diff --git a/setter/setter.go b/setter/setter.go
index 0e446a7..30e062a 100644
--- a/setter/setter.go
+++ b/setter/setter.go
@@ -53,7 +53,23 @@ func SetDefault(dest interface{}, defaultValue ...interface{}) {
 	}
 }
 
-func SetDefaultNew[T comparable](dest *T, defaultValues ...T) {
+// Default assigns the first non-zero default value to `dest`
+// if `dest`, itself, is the zero value of type T.
+// To work with slices: use DefaultSlice
+//
+//	 var config struct {
+//			Verbose *bool
+//			Foo string
+//			Bar int
+//		}
+//		holster.Default(&config.Foo, "default")
+//		holster.Default(&config.Bar, 200)
+//
+// Supply additional default values and SetDefault will
+// choose the first default that is not of zero value
+//
+//	holster.SetDefault(&config.Foo, os.Getenv("FOO"), "default")
+func Default[T comparable](dest *T, defaultValues ...T) {
 	if IsZeroNew(*dest) {
 		for _, value := range defaultValues {
 			if !IsZeroNew(value) {
@@ -64,6 +80,22 @@ func SetDefaultNew[T comparable](dest *T, defaultValues ...T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// DefaultSlice assigns the first non-empty default value to `dest` if
+// `dest`, itself, is an empty slice.
+func DefaultSlice[T comparable](dest *[]T, defaultValues ...[]T) {
+	if len(*dest) == 0 {
+		for _, value := range defaultValues {
+			if len(value) != 0 {
+				*dest = make([]T, len(value))
+				copy(*dest, value)
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// IsZeroNew compares the given value to its Golang-specified zero value.
+// It works for any type T that satisfies comparable.
 func IsZeroNew[T comparable](value T) bool {
 	var zero T
 	return value == zero
diff --git a/setter/setter_test.go b/setter/setter_test.go
index 770d2d3..f80a632 100644
--- a/setter/setter_test.go
+++ b/setter/setter_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/mailgun/holster/v4/setter"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestIfEmpty(t *testing.T) {
@@ -148,24 +149,46 @@ func TestIsNil(t *testing.T) {
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------
 
-var newRes string
+var newStrRes string
 
 func BenchmarkSetterNew(b *testing.B) {
 	var r string
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		setter.SetDefaultNew(&r, "", "", "42")
+		setter.Default(&r, "", "", "42")
 	}
-	newRes = r
+	newStrRes = r
 }
 
-var oldRes string
+var oldStrRes string
 
 func BenchmarkSetter(b *testing.B) {
 	var r string
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		setter.SetDefault(&r, "", "", "42")
 	}
-	oldRes = r
+	oldStrRes = r
+}
+
+var newSliceRs []string
+
+func BenchmarkSetterNew_Slice(b *testing.B) {
+	r := make([]string, 0, 3)
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		setter.DefaultSlice(&r, []string{}, []string{"welcome all", "to a benchmark", "of SILLY proportions"})
+	}
+	newSliceRs = r
+}
+
+var oldSliceRs []string
+
+func BenchmarkSetter_Slice(b *testing.B) {
+	r := make([]string, 0, 3)
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		setter.SetDefault(&r, []string{""}, []string{"welcome all", "to a benchmark", "of SILLY proportions"})
+	}
+	oldSliceRs = r
 }
 
 func TestSetterNew_IfEmpty(t *testing.T) {
@@ -177,8 +200,8 @@ func TestSetterNew_IfEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, conf.Bar)
 
 	// Should apply the default values
-	setter.SetDefaultNew(&conf.Foo, "default")
-	setter.SetDefaultNew(&conf.Bar, 200)
+	setter.Default(&conf.Foo, "default")
+	setter.Default(&conf.Bar, 200)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "default", conf.Foo)
 	assert.Equal(t, 200, conf.Bar)
@@ -187,13 +210,30 @@ func TestSetterNew_IfEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	conf.Bar = 500
 
 	// Should NOT apply the default values
-	setter.SetDefaultNew(&conf.Foo, "default")
-	setter.SetDefaultNew(&conf.Bar, 200)
+	setter.Default(&conf.Foo, "default")
+	setter.Default(&conf.Bar, 200)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "thrawn", conf.Foo)
 	assert.Equal(t, 500, conf.Bar)
 }
 
+func TestSetterNew_Slices(t *testing.T) {
+	var foo []string
+	require.Len(t, foo, 0)
+
+	// