diff --git a/src/Method.php b/src/Method.php
index 028e1b7..7bc6b7e 100644
--- a/src/Method.php
+++ b/src/Method.php
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class Method
                 } elseif (is_resource($default)) {
                     //skip to not fail
                 } else {
-                    $default = "'" . trim($default) . "'";
+                    $default = var_export($default, true);
                 }
                 $paramStr .= " = $default";
             }
diff --git a/tests/MethodTest.php b/tests/MethodTest.php
index f077ffb..883b887 100644
--- a/tests/MethodTest.php
+++ b/tests/MethodTest.php
@@ -47,6 +47,21 @@ class ExampleTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEquals(['$last', '$first = \'Barry\'', '...$middle'], $method->getParamsWithDefault(false));
         $this->assertEquals(true, $method->shouldReturn());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test special characters in methods default values
+     */
+    public function testDefaultSpecialChars()
+    {
+        $reflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass(ExampleClass::class);
+        $reflectionMethod = $reflectionClass->getMethod('setSpecialChars');
+
+        $method = new Method($reflectionMethod, 'Example', $reflectionClass);
+        $this->assertEquals('$chars', $method->getParams(true));
+        $this->assertEquals(['$chars'], $method->getParams(false));
+        $this->assertEquals('$chars = \'$\\\'\\\\\'', $method->getParamsWithDefault(true));
+        $this->assertEquals(['$chars = \'$\\\'\\\\\''], $method->getParamsWithDefault(false));
+    }
 }
 
 class ExampleClass
@@ -60,4 +75,9 @@ class ExampleClass
     {
         return;
     }
+
+    public function setSpecialChars($chars = "\$'\\")
+    {
+        return;
+    }
 }