diff --git a/k8s/default.nix b/k8s/default.nix
index f3846df..db0cab3 100644
--- a/k8s/default.nix
+++ b/k8s/default.nix
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ in {
         options.${cr.group}.${cr.version}.${cr.kind} = mkOption {
           description = cr.description;
           type = types.attrsOf (types.submodule ({name, ...}: {
+            imports = getDefaults cr.resource cr.group cr.version cr.kind;
             options = {
               apiVersion = mkOption {
                 description = "APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/api-conventions.md#resources";
@@ -149,11 +150,11 @@ in {
               };
             };
 
-            config = mkMerge ([{
+            config = {
               apiVersion = mkOptionDefault "${cr.group}/${cr.version}";
               kind = mkOptionDefault cr.kind;
               metadata.name = mkOptionDefault name;
-            }] ++ (getDefaults cr.resource cr.group cr.version cr.kind));
+            };
           }));
           default = {};
         };
diff --git a/k8s/generated/v1.10.nix b/k8s/generated/v1.10.nix
index 99b4844..45a283e 100644
--- a/k8s/generated/v1.10.nix
+++ b/k8s/generated/v1.10.nix
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ let
 
   submoduleForDefinition = ref: resource: kind: group: version:
     types.submodule ({name, ...}: {
+      imports = getDefaults resource group version kind;
       options = definitions."${ref}".options // extraOptions;
-      config = mkMerge ([
+      config = mkMerge [
         definitions."${ref}".config
         {
           kind = mkOptionDefault kind;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ let
           # metdata.name cannot use option default, due deep config
           metadata.name = mkOptionDefault name;
         }
-      ] ++ (getDefaults resource group version kind));
+      ];
     });
 
   coerceAttrsOfSubmodulesToListByKey = ref: mergeKey: (types.coercedTo
diff --git a/k8s/generated/v1.11.nix b/k8s/generated/v1.11.nix
index 469057b..6856fbc 100644
--- a/k8s/generated/v1.11.nix
+++ b/k8s/generated/v1.11.nix
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ let
 
   submoduleForDefinition = ref: resource: kind: group: version:
     types.submodule ({name, ...}: {
+      imports = getDefaults resource group version kind;
       options = definitions."${ref}".options // extraOptions;
-      config = mkMerge ([
+      config = mkMerge [
         definitions."${ref}".config
         {
           kind = mkOptionDefault kind;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ let
           # metdata.name cannot use option default, due deep config
           metadata.name = mkOptionDefault name;
         }
-      ] ++ (getDefaults resource group version kind));
+      ];
     });
 
   coerceAttrsOfSubmodulesToListByKey = ref: mergeKey: (types.coercedTo
diff --git a/k8s/generated/v1.12.nix b/k8s/generated/v1.12.nix
index aa890db..b5d1e7b 100644
--- a/k8s/generated/v1.12.nix
+++ b/k8s/generated/v1.12.nix
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ let
 
   submoduleForDefinition = ref: resource: kind: group: version:
     types.submodule ({name, ...}: {
+      imports = getDefaults resource group version kind;
       options = definitions."${ref}".options // extraOptions;
-      config = mkMerge ([
+      config = mkMerge [
         definitions."${ref}".config
         {
           kind = mkOptionDefault kind;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ let
           # metdata.name cannot use option default, due deep config
           metadata.name = mkOptionDefault name;
         }
-      ] ++ (getDefaults resource group version kind));
+      ];
     });
 
   coerceAttrsOfSubmodulesToListByKey = ref: mergeKey: (types.coercedTo
diff --git a/k8s/generated/v1.13.nix b/k8s/generated/v1.13.nix
index 60f945d..c4e2482 100644
--- a/k8s/generated/v1.13.nix
+++ b/k8s/generated/v1.13.nix
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ let
 
   submoduleForDefinition = ref: resource: kind: group: version:
     types.submodule ({name, ...}: {
+      imports = getDefaults resource group version kind;
       options = definitions."${ref}".options // extraOptions;
-      config = mkMerge ([
+      config = mkMerge [
         definitions."${ref}".config
         {
           kind = mkOptionDefault kind;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ let
           # metdata.name cannot use option default, due deep config
           metadata.name = mkOptionDefault name;
         }
-      ] ++ (getDefaults resource group version kind));
+      ];
     });
 
   coerceAttrsOfSubmodulesToListByKey = ref: mergeKey: (types.coercedTo
diff --git a/k8s/generated/v1.7.nix b/k8s/generated/v1.7.nix
index 6c3b9f1..77ab7be 100644
--- a/k8s/generated/v1.7.nix
+++ b/k8s/generated/v1.7.nix
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ let
 
   submoduleForDefinition = ref: resource: kind: group: version:
     types.submodule ({name, ...}: {
+      imports = getDefaults resource group version kind;
       options = definitions."${ref}".options // extraOptions;
-      config = mkMerge ([
+      config = mkMerge [
         definitions."${ref}".config
         {
           kind = mkOptionDefault kind;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ let
           # metdata.name cannot use option default, due deep config
           metadata.name = mkOptionDefault name;
         }
-      ] ++ (getDefaults resource group version kind));
+      ];
     });
 
