diff --git a/packages/quicktype-core/src/attributes/DefaultValue.ts b/packages/quicktype-core/src/attributes/DefaultValue.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..784e86e0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/quicktype-core/src/attributes/DefaultValue.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import type {
+    JSONSchemaAttributes,
+    JSONSchemaType,
+    Ref,
+} from "../input/JSONSchemaInput.js";
+import type { JSONSchema } from "../input/JSONSchemaStore.js";
+import type { Type } from "../Type/Type.js";
+
+import { TypeAttributeKind } from "./TypeAttributes.js";
+
+export type DefaultValue = boolean | number | string | null;
+
+class DefaultValueTypeAttributeKind extends TypeAttributeKind<DefaultValue> {
+    public constructor() {
+        super("defaultValue");
+    }
+
+    public get inIdentity(): boolean {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public combine(values: DefaultValue[]): DefaultValue | undefined {
+        const first = values[0];
+        return values.every((value) => value === first) ? first : undefined;
+    }
+
+    public makeInferred(_: DefaultValue): undefined {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+
+    public addToSchema(
+        schema: { [name: string]: unknown },
+        _t: Type,
+        defaultValue: DefaultValue,
+    ): void {
+        schema.default = defaultValue;
+    }
+
+    public stringify(defaultValue: DefaultValue): string {
+        return JSON.stringify(defaultValue);
+    }
+}
+
+export const defaultValueTypeAttributeKind: TypeAttributeKind<DefaultValue> =
+    new DefaultValueTypeAttributeKind();
+
+export function defaultValueAttributeProducer(
+    schema: JSONSchema,
+    _ref: Ref,
+    types: Set<JSONSchemaType>,
+): JSONSchemaAttributes | undefined {
+    if (typeof schema !== "object") return undefined;
+
+    const defaultValue = schema.default;
+    if (
+        defaultValue !== null &&
+        typeof defaultValue !== "boolean" &&
+        typeof defaultValue !== "number" &&
+        typeof defaultValue !== "string"
+    ) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+
+    const attributes =
+        defaultValueTypeAttributeKind.makeAttributes(defaultValue);
+    if (typeof defaultValue === "number") {
+        if (!types.has("number") && !types.has("integer")) return undefined;
+        return { forNumber: attributes };
+    }
+
+    if (typeof defaultValue === "string") {
+        if (!types.has("string")) return undefined;
+        return { forString: attributes };
+    }
+
+    if (typeof defaultValue === "boolean") {
+        if (!types.has("boolean")) return undefined;
+        return { forBoolean: attributes };
+    }
+
+    if (!types.has("null")) return undefined;
+    return { forNull: attributes };
+}
+
+export function defaultValueForType(t: Type): DefaultValue | undefined {
+    return defaultValueTypeAttributeKind.tryGetInAttributes(t.getAttributes());
+}
diff --git a/packages/quicktype-core/src/input/JSONSchemaInput.ts b/packages/quicktype-core/src/input/JSONSchemaInput.ts
index 88b3a684e..66b1c4104 100644
--- a/packages/quicktype-core/src/input/JSONSchemaInput.ts
+++ b/packages/quicktype-core/src/input/JSONSchemaInput.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
     minMaxLengthAttributeProducer,
     patternAttributeProducer,
 } from "../attributes/Constraints.js";
+import { defaultValueAttributeProducer } from "../attributes/DefaultValue.js";
 import { descriptionAttributeProducer } from "../attributes/Description.js";
 import { enumValuesAttributeProducer } from "../attributes/EnumValues.js";
 import { StringTypes } from "../attributes/StringTypes.js";
@@ -651,7 +652,9 @@ const schemaTypes = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(
 
 export interface JSONSchemaAttributes {
     forArray?: TypeAttributes;
+    forBoolean?: TypeAttributes;
     forCases?: TypeAttributes[];
+    forNull?: TypeAttributes;
     forNumber?: TypeAttributes;
     forObject?: TypeAttributes;
     forString?: TypeAttributes;
@@ -1288,6 +1291,12 @@ async function addTypesInSchema(
             const numberAttributes = combineProducedAttributes(
                 ({ forNumber }) => forNumber,
             );
+            const booleanAttributes = combineProducedAttributes(
+                ({ forBoolean }) => forBoolean,
+            );
+            const nullAttributes = combineProducedAttributes(
+                ({ forNull }) => forNull,
+            );
 
             for (const [name, kind] of [
                 ["null", "null"],
@@ -1299,7 +1308,11 @@ async function addTypesInSchema(
 
                 const attributes = isNumberTypeKind(kind)
                     ? numberAttributes
-                    : undefined;
+                    : kind === "bool"
+                      ? booleanAttributes
+                      : kind === "null"
+                        ? nullAttributes
+                        : undefined;
                 unionTypes.push(typeBuilder.getPrimitiveType(kind, attributes));
             }
 
@@ -1556,6 +1569,7 @@ export class JSONSchemaInput implements Input<JSONSchemaSourceData> {
         this._attributeProducers = [
             descriptionAttributeProducer,
             accessorNamesAttributeProducer,
+            defaultValueAttributeProducer,
             enumValuesAttributeProducer,
             uriSchemaAttributesProducer,
             minMaxAttributeProducer,
diff --git a/packages/quicktype-core/src/language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusRenderer.ts b/packages/quicktype-core/src/language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusRenderer.ts
index fb15faf3a..f87128473 100644
--- a/packages/quicktype-core/src/language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/quicktype-core/src/language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusRenderer.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
     nullTypeIssueAnnotation,
 } from "../../Annotation.js";
 import { getAccessorName } from "../../attributes/AccessorNames.js";
+import { defaultValueForType } from "../../attributes/DefaultValue.js";
 import { enumCaseValues } from "../../attributes/EnumValues.js";
 import {
     ConvenienceRenderer,
@@ -917,8 +918,41 @@ export class CPlusPlusRenderer extends ConvenienceRenderer {
         return this._memberNameStyle(`${jsonName}Constraint`);
     }
 
