
-                Weaver.Error("Target Rpc function [" + td.FullName + ":" + md.Name + "] first parameter must be a NetworkConnection");
-                return false;
-            }
-
             // validate
             return NetworkBehaviourProcessor.ProcessMethodsValidateParameters(td, md, ca, "Target Rpc");
         }
diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkBehaviour.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkBehaviour.cs
index 9ec8099c2..9f3d32d75 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkBehaviour.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkBehaviour.cs
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ protected void SendTargetRPCInternal(NetworkConnection conn, Type invokeClass, s
                 Debug.LogError("TargetRPC Function " + rpcName + " called on client.");
                 return;
             }
+            // connection parameter is optional. assign if null.
+            if (conn == null)
+            {
+                conn = connectionToClient;
+            }
             // this was in Weaver before
             if (conn is ULocalConnectionToServer)
             {