diff --git a/serde_codegen/src/attr.rs b/serde_codegen/src/attr.rs
index 376d3444..7c69cdf1 100644
--- a/serde_codegen/src/attr.rs
+++ b/serde_codegen/src/attr.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use syntax::ast;
 use syntax::attr;
 use syntax::ext::base::ExtCtxt;
-use syntax::print::pprust::meta_item_to_string;
+use syntax::print::pprust::{lit_to_string, meta_item_to_string};
+use syntax::parse;
 use syntax::ptr::P;
 
 use aster::AstBuilder;
@@ -167,12 +168,16 @@ pub struct FieldAttrs {
     skip_serializing_field: bool,
     skip_serializing_field_if_empty: bool,
     skip_serializing_field_if_none: bool,
-    use_default: bool,
+    default_expr_if_missing: Option<P<ast::Expr>>,
 }
 
 impl FieldAttrs {
     /// Extract out the `#[serde(...)]` attributes from a struct field.
-    pub fn from_field(cx: &ExtCtxt, field: &ast::StructField) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+    pub fn from_field(cx: &ExtCtxt,
+                      generics: &ast::Generics,
+                      field: &ast::StructField) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let builder = AstBuilder::new();
+
         let field_ident = match field.node.ident() {
             Some(ident) => ident,
             None => { cx.span_bug(field.span, "struct field has no name?") }
@@ -185,7 +190,7 @@ impl FieldAttrs {
             skip_serializing_field: false,
             skip_serializing_field_if_empty: false,
             skip_serializing_field_if_none: false,
-            use_default: false,
+            default_expr_if_missing: None,
         };
 
         for meta_items in field.node.attrs.iter().filter_map(get_serde_meta_items) {
@@ -206,7 +211,20 @@ impl FieldAttrs {
 
                     // Parse `#[serde(default)]`
                     ast::MetaItemKind::Word(ref name) if name == &"default" => {
-                        field_attrs.use_default = true;
+                        let default_expr = builder.expr().default();
+                        field_attrs.default_expr_if_missing = Some(default_expr);
+                    }
+
+                    // Parse `#[serde(default="...")]`
+                    ast::MetaItemKind::NameValue(ref name, ref lit) if name == &"default" => {
+                        let wrapped_expr = wrap_default(
+                            cx,
+                            &field.node.ty,
+                            generics,
+                            try!(parse_lit_into_expr(cx, name, lit)),
+                        );
+
+                        field_attrs.default_expr_if_missing = Some(wrapped_expr);
                     }
 
                     // Parse `#[serde(skip_serializing)]`
@@ -261,8 +279,18 @@ impl FieldAttrs {
     }
 
     /// Predicate for using a field's default value
-    pub fn use_default(&self) -> bool {
-        self.use_default
+    pub fn expr_is_missing(&self) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        match self.default_expr_if_missing {
+            Some(ref expr) => expr.clone(),
+            None => {
+                let name = self.ident_expr();
+                AstBuilder::new().expr()
+                    .try()
+                    .method_call("missing_field").id("visitor")
+                        .with_arg(name)
+                        .build()
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /// Predicate for ignoring a field when serializing a value
@@ -281,9 +309,10 @@ impl FieldAttrs {
 
 /// Extract out the `#[serde(...)]` attributes from a struct field.
 pub fn get_struct_field_attrs(cx: &ExtCtxt,
+                              generics: &ast::Generics,
                               fields: &[ast::StructField]) -> Result<Vec<FieldAttrs>, Error> {
     fields.iter()
-        .map(|field| FieldAttrs::from_field(cx, field))
+        .map(|field| FieldAttrs::from_field(cx, generics, field))
         .collect()
 }
 
