diff --git a/lexer/theme-lexer.l b/lexer/theme-lexer.l
index 9af32541..0df89107 100644
--- a/lexer/theme-lexer.l
+++ b/lexer/theme-lexer.l
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ PX         (px)
 EM         (em)
 PERCENT    (\%)
 
+ASTERIX    \*
+
 CENTER     "center"
 NORTH      "north"
 SOUTH      "south"
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ LS_SOLID   "solid"
 %x PROPERTIES
 %x NAMESTR
 %x ENTRY
+%x DEFAULTS
 %%
 
 %{
@@ -89,6 +92,18 @@ if ( queue == NULL ){
     YY_LLOC_START
 }
 
+<INITIAL>{ASTERIX} {
+    g_queue_push_head ( queue, GINT_TO_POINTER (YY_START) );
+    BEGIN(DEFAULTS);
+    return PDEFAULTS;
+}
+<DEFAULTS>{WHITESPACE} {}
+<DEFAULTS>"\{"   {
+    g_queue_push_head ( queue, GINT_TO_POINTER (YY_START) );
+    BEGIN(ENTRY);
+    return BOPEN;
+}
+
   /* Go into parsing an entry */
 <NAMESTR>"\{"                    {
     g_queue_push_head ( queue, GINT_TO_POINTER (YY_START) );
diff --git a/lexer/theme-parser.y b/lexer/theme-parser.y
index 01c66ee0..4bf811df 100644
--- a/lexer/theme-parser.y
+++ b/lexer/theme-parser.y
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ int yylex (YYSTYPE *, YYLTYPE *);
 %token NSEP   "Name separator";
 %token NAME_PREFIX  "Name prefix";
 %token WHITESPACE    "White space";
+%token PDEFAULTS  "Default settings";
 
 %type <sval> entry
 %type <sval> pvalue
 %type <theme> entries
 %type <theme> start
 %type <name_path> name_path
-%type <name_path> state_path
 %type <property> property
 %type <property_list> property_list
 %type <property_list> optional_properties
@@ -100,7 +100,12 @@ NAME_PREFIX name_path BOPEN optional_properties BCLOSE
         g_list_free ( $2 );
         widget->set = TRUE;
         rofi_theme_widget_add_properties ( widget, $4);
-};
+}
+|
+    PDEFAULTS BOPEN optional_properties BCLOSE {
+    rofi_theme_widget_add_properties ( rofi_theme, $3);
+}
+;
 
 /**
  * properties