diff --git a/release-notes/CREDITS b/release-notes/CREDITS
index 67546e2..93ba7ac 100644
--- a/release-notes/CREDITS
+++ b/release-notes/CREDITS
@@ -890,6 +890,11 @@
   * Reported [JACKSON-806]: REQUIRE_SETTERS_FOR_GETTERS ignores explicitly annotated getters
    [1.9.6]
 
+Adam Vandenberg:
+  * Reported [JACKSON-823] MissingNode does not return default value for
+   'asXxx()' methods
+   [1.9.7]
+
 James Roper:
   * Reported [JACKSON-829] Custom serializers not working for List<String>
     properties, @JsonSerialize(contentUsing)
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 664bd29..fcf0dea 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
   * [Issue-14]: Annotations were not included from parent classes of
     mix-in classes
    (reported by @guillaup)
+  * [JACKSON-823] MissingNode does not return default value for 'asXxx()'
+   methods
+   (reported by Adam V)
   * [JACKSON-829] Custom serializers not working for List<String> properties,
     @JsonSerialize(contentUsing)
    (reported by James R)
diff --git a/src/mapper/java/org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.java b/src/mapper/java/org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.java
index 20f52ec..05f066d 100644
--- a/src/mapper/java/org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.java
+++ b/src/mapper/java/org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.java
@@ -35,18 +35,23 @@
     // as per [JACKSON-775]
     @Override
     public String asText() { return ""; }
-    
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean asBoolean(boolean defaultValue) {
+        return defaultValue;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int asInt(int defaultValue) {
-        return 0;
+        return defaultValue;
     }
     @Override
     public long asLong(long defaultValue) {
-        return 0L;
+        return defaultValue;
     }
     @Override
     public double asDouble(double defaultValue) {
-        return 0.0;
+        return defaultValue;
     }
     
     @Override
diff --git a/src/test/org/codehaus/jackson/node/TestJsonNode.java b/src/test/org/codehaus/jackson/node/TestJsonNode.java
index 13db14d..b91c403 100644
--- a/src/test/org/codehaus/jackson/node/TestJsonNode.java
+++ b/src/test/org/codehaus/jackson/node/TestJsonNode.java
@@ -251,6 +251,12 @@
         assertEquals("", n.toString());
 
         // missing acts same as null, so:
-        assertNodeNumbers(n, 0, 0.0);
+        assertNodeNumbersForNonNumeric(n);
+
+        // [JACKSON-823]
+        assertEquals(4, n.asInt(4));
+        assertEquals(5L, n.asLong(5));
+        assertEquals(0.25, n.asDouble(0.25));
+        assertTrue(n.asBoolean(true));
     }
 }