diff --git a/include/rapidjson/pointer.h b/include/rapidjson/pointer.h
index bc2795f..16d2e60 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/pointer.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/pointer.h
@@ -248,6 +248,28 @@ public:
         return v;
     }
 
+    ValueType& GetWithDefault(ValueType& root, GenericStringRef<Ch> defaultValue, typename ValueType::AllocatorType& allocator) const {
+        ValueType v(defaultValue);
+        return GetWithDefault(root, v, allocator);
+    }
+
+    ValueType& GetWithDefault(ValueType& root, const Ch* defaultValue, typename ValueType::AllocatorType& allocator) const {
+        bool alreadyExist;
+        Value& v = Create(root, allocator, &alreadyExist);
+        if (!alreadyExist) {
+            Value clone(defaultValue, allocator); // This has overhead, so do it inside if.
+            v = clone;
+        }
+        return v;
+    }
+
+    template <typename T>
+    RAPIDJSON_DISABLEIF_RETURN((internal::OrExpr<internal::IsPointer<T>, internal::IsGenericValue<T> >), (ValueType&))
+    GetWithDefault(ValueType& root, T defaultValue, typename ValueType::AllocatorType& allocator) const {
+        ValueType v(defaultValue);
+        return GetWithDefault(root, v, allocator);
+    }
+
     // Move semantics, create parents if non-exist
     ValueType& Set(ValueType& root, ValueType& value, typename ValueType::AllocatorType& allocator) const {
         return Create(root, allocator) = value;
diff --git a/test/unittest/pointertest.cpp b/test/unittest/pointertest.cpp
index 887a7f8..8368d51 100644
--- a/test/unittest/pointertest.cpp
+++ b/test/unittest/pointertest.cpp
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ TEST(Pointer, GetWithDefault) {
     Document d;
     d.Parse(kJson);
 
+    // Value version
     Document::AllocatorType& a = d.GetAllocator();
     const Value v("qux");
     EXPECT_TRUE(Value("bar") == Pointer("/foo/0").GetWithDefault(d, v, a));
@@ -320,6 +321,41 @@ TEST(Pointer, GetWithDefault) {
     EXPECT_TRUE(Value("qux") == Pointer("/foo/2").GetWithDefault(d, v, a));
     EXPECT_TRUE(Value("last") == Pointer("/foo/-").GetWithDefault(d, Value("last").Move(), a));
     EXPECT_STREQ("last", d["foo"][3].GetString());
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(Pointer("/foo/null").GetWithDefault(d, Value().Move(), a).IsNull());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(Pointer("/foo/null").GetWithDefault(d, "x", a).IsNull());
+
+    // Generic version
+    EXPECT_EQ(-1, Pointer("/foo/int").GetWithDefault(d, -1, a).GetInt());
+    EXPECT_EQ(-1, Pointer("/foo/int").GetWithDefault(d, -2, a).GetInt());
+    EXPECT_EQ(0x87654321, Pointer("/foo/uint").GetWithDefault(d, 0x87654321, a).GetUint());
+    EXPECT_EQ(0x87654321, Pointer("/foo/uint").GetWithDefault(d, 0x12345678, a).GetUint());
+
+    const int64_t i64 = static_cast<int64_t>(RAPIDJSON_UINT64_C2(0x80000000, 0));
+    EXPECT_EQ(i64, Pointer("/foo/int64").GetWithDefault(d, i64, a).GetInt64());
+    EXPECT_EQ(i64, Pointer("/foo/int64").GetWithDefault(d, i64 + 1, a).GetInt64());
+
+    const uint64_t u64 = RAPIDJSON_UINT64_C2(0xFFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFFF);
+    EXPECT_EQ(u64, Pointer("/foo/uint64").GetWithDefault(d, u64, a).GetUint64());
+    EXPECT_EQ(u64, Pointer("/foo/uint64").GetWithDefault(d, u64 - 1, a).GetUint64());
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(Pointer("/foo/true").GetWithDefault(d, true, a).IsTrue());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(Pointer("/foo/true").GetWithDefault(d, false, a).IsTrue());
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(Pointer("/foo/false").GetWithDefault(d, false, a).IsFalse());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(Pointer("/foo/false").GetWithDefault(d, true, a).IsFalse());
+
+    // StringRef version
+    EXPECT_STREQ("Hello", Pointer("/foo/hello").GetWithDefault(d, "Hello", a).GetString());
+
+    // Copy string version
+    {
+        char buffer[256];
+        strcpy(buffer, "World");
+        EXPECT_STREQ("World", Pointer("/foo/world").GetWithDefault(d, buffer, a).GetString());
+        memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
+    }
+    EXPECT_STREQ("World", GetValueByPointer(d, "/foo/world")->GetString());
 }
 
 TEST(Pointer, Set) {