diff --git a/godot-codegen/src/util.rs b/godot-codegen/src/util.rs
index e599e170e..42af5ecff 100644
--- a/godot-codegen/src/util.rs
+++ b/godot-codegen/src/util.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ pub fn make_enum_definition(enum_: &Enum) -> TokenStream {
                 #enumerators
             )*
         }
+        impl std::default::Default for #enum_name {
+            fn default() -> Self {
+                Self { ord: 0 }
+            }
+        }
         impl crate::obj::EngineEnum for #enum_name {
             // fn try_from_ord(ord: i32) -> Option<Self> {
             //     match ord {
diff --git a/godot-core/src/obj/traits.rs b/godot-core/src/obj/traits.rs
index 748ff1363..acfcb2f4c 100644
--- a/godot-core/src/obj/traits.rs
+++ b/godot-core/src/obj/traits.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ pub trait EngineClass: GodotClass {
 }
 
 /// Auto-implemented for all engine-provided enums
-pub trait EngineEnum: Copy {
+pub trait EngineEnum: Copy + Default {
     fn try_from_ord(ord: i32) -> Option<Self>;
 
     /// Ordinal value of the enumerator, as specified in Godot.