-    protected emitMember(cppType: Sourcelike, name: Sourcelike): void {
-        this.emitLine(cppType, " ", name, ";");
+    protected emitMember(
+        cppType: Sourcelike,
+        name: Sourcelike,
+        defaultValue?: Sourcelike,
+    ): void {
+        this.emitLine(
+            cppType,
+            " ",
+            name,
+            defaultValue === undefined ? [] : [" = ", defaultValue],
+            ";",
+        );
+    }
+
+    protected cppDefaultValue(t: Type): Sourcelike | undefined {
+        const defaultValue = defaultValueForType(t);
+        if (defaultValue === undefined) return undefined;
+
+        if (defaultValue === null) return "nullptr";
+        if (typeof defaultValue === "boolean") {
+            return defaultValue ? "true" : "false";
+        }
+
+        if (typeof defaultValue === "number") return String(defaultValue);
+        if (t instanceof EnumType && t.cases.has(defaultValue)) {
+            return [
+                this.nameForNamedType(t),
+                "::",
+                this.nameForEnumCase(t, defaultValue),
+            ];
+        }
+
+        return this._stringType.createStringLiteral([
+            stringEscape(defaultValue),
+        ]);
     }
 
     protected emitClassMembers(
@@ -942,6 +976,7 @@ export class CPlusPlusRenderer extends ConvenienceRenderer {
                         property.isOptional,
                     ),
                     name,
+                    this.cppDefaultValue(property.type),
                 );
                 if (constraints?.has(jsonName)) {
                     /** FIXME!!! NameStyle will/can collide with other Names */
@@ -972,6 +1007,7 @@ export class CPlusPlusRenderer extends ConvenienceRenderer {
                         property.isOptional,
                     ),
                     name,
+                    this.cppDefaultValue(property.type),
                 );
             } else {
                 const [getterName, mutableGetterName, setterName] = defined(
diff --git a/test/inputs/schema/default-value.1.fail.no-defaults.json b/test/inputs/schema/default-value.1.fail.no-defaults.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c63c0851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/inputs/schema/default-value.1.fail.no-defaults.json
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{
+}
diff --git a/test/inputs/schema/default-value.1.json b/test/inputs/schema/default-value.1.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8bf2491e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/inputs/schema/default-value.1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "id": 0
+}
diff --git a/test/inputs/schema/default-value.schema b/test/inputs/schema/default-value.schema
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02aecfa88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/inputs/schema/default-value.schema
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+  "description": "An object with a scalar default",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "id": {
+      "type": "integer",
+      "default": 0
+    }
+  },
+  "required": ["id"],
+  "additionalProperties": false
+}
diff --git a/test/languages.ts b/test/languages.ts
index 4e2cf4208..642fe44f0 100644
--- a/test/languages.ts
+++ b/test/languages.ts
@@ -648,6 +648,9 @@ export const CJSONLanguage: Language = {
         /* Required properties absent are not checked (for the current implementation, can be added later, should abord parsing and return NULL) */
         "intersection.schema",
         "required.schema",
+        // The default-value fail sample also relies on required-property
+        // enforcement, which cJSON does not do.
+        "default-value.schema",
         /* Pure Any type not supported (for the current implementation, can be added later, should manage a callback to provide the final application a way to handle it at parsing and creation of cJSON) */
         "any.schema",
         "direct-union.schema",
@@ -969,6 +972,8 @@ export const SwiftLanguage: Language = {
         // This works on macOS, but on Linux one of the failure test cases doesn't fail
         ...skipsUntypedUnions,
         "required.schema",
+        // The default-value fail sample also relies on required-property enforcement.
+        "default-value.schema",
         "multi-type-enum.schema",
         "intersection.schema",
         ...skipsMapValueValidation,
@@ -1897,6 +1902,8 @@ export const HaskellLanguage: Language = {
         "keyword-unions.schema",
         "optional-any.schema",
         "required.schema",
+        // The default-value fail sample also relies on required-property enforcement.
+        "default-value.schema",
         "required-non-properties.schema",
     ],
     rendererOptions: {},
@@ -2067,6 +2074,8 @@ export const TypeScriptZodLanguage: Language = {
         "optional-any.schema",
         "recursive-union-flattening.schema",
         "required.schema",
+        // The default-value fail sample also relies on required-property enforcement.
+        "default-value.schema",
         "required-non-properties.schema",
     ],
     rendererOptions: {},
@@ -2183,6 +2192,8 @@ export const TypeScriptEffectSchemaLanguage: Language = {
         "keyword-unions.schema",
         "optional-any.schema",
         "required.schema",
+        // The default-value fail sample also relies on required-property enforcement.
+        "default-value.schema",
         "required-non-properties.schema",
     ],
     rendererOptions: {},
@@ -2241,6 +2252,8 @@ export const ElixirLanguage: Language = {
         // Struct keys cannot be enforced at runtime in Elixir and their values will just be set to null.
         "strict-optional.schema",
         "required.schema",
+        // The default-value fail sample also relies on required-property enforcement.
+        "default-value.schema",
         "boolean-subschema.schema",
         "intersection.schema",
         "optional-any.schema",