diff --git a/config/config_dep_test.go b/config/config_dep_test.go
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+++ b/config/config_dep_test.go
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+package config
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"github.com/zrepl/yaml-config"
+)
+
+type A struct {
+	B  *B     `yaml:"b,optional,fromdefaults"`
+	A1 string `yaml:"a1,optional"`
+}
+
+type B struct {
+	C *C     `yaml:"c,optional,fromdefaults"`
+	D string `yaml:"d,default=ddd"`
+	E string `yaml:"e,optional"`
+}
+
+type C struct {
+	Q string `yaml:"q,optional"`
+	R string `yaml:"r,default=r"`
+}
+
+func TestDepFromDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+
+	type testcase struct {
+		name   string
+		yaml   string
+		expect *A
+	}
+
+	tcs := []testcase{
+		{
+			name: "empty",
+			yaml: `{}`,
+			expect: &A{
+				B: &B{
+					C: &C{
+						R: "r",
+					},
+					D: "ddd",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "a1 set",
+			yaml: `{"a1":"blah"}`,
+			expect: &A{
+				A1: "blah",
+				B: &B{
+					C: &C{
+						R: "r",
+					},
+					D: "ddd",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "D set",
+			yaml: `
+b:
+  d: 4d
+`,
+			expect: &A{
+				B: &B{
+					D: "4d",
+					C: &C{
+						R: "r",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for tci := range tcs {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d-%s", tci, tcs[tci].name), func(t *testing.T) {
+			tc := tcs[tci]
+
+			var a A
+			err := yaml.UnmarshalStrict([]byte(tc.yaml), &a)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			require.Equal(t, tc.expect, &a)
+		})
+	}
+
+}