diff --git a/sonar-db/src/main/java/org/sonar/db/version/IntegerColumnDef.java b/sonar-db/src/main/java/org/sonar/db/version/IntegerColumnDef.java
index 5b2098572fe8..962da29a2fd6 100644
--- a/sonar-db/src/main/java/org/sonar/db/version/IntegerColumnDef.java
+++ b/sonar-db/src/main/java/org/sonar/db/version/IntegerColumnDef.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package org.sonar.db.version;
 
 import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import org.sonar.db.dialect.Dialect;
 import org.sonar.db.dialect.H2;
 import org.sonar.db.dialect.MsSql;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
 public class IntegerColumnDef extends AbstractColumnDef {
 
   private IntegerColumnDef(Builder builder) {
-    super(builder.columnName, builder.isNullable, null);
+    super(builder.columnName, builder.isNullable, builder.defaultValue);
   }
 
   public static Builder newIntegerColumnDefBuilder() {
@@ -57,8 +58,9 @@ public String generateSqlType(Dialect dialect) {
   public static class Builder {
     @CheckForNull
     private String columnName;
-
     private boolean isNullable = true;
+    @CheckForNull
+    private Integer defaultValue = null;
 
     public Builder setColumnName(String columnName) {
       this.columnName = validateColumnName(columnName);
@@ -70,6 +72,11 @@ public Builder setIsNullable(boolean isNullable) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    public Builder setDefaultValue(@Nullable Integer i) {
+      this.defaultValue = i;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     public IntegerColumnDef build() {
       validateColumnName(columnName);
       return new IntegerColumnDef(this);
diff --git a/sonar-db/src/test/java/org/sonar/db/version/IntegerColumnDefTest.java b/sonar-db/src/test/java/org/sonar/db/version/IntegerColumnDefTest.java
index d36bb8c8b135..8679ff248434 100644
--- a/sonar-db/src/test/java/org/sonar/db/version/IntegerColumnDefTest.java
+++ b/sonar-db/src/test/java/org/sonar/db/version/IntegerColumnDefTest.java
@@ -76,7 +76,12 @@ public void builder_setColumnName_sets_name_field_of_IntegerColumnDef() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void getDefaultValue_always_returns_null() {
+  public void builder_setDefaultValue_sets_default_value_field_of_IntegerColumnDef() {
+    assertThat(newIntegerColumnDefBuilder().setColumnName("a").setDefaultValue(42).build().getDefaultValue()).isEqualTo(42);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void default_value_is_null_by_default() {
     assertThat(newIntegerColumnDefBuilder().setColumnName("a").build().getDefaultValue()).isNull();
   }