diff --git a/internal/sql/parser/create.go b/internal/sql/parser/create.go
index f946973df..c17da88f0 100644
--- a/internal/sql/parser/create.go
+++ b/internal/sql/parser/create.go
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ func (p *Parser) parseFieldConstraint(fc *database.FieldConstraint) error {
 				return newParseError(scanner.Tokstr(tok, lit), []string{"CONSTRAINT", ")"}, pos)
 			}
 
+			withParentheses, err := p.parseOptional(scanner.LPAREN)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
 			// Parse default value expression.
 			// Only a few tokens are allowed.
 			e, err := p.parseExprWithMinPrecedence(scanner.EQ.Precedence(),
@@ -217,6 +222,13 @@ func (p *Parser) parseFieldConstraint(fc *database.FieldConstraint) error {
 			}
 
 			fc.DefaultValue = expr.Constraint(e)
+
+			if withParentheses {
+				_, err = p.parseOptional(scanner.RPAREN)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
 		case scanner.UNIQUE:
 			// if it's already unique we return an error
 			if fc.IsUnique {
diff --git a/internal/sql/parser/create_test.go b/internal/sql/parser/create_test.go
index 49bc4782c..488a41d12 100644
--- a/internal/sql/parser/create_test.go
+++ b/internal/sql/parser/create_test.go
@@ -61,7 +61,17 @@ func TestParserCreateTable(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}, false},
+		{"With default", "CREATE TABLE test(foo DEFAULT (\"10\"))",
+			&statement.CreateTableStmt{
+				Info: database.TableInfo{
+					TableName: "test",
+					FieldConstraints: []*database.FieldConstraint{
+						{Path: document.Path(testutil.ParsePath(t, "foo")), DefaultValue: expr.Constraint(expr.LiteralValue{Value: types.NewTextValue("10")})},
+					},
+				},
+			}, false},
 		{"With default twice", "CREATE TABLE test(foo DEFAULT 10 DEFAULT 10)", nil, true},
+		{"With default and no parentheses", "CREATE TABLE test(foo DEFAULT (10)", nil, true},
 		{"With forbidden tokens", "CREATE TABLE test(foo DEFAULT a)", nil, true},
 		{"With forbidden tokens", "CREATE TABLE test(foo DEFAULT 1 AND 2)", nil, true},
 		{"With unique", "CREATE TABLE test(foo UNIQUE)",