diff --git a/compiler/semobjconstr.nim b/compiler/semobjconstr.nim
index d9317c3320..1ea9cb37f4 100644
--- a/compiler/semobjconstr.nim
+++ b/compiler/semobjconstr.nim
@@ -486,6 +486,11 @@ proc semObjConstr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags; expectedType: PType
       # we have to watch out, there are also 'owned proc' types that can be used
       # multiple times as long as they don't have closures.
       result.typ.incl tfHasOwned
+  if t.kind == tyForward and n.len == 1 and efDetermineType in flags:
+    # a forward object type does not error during determine-type analysis;
+    # it now stays unresolved long enough for the existing delayed field-default pass to resolve it after the type section finishes.
+    result.typ = t
+    return result
   if t.kind != tyObject:
     return localErrorNode(c, result, if t.kind != tyGenericBody:
       "object constructor needs an object type".dup(addTypeNodeDeclaredLoc(c.config, t))
diff --git a/tests/objects/mobject_default_value.nim b/tests/objects/mobject_default_value.nim
index 2245495015..e8b8de3844 100644
--- a/tests/objects/mobject_default_value.nim
+++ b/tests/objects/mobject_default_value.nim
@@ -13,3 +13,25 @@ type
     pendingTasks*: range[0'i32 .. high(int32)]
     head: T
     tail: T
+
+block:
+  type
+    Foo = object
+      x = Bar()
+
+    Bar = object
+      x: int
+
+  var f = Foo()
+  doassert f.x.x == 0
+
+block:
+  type
+    Bar = object
+      x: int
+
+    Foo = object
+      x = Bar()
+
+  var f = Foo()
+  doassert f.x.x == 0