diff --git a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
index 150406a..b74f4df 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ module Liquid
     #
     def default(input, default_value = '', options = {})
       options = {} unless options.is_a?(Hash)
-      false_check = options['allow_false'] ? input.nil? : !input
+      false_check = options['allow_false'] ? input.nil? : !Liquid::Utils.to_liquid_value(input)
       false_check || (input.respond_to?(:empty?) && input.empty?) ? default_value : input
     end
 
diff --git a/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb b/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
index a2456fd..41222f0 100644
--- a/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
@@ -694,6 +694,8 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal("bar", @filters.default([], "bar"))
     assert_equal("bar", @filters.default({}, "bar"))
     assert_template_result('bar', "{{ false | default: 'bar' }}")
+    assert_template_result('bar', "{{ drop | default: 'bar' }}", 'drop' => BooleanDrop.new(false))
+    assert_template_result('Yay', "{{ drop | default: 'bar' }}", 'drop' => BooleanDrop.new(true))
   end
 
   def test_default_handle_false
@@ -704,6 +706,8 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal("bar", @filters.default([], "bar", "allow_false" => true))
     assert_equal("bar", @filters.default({}, "bar", "allow_false" => true))
     assert_template_result('false', "{{ false | default: 'bar', allow_false: true }}")
+    assert_template_result('Nay', "{{ drop | default: 'bar', allow_false: true }}", 'drop' => BooleanDrop.new(false))
+    assert_template_result('Yay', "{{ drop | default: 'bar', allow_false: true }}", 'drop' => BooleanDrop.new(true))
   end
 
   def test_cannot_access_private_methods