diff --git a/src/generators/model/Generator.php b/src/generators/model/Generator.php
index 73392cf50..67ab77128 100644
--- a/src/generators/model/Generator.php
+++ b/src/generators/model/Generator.php
@@ -330,11 +330,68 @@ public function generateLabels($table)
      * Generates validation rules for the specified table.
      * @param \yii\db\TableSchema $table the table schema
      * @return array the generated validation rules
+     * @throws NotSupportedException
      */
     public function generateRules($table)
     {
         $types = [];
         $lengths = [];
+        $rules = [];
+        $driverName = $this->getDbDriverName();
+
+        if (in_array($driverName, ['mysql', 'sqlite'], true)) {
+
+            $db = $this->getDbConnection();
+            $columnsDefaultNull = [];
+            $columnsDefaultValues = [];
+
+            foreach ($table->columns as $column) {
+                
+                if ($column->defaultValue === null) {
+                    if ($column->allowNull) {
+                        $columnsDefaultNull[] = $column->name;
+                    }
+                    continue;
+                }
+                switch ($column->type) {
+                    case Schema::TYPE_SMALLINT:
+                    case Schema::TYPE_INTEGER:
+                    case Schema::TYPE_BIGINT:
+                    case Schema::TYPE_TINYINT:
+                    case Schema::TYPE_BOOLEAN:
+                    case Schema::TYPE_FLOAT:
+                    case Schema::TYPE_DOUBLE:
+                    case Schema::TYPE_DECIMAL:
+                    case Schema::TYPE_MONEY:
+                        $defaultValue = $column->defaultValue;
+                        break;
+
+                    case Schema::TYPE_DATETIME:
+                    case Schema::TYPE_TIMESTAMP:
+                        if(strtoupper($column->defaultValue) === 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP'){
+                            $defaultValue = 'date(\'Y-m-d H:i:s\')';
+                        }else{
+                            $defaultValue = $db->getSchema()->quoteValue($column->defaultValue);
+                        }
+                        break;
+
+                    default:
+                        $defaultValue = $db->getSchema()->quoteValue($column->defaultValue);
+                }
+                $columnsDefaultValues[$defaultValue][] = $column->name;
+            }
+           
+            foreach($columnsDefaultValues as $defaultValue => $columnNameList){
+                $rules[] = "[['" . implode("', '", $columnNameList) . "'], 'default', 'value' => $defaultValue]";
+            }
+            
+            if ($columnsDefaultNull) {
+                $rules[] = "[['" . implode("', '", $columnsDefaultNull) . "'], 'default', 'value' => null]";
+            }
+        }
+
+
+
         foreach ($table->columns as $column) {
             if ($column->autoIncrement) {
                 continue;
@@ -373,8 +430,6 @@ public function generateRules($table)
                     }
             }
         }
-        $rules = [];
-        $driverName = $this->getDbDriverName();
         foreach ($types as $type => $columns) {
             if ($driverName === 'pgsql' && $type === 'integer') {
                 $rules[] = "[['" . implode("', '", $columns) . "'], 'default', 'value' => null]";
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
index a9b8059a4..655474143 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 Yii::setAlias('@yiiunit/gii', __DIR__);
 Yii::setAlias('@yii/gii', dirname(__DIR__) . '/src');
 
-require_once(__DIR__ . '/compatibility.php');
\ No newline at end of file
+require_once(__DIR__ . '/compatibility.php');
diff --git a/tests/data/sqlite.sql b/tests/data/sqlite.sql
index 619f1e9a5..3c11a9500 100644
--- a/tests/data/sqlite.sql
+++ b/tests/data/sqlite.sql
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "customer" (
   id INTEGER NOT NULL,
   email varchar(128) NOT NULL,
   name varchar(128),
-  address text,
+  address text  DEFAULT '-',
   status INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
   profile_id INTEGER,
   PRIMARY KEY (id)
diff --git a/tests/generators/ModelGeneratorTest.php b/tests/generators/ModelGeneratorTest.php
index 8437077d5..c17f4f8ef 100644
--- a/tests/generators/ModelGeneratorTest.php
+++ b/tests/generators/ModelGeneratorTest.php
@@ -384,4 +384,57 @@ public function testGenerateProperties($tableName, $columns)
         }
 
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function rulesDefaultValuesProvider()
+    {
+        return [
+            [
+                'tableName' => 'customer',
+                'columns' => [
+                    [
+                        'columnName' => 'name',
+                        'rule' => '[[\'status\'], \'default\', \'value\' => 0]',
+                    ],
+                    [
+                        'columnName' => 'address',
+                        'rule' => '[[\'name\', \'profile_id\'], \'default\', \'value\' => null]',
+                    ],
+                    [
+                        'columnName' => 'address',
+                        'rule' => '[[\'address\'], \'default\', \'value\' => \'-\']',
+                    ],
+                ]
+            ],
+        ];
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider rulesDefaultValuesProvider
+     *
+     * @param string $tableName
+     * @param array $columns
+     */
+    public function testRulesDefaultValues($tableName, $columns)
+    {
+        $generator = new ModelGenerator();
+        $generator->template = 'default';
+        $generator->tableName = $tableName;
+
+        $files = $generator->generate();
+
+        $code = $files[0]->content;
+        foreach ($columns as $column) {
+            $location = strpos($code, $column['rule']);
+            $this->assertTrue(
+                $location !== false,
+                "Column \"{$column['columnName']}\" rule should be there:\n" . $column['rule']
+            );
+        }
+
+    }
+
 }