diff --git a/codemodel/src/main/java/com/sun/codemodel/JMod.java b/codemodel/src/main/java/com/sun/codemodel/JMod.java
index 300d41e..cd3615a 100644
--- a/codemodel/src/main/java/com/sun/codemodel/JMod.java
+++ b/codemodel/src/main/java/com/sun/codemodel/JMod.java
@@ -56,4 +56,5 @@ public final class JMod {
     public final static int SYNCHRONIZED = 0x080;
     public final static int TRANSIENT    = 0x100;
     public final static int VOLATILE     = 0x200;
+    public final static int DEFAULT      = 0x400;
 }
diff --git a/codemodel/src/main/java/com/sun/codemodel/JMods.java b/codemodel/src/main/java/com/sun/codemodel/JMods.java
index b1e9064..5e337c4 100644
--- a/codemodel/src/main/java/com/sun/codemodel/JMods.java
+++ b/codemodel/src/main/java/com/sun/codemodel/JMods.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class JMods implements JGenerable {
             | JMod.STATIC | JMod.FINAL
             | JMod.TRANSIENT | JMod.VOLATILE);
     private static int METHOD = (JMod.PUBLIC | JMod.PRIVATE | JMod.PROTECTED | JMod.FINAL
-            | JMod.ABSTRACT | JMod.STATIC | JMod.NATIVE | JMod.SYNCHRONIZED);
+            | JMod.ABSTRACT | JMod.STATIC | JMod.NATIVE | JMod.SYNCHRONIZED | JMod.DEFAULT);
     private static int CLASS = (JMod.PUBLIC | JMod.PRIVATE | JMod.PROTECTED
             | JMod.STATIC | JMod.FINAL | JMod.ABSTRACT);
     private static int INTERFACE = JMod.PUBLIC;
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ public void setFinal(boolean newValue) {
         setFlag(JMod.FINAL, newValue);
     }
 
+    public void setDefault(boolean newValue) {
+        setFlag(JMod.DEFAULT, newValue);
+    }
+
     private void setFlag(int bit, boolean newValue) {
         mods = (mods & ~bit) | (newValue ? bit : 0);
     }
@@ -160,6 +164,7 @@ public void generate(JFormatter f) {
         if ((mods & JMod.SYNCHRONIZED) != 0)  f.p("synchronized");
         if ((mods & JMod.TRANSIENT) != 0)     f.p("transient");
         if ((mods & JMod.VOLATILE) != 0)      f.p("volatile");
+        if ((mods & JMod.DEFAULT) != 0)       f.p("default");
         }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/codemodel/src/test/java/com/sun/codemodel/tests/DefaultMethodTest.java b/codemodel/src/test/java/com/sun/codemodel/tests/DefaultMethodTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dddb8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codemodel/src/test/java/com/sun/codemodel/tests/DefaultMethodTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.sun.codemodel.tests;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.sun.codemodel.ClassType;
+import com.sun.codemodel.JCodeModel;
+import com.sun.codemodel.JDefinedClass;
+import com.sun.codemodel.JMod;
+import com.sun.codemodel.writer.SingleStreamCodeWriter;
+
+public class DefaultMethodTest {
+
+	@Test
+	public void defaultMethodOnAnInterface() throws Exception {
+		JCodeModel cm = new JCodeModel();
+		JDefinedClass cls = cm._class(JMod.PUBLIC, "TestInterface", ClassType.INTERFACE);
+
+		cls.method(JMod.DEFAULT, cm.VOID, "defaultFoo");
+
+		cm.build(new SingleStreamCodeWriter(System.out));
+	}
+}