diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4b0847..1fd70b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -339,6 +339,27 @@ type Object = FromSchema<typeof objectSchema>;
 // => { [x: string]: unknown; foo: string; bar?: number; }
 ```
 
+Defaulted properties (even optional ones) will be set as required in the resulting type. You can turn off this behavior by setting the `keepDefaultedPropertiesOptional` option to `true`:
+
+```typescript
+const defaultedProp = {
+  type: "object",
+  properties: {
+    foo: { type: "string", default: "bar" },
+  },
+  additionalProperties: false,
+} as const;
+
+type Object = FromSchema<typeof defaultedProp>;
+// => { foo: string; }
+
+type Object = FromSchema<
+  typeof defaultedProp,
+  { keepDefaultedPropertiesOptional: true }
+>;
+// => { foo?: string; }
+```
+
 `FromSchema` partially supports the `additionalProperties` and `patternProperties` keywords:
 
 - `additionalProperties` can be used to deny additional properties.
diff --git a/src/definitions/fromSchemaOptions.ts b/src/definitions/fromSchemaOptions.ts
index 5ec7d34..417c37a 100644
--- a/src/definitions/fromSchemaOptions.ts
+++ b/src/definitions/fromSchemaOptions.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type {
 export type FromSchemaOptions = {
   parseNotKeyword?: boolean;
   parseIfThenElseKeywords?: boolean;
+  keepDefaultedPropertiesOptional?: boolean;
   references?: JSONSchema7Reference[] | false;
   deserialize?: DeserializationPattern[] | false;
 };
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export type FromExtendedSchemaOptions<EXTENSION extends JSONSchema7Extension> =
   {
     parseNotKeyword?: boolean;
     parseIfThenElseKeywords?: boolean;
+    keepDefaultedPropertiesOptional?: boolean;
     references?: ExtendedJSONSchema7Reference<EXTENSION>[] | false;
     deserialize?: DeserializationPattern[] | false;
   };
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ export type FromExtendedSchemaOptions<EXTENSION extends JSONSchema7Extension> =
 export type FromSchemaDefaultOptions = {
   parseNotKeyword: false;
   parseIfThenElseKeywords: false;
+  keepDefaultedPropertiesOptional: false;
   references: false;
   deserialize: false;
 };
diff --git a/src/parse-options.ts b/src/parse-options.ts
index f7d45a2..d9621c1 100644
--- a/src/parse-options.ts
+++ b/src/parse-options.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ export type ParseOptions<
   parseIfThenElseKeywords: OPTIONS["parseIfThenElseKeywords"] extends boolean
     ? OPTIONS["parseIfThenElseKeywords"]
     : FromSchemaDefaultOptions["parseIfThenElseKeywords"];
+  keepDefaultedPropertiesOptional: OPTIONS["keepDefaultedPropertiesOptional"] extends boolean
+    ? OPTIONS["keepDefaultedPropertiesOptional"]
+    : FromSchemaDefaultOptions["keepDefaultedPropertiesOptional"];
   rootSchema: ROOT_SCHEMA;
   references: OPTIONS["references"] extends JSONSchema7Reference[]
     ? IndexReferencesById<OPTIONS["references"]>
diff --git a/src/parse-options.type.test.ts b/src/parse-options.type.test.ts
index 0756d64..7ed7ca2 100644
--- a/src/parse-options.type.test.ts
+++ b/src/parse-options.type.test.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type ReceivedOptions = ParseOptions<RootSchema, { references: AllReferences }>;
 type ExpectedOptions = {
   parseNotKeyword: FromSchemaDefaultOptions["parseNotKeyword"];
   parseIfThenElseKeywords: FromSchemaDefaultOptions["parseIfThenElseKeywords"];
+  keepDefaultedPropertiesOptional: FromSchemaDefaultOptions["keepDefaultedPropertiesOptional"];
   deserialize: FromSchemaDefaultOptions["deserialize"];
   rootSchema: RootSchema;
   references: IndexReferencesById<AllReferences>;
diff --git a/src/parse-schema/index.ts b/src/parse-schema/index.ts
index b19c211..e956c21 100644
