diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/TypeScriptNodeClientCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/TypeScriptNodeClientCodegen.java
index a0685ecbe989..cd5cde237a29 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/TypeScriptNodeClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/TypeScriptNodeClientCodegen.java
@@ -345,4 +345,10 @@ public String toDefaultValue(Schema p) {
         }
         return def;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toEnumDefaultValue(String value, String datatype) {
+        return datatype + "." + value;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/typescript-node/model.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/typescript-node/model.mustache
index 6c1498b1643c..5b2d594a99ad 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/typescript-node/model.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/typescript-node/model.mustache
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{.}}} {{/parent}}{
     * {{{.}}}
     */
 {{/description}}
-    '{{name}}'{{^required}}?{{/required}}: {{#isEnum}}{{{datatypeWithEnum}}}{{/isEnum}}{{^isEnum}}{{{dataType}}}{{#isNullable}} | null{{/isNullable}}{{/isEnum}}{{#defaultValue}} = {{{.}}}{{/defaultValue}};
+    '{{name}}'{{^required}}?{{/required}}: {{#isEnum}}{{{datatypeWithEnum}}}{{/isEnum}}{{^isEnum}}{{{dataType}}}{{#isNullable}} | null{{/isNullable}}{{/isEnum}}{{#defaultValue}} = {{#isEnum}}{{classname}}.{{/isEnum}}{{{.}}}{{/defaultValue}};
 {{/vars}}
 
     {{#discriminator}}