diff --git a/grails-hibernate/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/ColumnConfig.groovy b/grails-hibernate/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/ColumnConfig.groovy
index f2b52d24e03..7923ca4b4a3 100644
--- a/grails-hibernate/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/ColumnConfig.groovy
+++ b/grails-hibernate/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/ColumnConfig.groovy
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class ColumnConfig {
     int length = -1
     int precision = -1
     int scale = -1
+    String defaultValue
+    String comment
 
     String toString() {
         "column[name:$name, index:$index, unique:$unique, length:$length, precision:$precision, scale:$scale]"
diff --git a/grails-hibernate/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/GrailsDomainBinder.java b/grails-hibernate/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/GrailsDomainBinder.java
index 22e4d145ae3..b477fa06eef 100644
--- a/grails-hibernate/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/GrailsDomainBinder.java
+++ b/grails-hibernate/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/GrailsDomainBinder.java
@@ -1813,6 +1813,10 @@ protected static void createClassProperties(GrailsDomainClass domainClass, Persi
 
         Mapping gormMapping = getMapping(domainClass.getClazz());
 
+        if (gormMapping != null) {
+            table.setComment(gormMapping.getComment());
+        }
+
         for (GrailsDomainClassProperty currentGrailsProp : persistentProperties) {
 
             // if its inherited skip
@@ -2683,6 +2687,11 @@ private static void bindSimpleValue(String type, SimpleValue simpleValue, boolea
     private static void bindColumn(GrailsDomainClassProperty property, GrailsDomainClassProperty parentProperty,
             Column column, ColumnConfig cc, String path, Table table, String sessionFactoryBeanName) {
 
+        if (cc != null) {
+            column.setComment(cc.getComment());
+            column.setDefaultValue(cc.getDefaultValue());
+        }
+
         Class<?> userType = getUserType(property);
         String columnName = getColumnNameForPropertyAndPath(property, path, cc, sessionFactoryBeanName);
         if ((property.isAssociation() || property.isBasicCollectionType()) && userType == null) {
diff --git a/grails-hibernate/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/HibernateMappingBuilder.groovy b/grails-hibernate/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/HibernateMappingBuilder.groovy
index 45e7494a687..c3362bd0d6c 100644
--- a/grails-hibernate/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/HibernateMappingBuilder.groovy
+++ b/grails-hibernate/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/HibernateMappingBuilder.groovy
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ class HibernateMappingBuilder {
                 if (namedArgs["enumType"]) cc.enumType = namedArgs["enumType"]
                 if (namedArgs["index"]) cc.index = namedArgs["index"]
                 if (namedArgs["unique"]) cc.unique = namedArgs["unique"]
+                if (namedArgs.defaultValue) cc.defaultValue = namedArgs.defaultValue
+                if (namedArgs.comment) cc.comment = namedArgs.comment
                 cc.length = namedArgs["length"] ?: -1
                 cc.precision = namedArgs["precision"] ?: -1
                 cc.scale = namedArgs["scale"] ?: -1
@@ -537,6 +539,10 @@ class HibernateMappingBuilder {
         mapping.datasources = names
     }
 
+    void comment(String comment) {
+        mapping.comment = comment
+    }
+
     void methodMissing(String name, args) {
         if ('user-type' == name && args && (args[0] instanceof Map)) {
             hibernateCustomUserType(args[0])
diff --git a/grails-hibernate/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/Mapping.groovy b/grails-hibernate/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/Mapping.groovy
index 69be81c37f7..87a4f9872da 100644
--- a/grails-hibernate/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/Mapping.groovy
+++ b/grails-hibernate/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/Mapping.groovy
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class Mapping {
     ColumnConfig discriminatorColumn
 
     /**
-     * Obtains a ColumnConfig object for the given name
+     * Obtains a PropertyConfig object for the given name
      */
     PropertyConfig getPropertyConfig(String name) { columns[name] }
 
@@ -143,4 +143,9 @@ class Mapping {
      * @return the datasource names
      */
     List<String> datasources = [GrailsDomainClassProperty.DEFAULT_DATA_SOURCE]
+
+    /**
+     * DDL comment.
+     */
+    String comment
 }
diff --git a/grails-test-suite-persistence/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/HibernateMappingBuilderTests.groovy b/grails-test-suite-persistence/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/HibernateMappingBuilderTests.groovy
index e877256cd69..3862635b036 100644
--- a/grails-test-suite-persistence/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/HibernateMappingBuilderTests.groovy
+++ b/grails-test-suite-persistence/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/hibernate/HibernateMappingBuilderTests.groovy
@@ -737,4 +737,36 @@ class HibernateMappingBuilderTests extends GroovyTestCase {
          assertTrue mapping.getPropertyConfig('firstName').updateable
          assertFalse mapping.getPropertyConfig('lastName').updateable
     }
+
+    void testDefaultValue() {
+          def builder = new HibernateMappingBuilder("Foo")
+          def mapping = builder.evaluate {
+              comment 'wahoo'
+              name comment: 'bar'
+              foo defaultValue: '5'
+          }
+         assertEquals '5', mapping.getPropertyConfig('foo').columns[0].defaultValue
+         assertNull mapping.getPropertyConfig('name').columns[0].defaultValue
+    }
+
+    void testColumnComment() {
+          def builder = new HibernateMappingBuilder("Foo")
+          def mapping = builder.evaluate {
+              comment 'wahoo'
+              name comment: 'bar'
+              foo defaultValue: '5'
+          }
+         assertEquals 'bar', mapping.getPropertyConfig('name').columns[0].comment
+         assertNull mapping.getPropertyConfig('foo').columns[0].comment
+    }
+
+    void testTableComment() {
+          def builder = new HibernateMappingBuilder("Foo")
+          def mapping = builder.evaluate {
+              comment 'wahoo'
+              name comment: 'bar'
+              foo defaultValue: '5'
+          }
+         assertEquals 'wahoo', mapping.comment
+    }
 }