diff --git a/src/Command/BuildCommand.php b/src/Command/BuildCommand.php
index 76a9a97..5340a40 100644
--- a/src/Command/BuildCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/BuildCommand.php
@@ -477,6 +477,24 @@ public function buildSingleObject($data, $type, $isConflictResolution = false) {
                 $catName = $data['category'];
                 $data['category'] = $this->getCategoryId($catName);
             }
+
+            // Make sure default value is applied to empty tinyint fields
+            foreach ($object->_fieldMeta as $key => $value) {
+                if ($value['dbtype'] == 'tinyint') {
+                    $excludes = (isset($type['exclude_keys']) && is_array($type['exclude_keys'])) ? $type['exclude_keys'] : array();
+
+                    // Skip fields that are explicitly defined OR excluded in YAML config
+                    if (isset($data[$key]) || in_array($key, $excludes)) continue;
+
+                    // Reset fields with a value other than the default
+                    if (isset($value['default']) && $object->get($key) != $value['default']) {
+                        if ($this->output->isVerbose()) {
+                            $this->output->writeln("- Resetting <comment>$key</comment> field to default value for <comment>" . $object->get('name') . "</comment> object.");
+                        }
+                        $data[$key] = $value['default'];
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         $object->fromArray($data, '', true, true);