diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/test/java/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/InsertUpdateTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/test/java/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/InsertUpdateTests.java
index 1a175b9bb7..a948b6e8d4 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/test/java/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/InsertUpdateTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/test/java/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/InsertUpdateTests.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 package org.jooq.test._.testcases;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import static java.util.Collections.nCopies;
 // ...
 // ...
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.CUBRID;
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.castNull;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.concat;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.count;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.decode;
+import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.defaultValue;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.falseCondition;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.fieldByName;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.inline;
@@ -245,6 +247,43 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, UU, I, IPK, T7
         assertEquals(1, create().delete(TTriggers()).execute());
     }
 
+    public void testInsertDefaultValue() throws Exception {
+        /* [pro] xx
+        xx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxx x
+            xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx
+            xxxxxxx
+        x
+        xx [/pro] */
+
+        jOOQAbstractTest.reset = false;
+
+        assertEquals(1,
+        create().insertInto(TBook())
+                .set(newBook(5))
+                .set(TBook_LANGUAGE_ID(), defaultValue(int.class))
+                .execute());
+
+        assertEquals(1, (int) create().fetchOne(TBook(), TBook_ID().eq(5)).getValue(TBook_LANGUAGE_ID()));
+    }
+
+    public void testUpdateDefaultValue() throws Exception {
+        /* [pro] xx
+        xx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxx x
+            xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx
+            xxxxxxx
+        x
+        xx [/pro] */
+
+        jOOQAbstractTest.reset = false;
+
+        assertEquals(4,
+        create().update(TBook())
+                .set(TBook_LANGUAGE_ID(), defaultValue(int.class))
+                .execute());
+
+        assertEquals(nCopies(4, 1), create().fetch(TBook()).getValues(TBook_LANGUAGE_ID()));
+    }
+
     public void testInsertImplicit() throws Exception {
         jOOQAbstractTest.reset = false;
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/test/java/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java b/jOOQ-test/src/test/java/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
index 00381ba7ba..840b8326ee 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/test/java/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/test/java/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
@@ -1033,6 +1033,16 @@ public abstract class jOOQAbstractTest<
         new InsertUpdateTests(this).testInsertDefaultValues();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testInsertDefaultValue() throws Exception {
+        new InsertUpdateTests(this).testInsertDefaultValue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdateDefaultValue() throws Exception {
+        new InsertUpdateTests(this).testUpdateDefaultValue();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testTableMapping() throws Exception {
         new SchemaAndMappingTests(this).testTableMapping();
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
index 8daf89ccc7..69e1c28766 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
@@ -5013,6 +5013,38 @@ public class DSL {
     // XXX SQL identifiers
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    /**
+     * Create a <code>DEFAULT</code> keyword for use with <code>INSERT</code>,
+     * <code>UPDATE</code>, or <code>MERGE</code> statements.
+     * <p>
+     * While the <code>DEFAULT</code> keyword works with all data types, you may
+     * still prefer to associate a {@link Field} type with your
+     * <code>DEFAULT</code> value. In that case, use
+     * {@link #defaultValue(Class)} or {@link #defaultValue(DataType)} instead.
+     */
+    @Support({ CUBRID, DERBY, FIREBIRD, H2, HSQLDB, MARIADB, MYSQL, POSTGRES, SQLITE })
+    public static Field<Object> defaultValue() {
+        return defaultValue(Object.class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a <code>DEFAULT</code> keyword for use with <code>INSERT</code>,
+     * <code>UPDATE</code>, or <code>MERGE</code> statements.
+     */
+    @Support({ CUBRID, DERBY, FIREBIRD, H2, HSQLDB, MARIADB, MYSQL, POSTGRES, SQLITE })
+    public static <T> Field<T> defaultValue(Class<T> type) {
+        return defaultValue(getDataType(type));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a <code>DEFAULT</code> keyword for use with <code>INSERT</code>,
+     * <code>UPDATE</code>, or <code>MERGE</code> statements.
+     */
+    @Support({ CUBRID, DERBY, FIREBIRD, H2, HSQLDB, MARIADB, MYSQL, POSTGRES, SQLITE })
+    public static <T> Field<T> defaultValue(DataType<T> type) {
+        return new SQLField<T>(type, keyword("default"));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create a new SQL identifier using a qualified name.
      * <p>