--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+use Test::More qw(no_plan);
+
+# copied straight out of Moose t/100/019
+
+{
+ my $package = qq{
+package Test::Mouse::Go::Boom;
+use Mouse;
+use lib qw(lib);
+
+has id => (
+ isa => 'Str',
+ is => 'ro',
+ default => '019600', # this caused the original failure
+);
+
+no Mouse;
+
+__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
+};
+
+ eval $package;
+ $@ ? ::fail($@) : ::pass('quoted 019600 default works');
+ my $obj = Test::Mouse::Go::Boom->new;
+ ::is( $obj->id, '019600', 'value is still the same' );
+}
+
+{
+ my $package = qq{
+package Test::Mouse::Go::Boom2;
+use Mouse;
+use lib qw(lib);
+
+has id => (
+ isa => 'Str',
+ is => 'ro',
+ default => 017600,
+);
+
+no Mouse;
+
+__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
+};
+
+ eval $package;
+ $@ ? ::fail($@) : ::pass('017600 octal default works');
+ my $obj = Test::Mouse::Go::Boom2->new;
+ ::is( $obj->id, 8064, 'value is still the same' );
+}
+
+{
+ my $package = qq{
+package Test::Mouse::Go::Boom3;
+use Mouse;
+use lib qw(lib);
+
+has id => (
+ isa => 'Str',
+ is => 'ro',
+ default => 0xFF,
+);
+
+no Mouse;
+
+__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
+};
+
+ eval $package;
+ $@ ? ::fail($@) : ::pass('017600 octal default works');
+ my $obj = Test::Mouse::Go::Boom3->new;
+ ::is( $obj->id, 255, 'value is still the same' );
+}
+
+{
+ my $package = qq{
+package Test::Mouse::Go::Boom4;
+use Mouse;
+use lib qw(lib);
+
+has id => (
+ isa => 'Str',
+ is => 'ro',
+ default => '0xFF',
+);
+
+no Mouse;
+
+__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
+};
+
+ eval $package;
+ $@ ? ::fail($@) : ::pass('017600 octal default works');
+ my $obj = Test::Mouse::Go::Boom4->new;
+ ::is( $obj->id, '0xFF', 'value is still the same' );
+}
+
+{
+ my $package = qq{
+package Test::Mouse::Go::Boom5;
+use Mouse;
+use lib qw(lib);
+
+has id => (
+ isa => 'Str',
+ is => 'ro',
+ default => '0 but true',
+);
+
+no Mouse;
+
+__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
+};
+
+ eval $package;
+ $@ ? ::fail($@) : ::pass('017600 octal default works');
+ my $obj = Test::Mouse::Go::Boom5->new;
+ ::is( $obj->id, '0 but true', 'value is still the same' );
+}