diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index 53e11479b..bdda33f26 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -2189,12 +2189,15 @@
      * @param {*} objValue The destination value.
      * @param {*} srcValue The source value.
      * @param {string} key The key of the property to assign.
+     * @param {Object} object The parent object of `objValue`.
      * @returns {*} Returns the value to assign.
      */
-    function assignInDefaults(objValue, srcValue, key) {
-      return (objValue === undefined || objValue === objectProto[key])
-        ? srcValue
-        : objValue;
+    function assignInDefaults(objValue, srcValue, key, object) {
+      if (objValue === undefined ||
+          (objValue === objectProto[key] && !hasOwnProperty.call(object, key))) {
+        return srcValue;
+      }
+      return objValue;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index f7921ff60..417c26499 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -3606,10 +3606,15 @@
     });
 
     QUnit.test('should assign properties that shadow those on `Object.prototype`', function(assert) {
-      assert.expect(1);
+      assert.expect(2);
+
+      var ctor = objectProto.constructor,
+          actual = _.defaults({}, { 'constructor': 1 });
 
-      var actual = _.defaults({}, { 'constructor': 1 });
       assert.strictEqual(actual.constructor, 1);
+
+      actual = _.defaults({ 'constructor': ctor }, { 'constructor': 1 });
+      assert.strictEqual(actual.constructor, ctor);
     });
   }());