diff --git a/stac-api/CHANGELOG.md b/stac-api/CHANGELOG.md
index dabda23c..328fbb9e 100644
--- a/stac-api/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/stac-api/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - `schemars` feature ([#177](https://github.com/gadomski/stac-rs/pull/177))
 - `PartialEq` to `Filter` ([#179](https://github.com/gadomski/stac-rs/pull/179))
 - `TryFrom` to go between `Items` and `GetItems` ([#179](https://github.com/gadomski/stac-rs/pull/179))
+- `Default` for `ItemCollection` ([#183](https://github.com/gadomski/stac-rs/pull/183))
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/stac-api/src/item_collection.rs b/stac-api/src/item_collection.rs
index ccc97265..b82aec9e 100644
--- a/stac-api/src/item_collection.rs
+++ b/stac-api/src/item_collection.rs
@@ -97,3 +97,17 @@ impl Links for ItemCollection {
         &mut self.links
     }
 }
+
+impl Default for ItemCollection {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        ItemCollection {
+            r#type: "FeatureCollection".to_string(),
+            items: Vec::new(),
+            links: Vec::new(),
+            number_matched: None,
+            number_returned: None,
+            context: None,
+            additional_fields: Map::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}