diff --git a/meta/core_gen.go b/meta/core_gen.go
index 61d866ee..3b0ce73a 100644
--- a/meta/core_gen.go
+++ b/meta/core_gen.go
@@ -1671,8 +1671,10 @@ func (m *LeafList) DefaultValue() interface{} {
 func (m *LeafList) setDefaultValue(d interface{}) {
 	if s, valid := d.([]string); valid {
 		m.defaultVals = s
+	} else if s, valid := d.(string); valid {
+		m.defaultVals = []string{s}
 	} else {
-		panic("expected []string")
+		panic("expected []string or string")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2281,8 +2283,10 @@ func (m *Refine) DefaultValue() interface{} {
 func (m *Refine) setDefaultValue(d interface{}) {
 	if s, valid := d.([]string); valid {
 		m.defaultVals = s
+	} else if s, valid := d.(string); valid {
+		m.defaultVals = []string{s}
 	} else {
-		panic("expected []string")
+		panic("expected []string or string")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3351,8 +3355,10 @@ func (m *AddDeviate) DefaultValue() interface{} {
 func (m *AddDeviate) setDefaultValue(d interface{}) {
 	if s, valid := d.([]string); valid {
 		m.defaultVals = s
+	} else if s, valid := d.(string); valid {
+		m.defaultVals = []string{s}
 	} else {
-		panic("expected []string")
+		panic("expected []string or string")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3473,8 +3479,10 @@ func (m *ReplaceDeviate) DefaultValue() interface{} {
 func (m *ReplaceDeviate) setDefaultValue(d interface{}) {
 	if s, valid := d.([]string); valid {
 		m.defaultVals = s
+	} else if s, valid := d.(string); valid {
+		m.defaultVals = []string{s}
 	} else {
-		panic("expected []string")
+		panic("expected []string or string")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3556,8 +3564,10 @@ func (m *DeleteDeviate) DefaultValue() interface{} {
 func (m *DeleteDeviate) setDefaultValue(d interface{}) {
 	if s, valid := d.([]string); valid {
 		m.defaultVals = s
+	} else if s, valid := d.(string); valid {
+		m.defaultVals = []string{s}
 	} else {
-		panic("expected []string")
+		panic("expected []string or string")
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/meta/core_gen.in b/meta/core_gen.in
index f6fdfed5..c20a545f 100644
--- a/meta/core_gen.in
+++ b/meta/core_gen.in
@@ -466,8 +466,10 @@ func (m *{{.Name}}) DefaultValue() interface{} {
 func (m *{{.Name}}) setDefaultValue(d interface{}) {
 	if s, valid := d.([]string); valid {
 		m.defaultVals = s
+	} else if s, valid := d.(string); valid {
+		m.defaultVals = []string{s}
 	} else {
-		panic("expected []string")
+		panic("expected []string or string")
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/parser/testdata/typedef/gold/typedef-x.json b/parser/testdata/typedef/gold/typedef-x.json
index f5e2d81e..52c20105 100644
--- a/parser/testdata/typedef/gold/typedef-x.json
+++ b/parser/testdata/typedef/gold/typedef-x.json
@@ -14,4 +14,11 @@
               "range":"-11.111..22.222",
               "errorMessage":"This is an error-message for range in typedef"}],
           "fractionDigits":4,
-          "format":"decimal64"}}}]}}
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+          "format":"decimal64"}}},
+    {
+      "ident":"l",
+      "leaf-list":{
+        "default":"[7]",
+        "type":{
+          "ident":"ls",
+          "format":"stringList"}}}]}}
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diff --git a/parser/testdata/typedef/gold/typedef-x.lex b/parser/testdata/typedef/gold/typedef-x.lex
index bede6288..e1d03cef 100644
--- a/parser/testdata/typedef/gold/typedef-x.lex
+++ b/parser/testdata/typedef/gold/typedef-x.lex
@@ -32,4 +32,21 @@ description "descriptio"...
 [string] "\"This is l"...
 ; ";"
 } "}"
+typedef "typedef"
+[ident] "ls"
+{ "{"
+type "type"
+[ident] "string"
+; ";"
+default "default"
+[string] "7"
+; ";"
+} "}"
+leaf-list "leaf-list"
+[ident] "l"
+{ "{"
+type "type"
+[ident] "ls"
+; ";"
+} "}"
 } "}"
diff --git a/parser/testdata/typedef/typedef-x.yang b/parser/testdata/typedef/typedef-x.yang
index 1cd57c1c..a48c73aa 100644
--- a/parser/testdata/typedef/typedef-x.yang
+++ b/parser/testdata/typedef/typedef-x.yang
@@ -15,4 +15,13 @@ module typedef-x {
         type new_type_decimal; 
         description "This is leaf-derived-type"; 
     }    
+
+    typedef ls {
+        type string ;
+        default 7;
+    }
+
+    leaf-list l {
+        type ls;
+    }
 }
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