   coerceAttrsOfSubmodulesToListByKey = ref: mergeKey: (types.coercedTo
diff --git a/k8s/generated/v1.8.nix b/k8s/generated/v1.8.nix
index 57f2672..2733897 100644
--- a/k8s/generated/v1.8.nix
+++ b/k8s/generated/v1.8.nix
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ let
 
   submoduleForDefinition = ref: resource: kind: group: version:
     types.submodule ({name, ...}: {
+      imports = getDefaults resource group version kind;
       options = definitions."${ref}".options // extraOptions;
-      config = mkMerge ([
+      config = mkMerge [
         definitions."${ref}".config
         {
           kind = mkOptionDefault kind;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ let
           # metdata.name cannot use option default, due deep config
           metadata.name = mkOptionDefault name;
         }
-      ] ++ (getDefaults resource group version kind));
+      ];
     });
 
   coerceAttrsOfSubmodulesToListByKey = ref: mergeKey: (types.coercedTo
diff --git a/k8s/generated/v1.9.nix b/k8s/generated/v1.9.nix
index 897c8ac..0942f50 100644
--- a/k8s/generated/v1.9.nix
+++ b/k8s/generated/v1.9.nix
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ let
 
   submoduleForDefinition = ref: resource: kind: group: version:
     types.submodule ({name, ...}: {
+      imports = getDefaults resource group version kind;
       options = definitions."${ref}".options // extraOptions;
-      config = mkMerge ([
+      config = mkMerge [
         definitions."${ref}".config
         {
           kind = mkOptionDefault kind;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ let
           # metdata.name cannot use option default, due deep config
           metadata.name = mkOptionDefault name;
         }
-      ] ++ (getDefaults resource group version kind));
+      ];
     });
 
   coerceAttrsOfSubmodulesToListByKey = ref: mergeKey: (types.coercedTo
diff --git a/k8s/generator.nix b/k8s/generator.nix
index 3836758..1d4eb13 100644
--- a/k8s/generator.nix
+++ b/k8s/generator.nix
@@ -325,8 +325,9 @@ let
 
   submoduleForDefinition = ref: resource: kind: group: version:
     types.submodule ({name, ...}: {
+      imports = getDefaults resource group version kind;
       options = definitions.\"\${ref}\".options // extraOptions;
-      config = mkMerge ([
+      config = mkMerge [
         definitions.\"\${ref}\".config
         {
           kind = mkOptionDefault kind;
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ let
           # metdata.name cannot use option default, due deep config
           metadata.name = mkOptionDefault name;
         }
-      ] ++ (getDefaults resource group version kind));
+      ];
     });
 
   coerceAttrsOfSubmodulesToListByKey = ref: mergeKey: (types.coercedTo
diff --git a/tests/default.nix b/tests/default.nix
index e3489c3..128aa66 100644
--- a/tests/default.nix
+++ b/tests/default.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ let
           ./k8s/crd.nix
           ./k8s/1.13/crd.nix
           ./k8s/submodule.nix
+          ./k8s/defaults.nix
           ./submodules/simple.nix
           ./submodules/defaults.nix
         ];
diff --git a/tests/k8s/defaults.nix b/tests/k8s/defaults.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07d9508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/k8s/defaults.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ config, lib, test, kubenix, k8s, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+with k8s;
+
+let
+  pod1 = config.kubernetes.api.pods.pod1;
+  pod2 = config.kubernetes.api.pods.pod2;
+in {
+  imports = [
+    kubenix.k8s
+  ];
+
+  test = {
+    name = "k8s-defaults";
+    description = "Simple k8s testing wheter name, apiVersion and kind are preset";
+    assertions = [{
+      message = "Should have label set with resource";
+      assertion = pod1.metadata.labels.resource-label == "value";
+    } {
+      message = "Should have default label set with group, version, kind";
+      assertion = pod1.metadata.labels.gvk-label == "value";
+    } {
+      message = "Should have conditional annotation set";
+      assertion = pod2.metadata.annotations.conditional-annotation == "value";
+    }];
+  };
+
+  kubernetes.api.pods.pod1 = {};
+
+  kubernetes.api.pods.pod2 = {
+    metadata.labels.custom-label = "value";
+  };
+
+  kubernetes.api.defaults = [{
+    resource = "pods";
+    default.metadata.labels.resource-label = "value";
+  } {
+    group = "core";
+    kind = "Pod";
+    version = "v1";
+    default.metadata.labels.gvk-label = "value";
+  } {
+    resource = "pods";
+    default = { config, ... }: {
+      config.metadata.annotations = mkIf (config.metadata.labels ? "custom-label") {
+        conditional-annotation = "value";
+      };
+    };
+  }];
+}