diff --git a/src/parse/parser.rs b/src/parse/parser.rs
index 5135fbad..572045bf 100644
--- a/src/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parse/parser.rs
@@ -1685,6 +1685,21 @@ impl<'help, 'app> Parser<'help, 'app> {
             debug!("Parser::add_value: doesn't have conditional defaults");
         }
 
+        fn process_default_vals(arg: &Arg<'_>, default_vals: &[&OsStr]) -> Vec<OsString> {
+            if let Some(delim) = arg.val_delim {
+                let mut vals = vec![];
+                for val in default_vals {
+                    let val = RawOsStr::new(val);
+                    for val in val.split(delim) {
+                        vals.push(val.to_os_str().into_owned());
+                    }
+                }
+                vals
+            } else {
+                default_vals.iter().map(OsString::from).collect()
+            }
+        }
+
         if !arg.default_vals.is_empty() {
             debug!("Parser::add_value:iter:{}: has default vals", arg.name);
             if matcher.get(&arg.id).is_some() {
@@ -1695,7 +1710,7 @@ impl<'help, 'app> Parser<'help, 'app> {
 
                 self.add_multiple_vals_to_arg(
                     arg,
-                    arg.default_vals.iter().map(OsString::from),
+                    process_default_vals(arg, &arg.default_vals).into_iter(),
                     matcher,
                     ty,
                     false,
@@ -1723,7 +1738,7 @@ impl<'help, 'app> Parser<'help, 'app> {
                     );
                     self.add_multiple_vals_to_arg(
                         arg,
-                        arg.default_missing_vals.iter().map(OsString::from),
+                        process_default_vals(arg, &arg.default_missing_vals).into_iter(),
                         matcher,
                         ty,
                         false,
diff --git a/tests/default_vals.rs b/tests/default_vals.rs
index aaa9c03f..d9fb6b46 100644
--- a/tests/default_vals.rs
+++ b/tests/default_vals.rs
@@ -651,3 +651,38 @@ fn required_args_with_default_values() {
         .arg(Arg::new("arg").required(true).default_value("value"))
         .try_get_matches();
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn with_value_delimiter() {
+    let app = App::new("multiple_values").arg(
+        Arg::new("option")
+            .long("option")
+            .about("multiple options")
+            .value_delimiter(';')
+            .default_value("first;second"),
+    );
+
+    let matches = app.get_matches_from(vec![""]);
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        matches.values_of("option").unwrap().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        ["first", "second"]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn missing_with_value_delimiter() {
+    let app = App::new("program").arg(
+        Arg::new("option")
+            .long("option")
+            .value_delimiter(';')
+            .default_missing_values(&["value1;value2;value3", "value4;value5"]),
+    );
+
+    let matches = app.get_matches_from(vec!["program", "--option"]);
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        matches.values_of("option").unwrap().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        ["value1", "value2", "value3", "value4", "value5"]
+    );
+}