diff --git a/geo-types/CHANGES.md b/geo-types/CHANGES.md
index 148e831ab..58f97e400 100644
--- a/geo-types/CHANGES.md
+++ b/geo-types/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-* Add Changes Here
+* Implement `Default` on `Coordinate` and `Point` structs (defaults to `(x: 0, y: 0)`)
+  * <https://github.com/georust/geo/pull/616>
 
 ## 0.7.0
 
diff --git a/geo-types/src/coordinate.rs b/geo-types/src/coordinate.rs
index 5c30dd751..5d80e35a3 100644
--- a/geo-types/src/coordinate.rs
+++ b/geo-types/src/coordinate.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ where
     pub y: T,
 }
 
+impl<T: Default + CoordNum> Default for Coordinate<T> {
+    fn default() -> Coordinate<T> {
+        Coordinate {
+            x: T::default(),
+            y: T::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T: CoordNum> From<(T, T)> for Coordinate<T> {
     fn from(coords: (T, T)) -> Self {
         Coordinate {
diff --git a/geo-types/src/point.rs b/geo-types/src/point.rs
index d15791c7f..4715fc7cd 100644
--- a/geo-types/src/point.rs
+++ b/geo-types/src/point.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use std::ops::{Add, Div, Mul, Neg, Sub};
 /// let c = Coordinate { x: 10., y: 20. };
 /// let p2: Point<f64> = c.into();
 /// ```
-#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, Debug, Hash)]
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, Debug, Hash, Default)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 pub struct Point<T>(pub Coordinate<T>)
 where