diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/Producible.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/Producible.java
index fc2c48742216..2bfe151766b0 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/Producible.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/Producible.java
@@ -47,4 +47,16 @@ public interface Producible<E extends Enum<E> & Producible<E>> {
 	 */
 	MimeType getProducedMimeType();
 
+	/**
+	 * Return if this enum value should be used as the default value when an accept header
+	 * of &#42;&#47;&#42; is provided, or if the accept header is missing. Only one value
+	 * can be marked as default. If no value is marked, then the value with the highest
+	 * {@link Enum#ordinal() ordinal} is used as the default.
+	 * @return if this value
+	 * @since 2.5.6
+	 */
+	default boolean isDefault() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/ProducibleOperationArgumentResolver.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/ProducibleOperationArgumentResolver.java
index e407286c7f6f..6e9b639a2f88 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/ProducibleOperationArgumentResolver.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/ProducibleOperationArgumentResolver.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.MimeType;
 import org.springframework.util.MimeTypeUtils;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
  * An {@link OperationArgumentResolver} for {@link Producible producible enums}.
  *
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ * @author Phillip Webb
  * @since 2.5.0
  */
 public class ProducibleOperationArgumentResolver implements OperationArgumentResolver {
@@ -56,30 +58,35 @@ public <T> T resolve(Class<T> type) {
 
 	private Enum<? extends Producible<?>> resolveProducible(Class<Enum<? extends Producible<?>>> type) {
 		List<String> accepts = this.accepts.get();
-		List<Enum<? extends Producible<?>>> values = Arrays.asList(type.getEnumConstants());
-		Collections.reverse(values);
+		List<Enum<? extends Producible<?>>> values = getValues(type);
 		if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(accepts)) {
-			return values.get(0);
+			return getDefaultValue(values);
 		}
 		Enum<? extends Producible<?>> result = null;
 		for (String accept : accepts) {
 			for (String mimeType : MimeTypeUtils.tokenize(accept)) {
-				result = mostRecent(result, forType(values, MimeTypeUtils.parseMimeType(mimeType)));
+				result = mostRecent(result, forMimeType(values, mimeType));
 			}
 		}
 		return result;
 	}
 
-	private static Enum<? extends Producible<?>> mostRecent(Enum<? extends Producible<?>> existing,
+	private Enum<? extends Producible<?>> mostRecent(Enum<? extends Producible<?>> existing,
 			Enum<? extends Producible<?>> candidate) {
 		int existingOrdinal = (existing != null) ? existing.ordinal() : -1;
 		int candidateOrdinal = (candidate != null) ? candidate.ordinal() : -1;
 		return (candidateOrdinal > existingOrdinal) ? candidate : existing;
 	}
 
-	private static Enum<? extends Producible<?>> forType(List<Enum<? extends Producible<?>>> candidates,
-			MimeType mimeType) {
-		for (Enum<? extends Producible<?>> candidate : candidates) {
+	private Enum<? extends Producible<?>> forMimeType(List<Enum<? extends Producible<?>>> values, String mimeType) {
+		if ("*/*".equals(mimeType)) {
+			return getDefaultValue(values);
+		}
+		return forMimeType(values, MimeTypeUtils.parseMimeType(mimeType));
+	}
+
+	private Enum<? extends Producible<?>> forMimeType(List<Enum<? extends Producible<?>>> values, MimeType mimeType) {
+		for (Enum<? extends Producible<?>> candidate : values) {
 			if (mimeType.isCompatibleWith(((Producible<?>) candidate).getProducedMimeType())) {
 				return candidate;
 			}
@@ -87,4 +94,20 @@ private static Enum<? extends Producible<?>> forType(List<Enum<? extends Produci
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	private List<Enum<? extends Producible<?>>> getValues(Class<Enum<? extends Producible<?>>> type) {
+		List<Enum<? extends Producible<?>>> values = Arrays.asList(type.getEnumConstants());
+		Collections.reverse(values);
+		Assert.state(values.stream().filter(this::isDefault).count() <= 1,
+				"Multiple default values declared in " + type.getName());
+		return values;
+	}
+
+	private Enum<? extends Producible<?>> getDefaultValue(List<Enum<? extends Producible<?>>> values) {
+		return values.stream().filter(this::isDefault).findFirst().orElseGet(() -> values.get(0));
+	}
+
+	private boolean isDefault(Enum<? extends Producible<?>> value) {
+		return ((Producible<?>) value).isDefault();
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/ProducibleOperationArgumentResolverTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/ProducibleOperationArgumentResolverTests.java
index a27350dd552d..a63dd31640a0 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/ProducibleOperationArgumentResolverTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/ProducibleOperationArgumentResolverTests.java
@@ -22,12 +22,16 @@
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.util.MimeType;
+
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalStateException;
 
