diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
index 30c889f505f..175b3d3ee69 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
@@ -4956,20 +4956,17 @@ transformJsonBehavior(ParseState *pstate, JsonExpr *jsexpr,
 			coerce_at_runtime = true;
 
 			/*
-			 * json_populate_type() expects to be passed a jsonb value, so gin
-			 * up a Const containing the appropriate boolean value represented
-			 * as jsonb, discarding the original Const containing a plain
-			 * boolean.
+			 * json_populate_type() only takes a jsonb value, so convert a
+			 * boolean to jsonb by calling to_jsonb() on it.  That way any
+			 * boolean-valued expression -- whether a canned TRUE/FALSE
+			 * constant or a user-supplied DEFAULT expression -- is converted
+			 * according to the value it actually evaluates to.
 			 */
 			if (exprType(expr) == BOOLOID)
-			{
-				char	   *val = btype == JSON_BEHAVIOR_TRUE ? "true" : "false";
-
-				expr = (Node *) makeConst(JSONBOID, -1, InvalidOid, -1,
-										  DirectFunctionCall1(jsonb_in,
-															  CStringGetDatum(val)),
-										  false, false);
-			}
+				expr = (Node *) makeFuncExpr(F_TO_JSONB, JSONBOID,
+											 list_make1(expr),
+											 InvalidOid, InvalidOid,
+											 COERCE_EXPLICIT_CALL);
 		}
 		else
 		{
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/sqljson_queryfuncs.out b/src/test/regress/expected/sqljson_queryfuncs.out
index ff64dce0c59..50d9d230420 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/sqljson_queryfuncs.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/sqljson_queryfuncs.out
@@ -554,6 +554,25 @@ select json_value('{"a": 1.234}', '$.a' returning int error on error);
 ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type integer: "1.234"
 select json_value('{"a": "1.234"}', '$.a' returning int error on error);
 ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type integer: "1.234"
+-- Test JSON_VALUE DEFAULT ON ERROR boolean expressions
+SELECT JSON_VALUE('{"a":"abc"}', 'strict $.b' DEFAULT false ON ERROR);
+ json_value 
+------------
+ false
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT JSON_VALUE('{"a":"abc"}', 'strict $.b' DEFAULT true ON ERROR);
+ json_value 
+------------
+ true
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT JSON_VALUE('{"a":"abc"}', 'strict $.b' DEFAULT (1=1) ON ERROR);
+ json_value 
+------------
+ true
+(1 row)
+
 -- JSON_QUERY
 SELECT JSON_VALUE(NULL::jsonb, '$');
  json_value 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/sqljson_queryfuncs.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/sqljson_queryfuncs.sql
index a69ef253f66..d9b6f2bcca2 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/sqljson_queryfuncs.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/sqljson_queryfuncs.sql
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ SELECT JSON_VALUE(jsonb 'null', '$ts' PASSING timestamptz '2018-02-21 12:34:56 +
 select json_value('{"a": 1.234}', '$.a' returning int error on error);
 select json_value('{"a": "1.234"}', '$.a' returning int error on error);
 
+-- Test JSON_VALUE DEFAULT ON ERROR boolean expressions
+SELECT JSON_VALUE('{"a":"abc"}', 'strict $.b' DEFAULT false ON ERROR);
+SELECT JSON_VALUE('{"a":"abc"}', 'strict $.b' DEFAULT true ON ERROR);
+SELECT JSON_VALUE('{"a":"abc"}', 'strict $.b' DEFAULT (1=1) ON ERROR);
+
 -- JSON_QUERY
 
 SELECT JSON_VALUE(NULL::jsonb, '$');