diff --git a/reflect.go b/reflect.go
index 73ce7e4..4d2cc2e 100644
--- a/reflect.go
+++ b/reflect.go
@@ -622,6 +622,8 @@ func (t *Schema) structKeywordsFromTags(f reflect.StructField, parent *Schema, p
 		t.arrayKeywords(tags)
 	case "boolean":
 		t.booleanKeywords(tags)
+	default:
+		t.nonDefaultTypeKeywords(tags)
 	}
 	extras := strings.Split(f.Tag.Get("jsonschema_extras"), ",")
 	t.extraKeywords(extras)
@@ -883,6 +885,21 @@ func (t *Schema) arrayKeywords(tags []string) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (t *Schema) nonDefaultTypeKeywords(tags []string) {
+	for _, tag := range tags {
+		nameValue := strings.SplitN(tag, "=", 2)
+		if len(nameValue) == 2 {
+			name, val := nameValue[0], nameValue[1]
+			switch name {
+			case "default":
+				t.Default = val
+			case "example":
+				t.Examples = append(t.Examples, val)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (t *Schema) extraKeywords(tags []string) {
 	for _, tag := range tags {
 		nameValue := strings.SplitN(tag, "=", 2)