diff --git a/flask/app.py b/flask/app.py
index 9ac6319c..662d6ca0 100644
--- a/flask/app.py
+++ b/flask/app.py
@@ -1013,6 +1013,20 @@ class Flask(_PackageBoundObject):
         return self.url_map.bind_to_environ(request.environ,
             server_name=self.config['SERVER_NAME'])
 
+    def inject_url_defaults(self, endpoint, values):
+        """Injects the URL defaults for the given endpoint directly into
+        the values dictionary passed.  This is used internally and
+        automatically called on URL building.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 0.7
+        """
+        funcs = self.url_default_functions.get(None, ())
+        if '.' in endpoint:
+            bp = endpoint.split('.', 1)[0]
+            funcs = chain(funcs, self.url_default_functions.get(bp, ()))
+        for func in funcs:
+            func(endpoint, values)
+
     def preprocess_request(self):
         """Called before the actual request dispatching and will
         call every as :meth:`before_request` decorated function.
diff --git a/flask/helpers.py b/flask/helpers.py
index a2afa0f6..14521ce1 100644
--- a/flask/helpers.py
+++ b/flask/helpers.py
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ def url_for(endpoint, **values):
         elif endpoint.startswith('.'):
             endpoint = endpoint[1:]
     external = values.pop('_external', False)
+    ctx.app.inject_url_defaults(endpoint, values)
     return ctx.url_adapter.build(endpoint, values, force_external=external)