@@ -325,3 +354,50 @@ fn get_serde_meta_items(attr: &ast::Attribute) -> Option<&[P<ast::MetaItem>]> {
         _ => None
     }
 }
+
+fn parse_lit_into_expr(cx: &ExtCtxt, name: &str, lit: &ast::Lit) -> Result<P<ast::Expr>, Error> {
+    let s: &str = match lit.node {
+        ast::LitKind::Str(ref s, ast::StrStyle::Cooked) => &s,
+        _ => {
+            cx.span_err(
+                lit.span,
+                &format!("{} literal `{}` must be a string",
+                         name,
+                         lit_to_string(lit)));
+
+            return Err(Error);
+        }
+    };
+
+    let expr = parse::parse_expr_from_source_str("<lit expansion>".to_string(),
+                                                 s.to_owned(),
+                                                 cx.cfg(),
+                                                 cx.parse_sess());
+
+    Ok(expr)
+}
+
+/// This function wraps the expression in `#[serde(default="...")]` in a function to prevent it
+/// from accessing the internal `Deserialize` state.
+fn wrap_default(cx: &ExtCtxt,
+                field_ty: &P<ast::Ty>,
+                generics: &ast::Generics,
+                expr: P<ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+    let builder = AstBuilder::new();
+
+    // Quasi-quoting doesn't do a great job of expanding generics into paths, so manually build it.
+    let fn_path = builder.path()
+        .segment("__serde_default")
+            .with_generics(generics.clone())
+            .build()
+        .build();
+
+    let where_clause = &generics.where_clause;
+
+    quote_expr!(cx, {
+        fn __serde_default $generics() -> $field_ty $where_clause {
+            $expr
+        }
+        $fn_path()
+    })
+}
diff --git a/serde_codegen/src/de.rs b/serde_codegen/src/de.rs
index 298c856d..458913e0 100644
--- a/serde_codegen/src/de.rs
+++ b/serde_codegen/src/de.rs
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ fn deserialize_struct(
         cx,
         builder,
         type_path.clone(),
+        impl_generics,
         fields,
         container_attrs
     ));
@@ -756,6 +757,7 @@ fn deserialize_struct_variant(
         cx,
         builder,
         type_path,
+        generics,
         fields,
         container_attrs,
     ));
@@ -918,20 +920,21 @@ fn deserialize_struct_visitor(
     cx: &ExtCtxt,
     builder: &aster::AstBuilder,
     struct_path: ast::Path,
+    generics: &ast::Generics,
     fields: &[ast::StructField],
     container_attrs: &attr::ContainerAttrs,
 ) -> Result<(Vec<P<ast::Item>>, ast::Stmt, P<ast::Expr>), Error> {
+    let field_exprs = fields.iter()
+        .map(|field| {
+            let field_attrs = try!(attr::FieldAttrs::from_field(cx, generics, field));
+            Ok(field_attrs.deserialize_name_expr())
+        })
+        .collect();
+
     let field_visitor = deserialize_field_visitor(
         cx,
         builder,
-        try!(
-            fields.iter()
-                .map(|field| {
-                    let attrs = try!(attr::FieldAttrs::from_field(cx, field));
-                    Ok(attrs.deserialize_name_expr())
-                })
-                .collect()
-        ),
+        try!(field_exprs),
         container_attrs
     );
 
@@ -939,6 +942,7 @@ fn deserialize_struct_visitor(
         cx,
         builder,
         struct_path,
+        generics,
         fields,
         container_attrs,
     ));
@@ -968,6 +972,7 @@ fn deserialize_map(
     cx: &ExtCtxt,
     builder: &aster::AstBuilder,
     struct_path: ast::Path,
+    generics: &ast::Generics,
     fields: &[ast::StructField],
     container_attrs: &attr::ContainerAttrs,
 ) -> Result<P<ast::Expr>, Error> {
@@ -1003,26 +1008,22 @@ fn deserialize_map(
         .chain(ignored_arm.into_iter())
         .collect();
 
-    let field_attrs = try!(attr::get_struct_field_attrs(cx, fields));
+    let extract_values = fields.iter()
+        .zip(field_names.iter())
+        .map(|(field, field_name)| {
+            let field_attr = try!(attr::FieldAttrs::from_field(cx, generics, field));
+            let missing_expr = field_attr.expr_is_missing();
 
-    let extract_values = field_names.iter()
-        .zip(field_attrs.iter())
-        .map(|(field_name, field_attr)| {
-            let missing_expr = if field_attr.use_default() {
-                quote_expr!(cx, ::std::default::Default::default())
-            } else {
-                let name = field_attr.ident_expr();
-                quote_expr!(cx, try!(visitor.missing_field($name)))
-            };
-
-            quote_stmt!(cx,
+            Ok(quote_stmt!(cx,
                 let $field_name = match $field_name {
                     Some($field_name) => $field_name,
                     None => $missing_expr
                 };
-            ).unwrap()
+            ).unwrap())
         })
-        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>();
+
+    let extract_values = try!(extract_values);
 
