diff --git a/src/Expr.cc b/src/Expr.cc
index dd514df74b..04bee8aba7 100644
--- a/src/Expr.cc
+++ b/src/Expr.cc
@@ -4026,7 +4026,26 @@ Val* RecordCoerceExpr::Fold(Val* v) const
 			     Type()->AsRecordType()->FieldDecl(i)->FindAttr(ATTR_DEFAULT);
 
 			if ( def )
-				val->Assign(i, def->AttrExpr()->Eval(0));
+				{
+				Val* def_val = def->AttrExpr()->Eval(0);
+				BroType* def_type = def_val->Type();
+				BroType* field_type = Type()->AsRecordType()->FieldType(i);
+
+				if ( def_type->Tag() == TYPE_RECORD &&
+				     field_type->Tag() == TYPE_RECORD &&
+				     ! same_type(def_type, field_type) )
+					{
+					Val* tmp = def_val->AsRecordVal()->CoerceTo(
+					        field_type->AsRecordType());
+					if ( tmp )
+						{
+						Unref(def_val);
+						def_val = tmp;
+						}
+					}
+
+				val->Assign(i, def_val);
+				}
 			else
 				val->Assign(i, 0);
 			}
diff --git a/src/Val.cc b/src/Val.cc
index 5133550236..dd86e71a9e 100644
--- a/src/Val.cc
+++ b/src/Val.cc
@@ -2560,10 +2560,22 @@ RecordVal::RecordVal(RecordType* t) : MutableVal(t)
 		Attributes* a = record_type->FieldDecl(i)->attrs;
 		Attr* def_attr = a ? a->FindAttr(ATTR_DEFAULT) : 0;
 		Val* def = def_attr ? def_attr->AttrExpr()->Eval(0) : 0;
+		BroType* type = record_type->FieldDecl(i)->type;
+
+		if ( def && type->Tag() == TYPE_RECORD &&
+		     def->Type()->Tag() == TYPE_RECORD &&
+		     ! same_type(def->Type(), type) )
+			{
+			Val* tmp = def->AsRecordVal()->CoerceTo(type->AsRecordType());
+			if ( tmp )
+				{
+				Unref(def);
+				def = tmp;
+				}
+			}
 
 		if ( ! def && ! (a && a->FindAttr(ATTR_OPTIONAL)) )
 			{
-			BroType* type = record_type->FieldDecl(i)->type;
 			TypeTag tag = type->Tag();
 
 			if ( tag == TYPE_RECORD )
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/language.record-default-coercion/out b/testing/btest/Baseline/language.record-default-coercion/out
index 2f0e6cd17d..bf76ba5033 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/language.record-default-coercion/out
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/language.record-default-coercion/out
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+[bar=4321, foo=[foo=1234, quux=9876]]
+[foo=1234, quux=9876]
+9876
+[bar=4231, foo=[foo=1000, quux=9876]]
+[foo=1000, quux=9876]
+9876
+[bar=4321, foo=[foo=10, quux=42]]
+[foo=10, quux=42]
+42
+[bar=100, foo=[foo=1234, quux=9876]]
+[foo=1234, quux=9876]
+9876
+[bar=100, foo=[foo=1001, quux=9876]]
+[foo=1001, quux=9876]
+9876
+[bar=100, foo=[foo=11, quux=7]]
+[foo=11, quux=7]
+7
 [a=13, c=13, v=[]]
 0
 [a=13, c=13, v=[test]]
diff --git a/testing/btest/language/record-default-coercion.bro b/testing/btest/language/record-default-coercion.bro
index 7e717c39e2..822b845f65 100644
--- a/testing/btest/language/record-default-coercion.bro
+++ b/testing/btest/language/record-default-coercion.bro
@@ -7,12 +7,42 @@ type MyRecord: record {
 	v: vector of string &default=vector();
 };
 
-event bro_init()
+type Foo: record {
+	foo: count;
+	quux: count &default=9876;
+};
+
+type Bar: record {
+	bar: count;
+	foo: Foo &default=[$foo=1234];
+};
+
+function print_bar(b: Bar)
 	{
-	local r: MyRecord = [$c=13];
-	print r;
-	print |r$v|;
-	r$v[|r$v|] = "test";
-	print r;
-	print |r$v|;
+	print b;
+	print b$foo;
+	print b$foo$quux;
 	}
+
+global bar:  Bar = [$bar=4321];
+global bar2: Bar = [$bar=4231, $foo=[$foo=1000]];
+global bar3: Bar = [$bar=4321, $foo=[$foo=10, $quux=42]];
+
+print_bar(bar);
+print_bar(bar2);
+print_bar(bar3);
+
+local bar4: Bar = [$bar=100];
+local bar5: Bar = [$bar=100, $foo=[$foo=1001]];
+local bar6: Bar = [$bar=100, $foo=[$foo=11, $quux=7]];
+
+print_bar(bar4);
+print_bar(bar5);
+print_bar(bar6);
+
+local r: MyRecord = [$c=13];
+print r;
+print |r$v|;
+r$v[|r$v|] = "test";
+print r;
+print |r$v|;