diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/tag/dictionary/definitions.js b/lib/jsdoc/tag/dictionary/definitions.js
index 137b0286..4c9b68f7 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/tag/dictionary/definitions.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/tag/dictionary/definitions.js
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ exports.defineTags = function(dictionary) {
                     // TODO: handle escaped quotes in values
                     doclet.defaultvalue = 'null';
                 }
+                else if (doclet.meta.code.type === 'OBJECTLIT'){
+                    doclet.defaultvalue = String(doclet.meta.code.node.toSource());
+                    doclet.defaultobject = true;
+                }
             }
         }
     })
diff --git a/templates/default/static/styles/jsdoc-default.css b/templates/default/static/styles/jsdoc-default.css
index ea49f607..327b17ad 100644
--- a/templates/default/static/styles/jsdoc-default.css
+++ b/templates/default/static/styles/jsdoc-default.css
@@ -195,12 +195,13 @@ h6
 	font-family: Consolas, "Lucida Console", Monaco, monospace;
 }
 
-.details { margin-top: 14px; }
-.details dt { width:100px; float:left; border-left: 2px solid #DDD; padding-left: 10px;  padding-top: 6px; }
+.details { margin-top: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #DDD; }
+.details dt { width:100px; float:left; padding-left: 10px;  padding-top: 6px; }
 .details dd { margin-left: 50px; }
 .details ul { margin: 0; }
 .details ul { list-style-type: none; }
 .details li { margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 6px; }
+.details pre.prettyprint { margin: 0 }
 
 .description {
 	margin-bottom: 1em;
diff --git a/templates/default/tmpl/details.tmpl b/templates/default/tmpl/details.tmpl
index d3b35522..141bd58a 100644
--- a/templates/default/tmpl/details.tmpl
+++ b/templates/default/tmpl/details.tmpl
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 <?js
 var data = obj;
 var self = this;
+var default_object_css = '';
+
+// Check if the default value is an object, if so, apply code highlighting
+if (data.defaultvalue && data.defaultobject){
+    data.defaultvalue = "<pre class=\"prettyprint\"><code>" + data.defaultvalue + "</code></pre>";
+    default_object_css = ' style="padding-top: 0;" ';
+}
 ?>
 <dl class="details">
     <?js
@@ -59,7 +66,9 @@ var self = this;
     
     <?js if (data.defaultvalue) {?>
     <dt class="tag-default">Default Value:</dt>
-    <dd class="tag-default"><ul class="dummy"><li><?js= data.defaultvalue ?></li></ul></dd>
+    <dd class="tag-default"><ul class="dummy">
+            <li<?js= default_object_css ?>><?js= data.defaultvalue ?></li>
+        </ul></dd>
     <?js } ?>
     
     <?js if (data.meta) {?>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/defaulttag.js b/test/fixtures/defaulttag.js
index bd8461aa..e14d4f74 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/defaulttag.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/defaulttag.js
@@ -31,4 +31,9 @@ var win = getParentWindow();
 /**
     @default
  */
-var header = getHeaders(request);
\ No newline at end of file
+var header = getHeaders(request);
+
+/**
+    @default
+ */
+var obj = { value_a : 'a', value_b : 'b' };
diff --git a/test/specs/tags/defaulttag.js b/test/specs/tags/defaulttag.js
index ca4b086b..bd5987d4 100644
--- a/test/specs/tags/defaulttag.js
+++ b/test/specs/tags/defaulttag.js
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ describe("@default tag", function() {
 		rcode = (docSet.getByLongname('rcode') || [])[0],
 		rvalid = (docSet.getByLongname('rvalid') || [])[0],
 		rerrored = (docSet.getByLongname('rerrored') || [])[0],
-		win = (docSet.getByLongname('win') || [])[0];
-		header = (docSet.getByLongname('header') || [])[0];
+		win = (docSet.getByLongname('win') || [])[0],
+		header = (docSet.getByLongname('header') || [])[0],
+        obj = docSet.getByLongname('obj')[0];
 
     it('When symbol set to null has a @default tag with no text, the doclet\'s defaultValue property should be: null', function() {
         expect(request.defaultvalue).toBe('null');
@@ -36,4 +37,9 @@ describe("@default tag", function() {
         expect(header.defaultvalue).toBeUndefined();
     });
 
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+    it('When symbol has a @default tag with an object.', function(){
+        var expected_value = "{value_a: 'a', value_b: 'b'}";
+        expect(obj.defaultvalue).toEqual(expected_value);
+    })
+
+});