diff --git a/orator/orm/model.py b/orator/orm/model.py
index 46b53429..167952b8 100644
--- a/orator/orm/model.py
+++ b/orator/orm/model.py
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ class Model(object):
 
     _register = ModelRegister()
 
+    __attributes__ = {}
+
     many_methods = ['belongs_to_many', 'morph_to_many', 'morphed_by_many']
 
     CREATED_AT = 'created_at'
@@ -120,7 +122,9 @@ def __init__(self, _attributes=None, **attributes):
 
         self._exists = False
         self._original = {}
-        self._attributes = {}
+
+        # Setting default attributes' values
+        self._attributes = dict((k, v) for k, v in self.__attributes__.items())
         self._relations = {}
 
         self.sync_original()
diff --git a/tests/orm/test_model.py b/tests/orm/test_model.py
index 1c40dcb1..528e6268 100644
--- a/tests/orm/test_model.py
+++ b/tests/orm/test_model.py
@@ -956,6 +956,11 @@ def test_get_foreign_key(self):
 
         self.assertEqual('stub_id', model.get_foreign_key())
 
+    def test_default_values(self):
+        model = OrmModelDefaultAttributes()
+
+        self.assertEqual('bar', model.foo)
+
 
 class OrmModelStub(Model):
 
@@ -1089,3 +1094,10 @@ class OrmModelCreatedAt(Model):
 class OrmModelUpdatedAt(Model):
 
     __timestamps__ = ['updated_at']
+
+
+class OrmModelDefaultAttributes(Model):
+
+    __attributes__ = {
+        'foo': 'bar'
+    }