 /**
  * Test for {@link ProducibleOperationArgumentResolver}.
  *
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ * @author Phillip Webb
  */
 class ProducibleOperationArgumentResolverTests {
 
@@ -40,11 +44,21 @@ void whenAcceptHeaderIsEmptyThenHighestOrdinalIsReturned() {
 		assertThat(resolve(acceptHeader())).isEqualTo(ApiVersion.V3);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void whenAcceptHeaderIsEmptyAndWithDefaultThenDefaultIsReturned() {
+		assertThat(resolve(acceptHeader(), WithDefault.class)).isEqualTo(WithDefault.TWO);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void whenEverythingIsAcceptableThenHighestOrdinalIsReturned() {
 		assertThat(resolve(acceptHeader("*/*"))).isEqualTo(ApiVersion.V3);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void whenEverythingIsAcceptableWithDefaultThenDefaultIsReturned() {
+		assertThat(resolve(acceptHeader("*/*"), WithDefault.class)).isEqualTo(WithDefault.TWO);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void whenNothingIsAcceptableThenNullIsReturned() {
 		assertThat(resolve(acceptHeader("image/png"))).isEqualTo(null);
@@ -68,13 +82,72 @@ void whenMultipleValuesAreAcceptableAsSingleHeaderThenHighestOrdinalIsReturned()
 		assertThat(resolve(acceptHeader(V2_JSON + "," + V3_JSON))).isEqualTo(ApiVersion.V3);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void withMultipleValuesOneOfWhichIsAllReturnsDefault() {
+		assertThat(resolve(acceptHeader("one/one", "*/*"), WithDefault.class)).isEqualTo(WithDefault.TWO);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void whenMultipleDefaultsThrowsException() {
+		assertThatIllegalStateException().isThrownBy(() -> resolve(acceptHeader("one/one"), WithMultipleDefaults.class))
+				.withMessageContaining("Multiple default values");
+	}
+
 	private Supplier<List<String>> acceptHeader(String... types) {
 		List<String> value = Arrays.asList(types);
 		return () -> (value.isEmpty() ? null : value);
 	}
 
 	private ApiVersion resolve(Supplier<List<String>> accepts) {
-		return new ProducibleOperationArgumentResolver(accepts).resolve(ApiVersion.class);
+		return resolve(accepts, ApiVersion.class);
+	}
+
+	private <T> T resolve(Supplier<List<String>> accepts, Class<T> type) {
+		return new ProducibleOperationArgumentResolver(accepts).resolve(type);
+	}
+
+	enum WithDefault implements Producible<WithDefault> {
+
+		ONE("one/one"),
+
+		TWO("two/two") {
+
+			@Override
+			public boolean isDefault() {
+				return true;
+			}
+
+		},
+
+		THREE("three/three");
+
+		private final MimeType mimeType;
+
+		WithDefault(String mimeType) {
+			this.mimeType = MimeType.valueOf(mimeType);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public MimeType getProducedMimeType() {
+			return this.mimeType;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	enum WithMultipleDefaults implements Producible<WithMultipleDefaults> {
+
+		ONE, TWO, THREE;
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean isDefault() {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public MimeType getProducedMimeType() {
+			return MimeType.valueOf("image/jpeg");
+		}
+
 	}
 
 }