diff --git a/der/derive/src/sequence/field.rs b/der/derive/src/sequence/field.rs
index 3fb183208..d91599c0a 100644
--- a/der/derive/src/sequence/field.rs
+++ b/der/derive/src/sequence/field.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ impl SequenceField {
                 !attrs.optional,
                 "`default`, and `optional` are mutually exclusive"
             );
-            lowerer.apply_default(&self.ident, default);
+            lowerer.apply_default(&self.ident, default, &self.field_type);
         }
 
         lowerer.into_tokens()
@@ -189,14 +189,17 @@ impl LowerFieldEncoder {
     }
 
     /// Handle default value for a type.
-    fn apply_default(&mut self, ident: &Ident, default: &Path) {
+    fn apply_default(&mut self, ident: &Ident, default: &Path, field_type: &Type) {
         let encoder = &self.encoder;
 
         self.encoder = quote! {
-            if &self.#ident == &#default() {
-                None
-            } else {
-                Some(#encoder)
+            {
+                let default_value: #field_type = #default();
+                if &self.#ident == &default_value {
+                    None
+                } else {
+                    Some(#encoder)
+                }
             }
         };
     }
diff --git a/der/tests/derive.rs b/der/tests/derive.rs
index b0ae37910..fa2e1c7e9 100644
--- a/der/tests/derive.rs
+++ b/der/tests/derive.rs
@@ -461,3 +461,59 @@ mod sequence {
         );
     }
 }
+
+mod infer_default {
+    //! When another crate might define a PartialEq for another type, the use of
+    //! `default="Default::default"` in the der derivation will not provide enough
+    //! information for `der_derive` crate to figure out.
+    //!
+    //! This provides a reproduction for that case. This is intended to fail when we
+    //! compile tests.
+    //! ```
+    //! error[E0282]: type annotations needed
+    //!   --> der/tests/derive.rs:480:26
+    //!    |
+    //!480 |         #[asn1(default = "Default::default")]
+    //!    |                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ cannot infer type
+    //!
+    //!error[E0283]: type annotations needed
+    //!   --> der/tests/derive.rs:478:14
+    //!    |
+    //!478 |     #[derive(Sequence)]
+    //!    |              ^^^^^^^^ cannot infer type
+    //!    |
+    //!note: multiple `impl`s satisfying `bool: PartialEq<_>` found
+    //!   --> der/tests/derive.rs:472:5
+    //!    |
+    //!472 |     impl PartialEq<BooleanIsh> for bool {
+    //!    |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+    //!    = note: and another `impl` found in the `core` crate:
+    //!            - impl<host> PartialEq for bool
+    //!              where the constant `host` has type `bool`;
+    //!    = note: required for `&bool` to implement `PartialEq<&_>`
+    //!    = note: this error originates in the derive macro `Sequence` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
+    //! ```
+
+    use der::Sequence;
+
+    struct BooleanIsh;
+
+    impl PartialEq<BooleanIsh> for bool {
+        fn eq(&self, _other: &BooleanIsh) -> bool {
+            unimplemented!("This is only here to mess up the compiler's type inference")
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Sequence)]
+    struct Foo {
+        #[asn1(default = "Default::default")]
+        pub use_default_default: bool,
+
+        #[asn1(default = "something_true")]
+        pub use_custom: bool,
+    }
+
+    fn something_true() -> bool {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/x509-cert/src/ext.rs b/x509-cert/src/ext.rs
index 806fcacab..acdcc3417 100644
--- a/x509-cert/src/ext.rs
+++ b/x509-cert/src/ext.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub mod pkix;
 pub struct Extension {
     pub extn_id: ObjectIdentifier,
 
-    #[asn1(default = "bool::default")]
+    #[asn1(default = "Default::default")]
     pub critical: bool,
 
     pub extn_value: OctetString,
diff --git a/x509-cert/src/ext/pkix/constraints/basic.rs b/x509-cert/src/ext/pkix/constraints/basic.rs
index 54b942a5f..c50d8e837 100644
--- a/x509-cert/src/ext/pkix/constraints/basic.rs
+++ b/x509-cert/src/ext/pkix/constraints/basic.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use der::Sequence;
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Sequence)]
 #[allow(missing_docs)]
 pub struct BasicConstraints {
-    #[asn1(default = "bool::default")]
+    #[asn1(default = "Default::default")]
     pub ca: bool,
     pub path_len_constraint: Option<u8>,
 }
diff --git a/x509-cert/src/ext/pkix/constraints/name.rs b/x509-cert/src/ext/pkix/constraints/name.rs
index c8595a0b8..c05d00564 100644
--- a/x509-cert/src/ext/pkix/constraints/name.rs
+++ b/x509-cert/src/ext/pkix/constraints/name.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub struct GeneralSubtree {
     #[asn1(
         context_specific = "0",
         tag_mode = "IMPLICIT",
-        default = "u32::default"
+        default = "Default::default"
     )]
     pub minimum: u32,
 
diff --git a/x509-cert/src/ext/pkix/crl/dp.rs b/x509-cert/src/ext/pkix/crl/dp.rs
index ed7879d45..7acd2c95d 100644
--- a/x509-cert/src/ext/pkix/crl/dp.rs
+++ b/x509-cert/src/ext/pkix/crl/dp.rs
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ pub struct IssuingDistributionPoint {
     #[asn1(
         context_specific = "1",
         tag_mode = "IMPLICIT",
-        default = "bool::default"
+        default = "Default::default"
     )]
     pub only_contains_user_certs: bool,
 
     #[asn1(
         context_specific = "2",
         tag_mode = "IMPLICIT",
-        default = "bool::default"
+        default = "Default::default"
     )]
     pub only_contains_ca_certs: bool,
 
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ pub struct IssuingDistributionPoint {
     #[asn1(
         context_specific = "4",
         tag_mode = "IMPLICIT",
-        default = "bool::default"
+        default = "Default::default"
     )]
     pub indirect_crl: bool,
 
     #[asn1(
         context_specific = "5",
         tag_mode = "IMPLICIT",
-        default = "bool::default"
+        default = "Default::default"
     )]
     pub only_contains_attribute_certs: bool,
 }