--- a/src/parse-schema/index.ts
+++ b/src/parse-schema/index.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ export type ParseSchemaOptions = {
    * Wether to parse ifThenElse schemas or not (false by default)
    */
   parseIfThenElseKeywords: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Wether to keep object defaulted properties optional or not (false by default)
+   */
+  keepDefaultedPropertiesOptional: boolean;
   /**
    * The initial schema provided to `ParseSchema`
    */
diff --git a/src/parse-schema/object.ts b/src/parse-schema/object.ts
index 9f89794..b14dd1e 100644
--- a/src/parse-schema/object.ts
+++ b/src/parse-schema/object.ts
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ export type ParseObjectSchema<
           OPTIONS
         >;
       },
-      GetRequired<OBJECT_SCHEMA>,
+      GetRequired<OBJECT_SCHEMA, OPTIONS>,
       GetOpenProps<OBJECT_SCHEMA, OPTIONS>
     >
   : M.$Object<
       {},
-      GetRequired<OBJECT_SCHEMA>,
+      GetRequired<OBJECT_SCHEMA, OPTIONS>,
       GetOpenProps<OBJECT_SCHEMA, OPTIONS>
     >;
 
@@ -53,10 +53,27 @@ export type ParseObjectSchema<
  * @param OBJECT_SCHEMA JSONSchema (object type)
  * @returns String
  */
-type GetRequired<OBJECT_SCHEMA extends ObjectSchema> =
-  OBJECT_SCHEMA extends Readonly<{ required: ReadonlyArray<string> }>
-    ? OBJECT_SCHEMA["required"][number]
-    : never;
+type GetRequired<
+  OBJECT_SCHEMA extends ObjectSchema,
+  OPTIONS extends ParseSchemaOptions,
+> =
+  | (OBJECT_SCHEMA extends Readonly<{ required: ReadonlyArray<string> }>
+      ? OBJECT_SCHEMA["required"][number]
+      : never)
+  | (OPTIONS["keepDefaultedPropertiesOptional"] extends true
+      ? never
+      : OBJECT_SCHEMA extends Readonly<{
+            properties: Readonly<Record<string, JSONSchema7>>;
+          }>
+        ? {
+            [KEY in keyof OBJECT_SCHEMA["properties"] &
+              string]: OBJECT_SCHEMA["properties"][KEY] extends Readonly<{
+              default: unknown;
+            }>
+              ? KEY
+              : never;
+          }[keyof OBJECT_SCHEMA["properties"] & string]
+        : never);
 
 /**
  * Extracts and parses the additional and pattern properties (if any exists) of an object JSON schema
diff --git a/src/tests/readme/object.type.test.ts b/src/tests/readme/object.type.test.ts
index 7603e3a..dbb2487 100644
--- a/src/tests/readme/object.type.test.ts
+++ b/src/tests/readme/object.type.test.ts
@@ -77,3 +77,36 @@ type AssertObjectWithTypedAdditionalProperties = A.Equals<
 >;
 const assertObjectWithTypedAdditionalProperties: AssertObjectWithTypedAdditionalProperties = 1;
 assertObjectWithTypedAdditionalProperties;
+
+// Defaulted property
+
+const objectWithDefaultedPropertySchema = {
+  type: "object",
+  properties: {
+    foo: { type: "string", default: "bar" },
+  },
+  additionalProperties: false,
+} as const;
+
+type ReceivedObjectWithDefaultedProperty = FromSchema<
+  typeof objectWithDefaultedPropertySchema
+>;
+type ExpectedObjectWithDefaultedProperty = { foo: string };
+type AssertObjectWithDefaultedProperty = A.Equals<
+  ReceivedObjectWithDefaultedProperty,
+  ExpectedObjectWithDefaultedProperty
+>;
+const assertObjectWithDefaultedProperty: AssertObjectWithDefaultedProperty = 1;
+assertObjectWithDefaultedProperty;
+
+type ReceivedObjectWithDefaultedProperty2 = FromSchema<
+  typeof objectWithDefaultedPropertySchema,
+  { keepDefaultedPropertiesOptional: true }
+>;
+type ExpectedObjectWithDefaultedProperty2 = { foo?: string };
+type AssertObjectWithDefaultedProperty2 = A.Equals<
+  ReceivedObjectWithDefaultedProperty2,
+  ExpectedObjectWithDefaultedProperty2
+>;
+const assertObjectWithDefaultedProperty2: AssertObjectWithDefaultedProperty2 = 1;
+assertObjectWithDefaultedProperty2;