     let result = builder.expr().struct_path(struct_path)
         .with_id_exprs(
diff --git a/serde_codegen/src/ser.rs b/serde_codegen/src/ser.rs
index ab59071a..7aef3de1 100644
--- a/serde_codegen/src/ser.rs
+++ b/serde_codegen/src/ser.rs
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ fn serialize_struct_visitor<I>(
 {
     let value_exprs = value_exprs.collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
-    let field_attrs = try!(attr::get_struct_field_attrs(cx, fields));
+    let field_attrs = try!(attr::get_struct_field_attrs(cx, generics, fields));
 
     let arms: Vec<ast::Arm> = field_attrs.iter()
         .zip(value_exprs.iter())
diff --git a/serde_tests/tests/test_annotations.rs b/serde_tests/tests/test_annotations.rs
index c5ff6e38..7f525746 100644
--- a/serde_tests/tests/test_annotations.rs
+++ b/serde_tests/tests/test_annotations.rs
@@ -7,19 +7,29 @@ use token::{
     assert_de_tokens_error
 };
 
+trait Trait {
+    fn my_default() -> Self;
+}
+
+impl Trait for i32 {
+    fn my_default() -> Self { 123 }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-struct Default {
-    a1: i32,
+struct DefaultStruct<A, B: Default, C> where C: Trait {
+    a1: A,
     #[serde(default)]
-    a2: i32,
+    a2: B,
+    #[serde(default="Trait::my_default()")]
+    a3: C,
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn test_default() {
+fn test_default_struct() {
     assert_de_tokens(
-        &Default { a1: 1, a2: 2 },
+        &DefaultStruct { a1: 1, a2: 2, a3: 3 },
         vec![
-            Token::StructStart("Default", Some(2)),
+            Token::StructStart("DefaultStruct", Some(3)),
 
             Token::MapSep,
             Token::Str("a1"),
@@ -29,14 +39,66 @@ fn test_default() {
             Token::Str("a2"),
             Token::I32(2),
 
+            Token::MapSep,
+            Token::Str("a3"),
+            Token::I32(3),
+
             Token::MapEnd,
         ]
     );
 
     assert_de_tokens(
-        &Default { a1: 1, a2: 0 },
+        &DefaultStruct { a1: 1, a2: 0, a3: 123 },
         vec![
-            Token::StructStart("Default", Some(1)),
+            Token::StructStart("DefaultStruct", Some(1)),
+
+            Token::MapSep,
+            Token::Str("a1"),
+            Token::I32(1),
+
+            Token::MapEnd,
+        ]
+    );
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+enum DefaultEnum<A, B: Default, C> where C: Trait {
+    Struct {
+        a1: A,
+        #[serde(default)]
+        a2: B,
+        #[serde(default="Trait::my_default()")]
+        a3: C,
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_default_enum() {
+    assert_de_tokens(
+        &DefaultEnum::Struct { a1: 1, a2: 2, a3: 3 },
+        vec![
+            Token::EnumMapStart("DefaultEnum", "Struct", Some(3)),
+
+            Token::MapSep,
+            Token::Str("a1"),
+            Token::I32(1),
+
+            Token::MapSep,
+            Token::Str("a2"),
+            Token::I32(2),
+
+            Token::MapSep,
+            Token::Str("a3"),
+            Token::I32(3),
+
+            Token::MapEnd,
+        ]
+    );
+
+    assert_de_tokens(
+        &DefaultEnum::Struct { a1: 1, a2: 0, a3: 123 },
+        vec![
+            Token::EnumMapStart("DefaultEnum", "Struct", Some(3)),
 
             Token::MapSep,
             Token::Str("a1"),
@@ -57,9 +119,9 @@ struct DenyUnknown {
 fn test_ignore_unknown() {
     // 'Default' allows unknown. Basic smoke test of ignore...
     assert_de_tokens(
-        &Default { a1: 1, a2: 2},
+        &DefaultStruct { a1: 1, a2: 2, a3: 3 },
         vec![
-            Token::StructStart("Default", Some(5)),
+            Token::StructStart("DefaultStruct", Some(5)),
 
             Token::MapSep,
             Token::Str("whoops1"),
@@ -84,6 +146,10 @@ fn test_ignore_unknown() {
             Token::Str("whoops3"),
             Token::I32(2),
 
+            Token::MapSep,
+            Token::Str("a3"),
+            Token::I32(3),
+
             Token::MapEnd,
         ]
     );