diff --git a/src/ReactiveUI.Fody.Tests/Issues/Issue47Tests.cs b/src/ReactiveUI.Fody.Tests/Issues/Issue47Tests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b575ba95d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ReactiveUI.Fody.Tests/Issues/Issue47Tests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019 .NET Foundation and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using ReactiveUI.Fody.Helpers;
+
+namespace ReactiveUI.Fody.Tests.Issues
+{
+    public static class Issue47Tests
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The "test" here is simply for these to compile
+        /// Tests ObservableAsPropertyWeaver.EmitDefaultValue.
+        /// </summary>
+        [SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1812: Avoid uninstantiated internal classes", Justification = "Purpose is just to be compiled.")]
+        private class TestModel : ReactiveObject
+        {
+            [ObservableAsProperty]
+            public int IntProperty { get; }
+
+            [ObservableAsProperty]
+            public double DoubleProperty { get; }
+
+            [ObservableAsProperty]
+            public float FloatProperty { get; }
+
+            [ObservableAsProperty]
+            public long LongProperty { get; }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ReactiveUI.Fody/ObservableAsPropertyWeaver.cs b/src/ReactiveUI.Fody/ObservableAsPropertyWeaver.cs
index cb17f2b310..926440c094 100644
--- a/src/ReactiveUI.Fody/ObservableAsPropertyWeaver.cs
+++ b/src/ReactiveUI.Fody/ObservableAsPropertyWeaver.cs
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public void EmitDefaultValue(MethodBody methodBody, ILProcessor il, TypeReferenc
                 }
                 else if (type.CompareTo(ModuleDefinition.TypeSystem.Int64))
                 {
-                    il.Emit(OpCodes.Ldc_I8);
+                    il.Emit(OpCodes.Ldc_I8, 0L);
                 }
                 else if (type.CompareTo(ModuleDefinition.TypeSystem.Double))
                 {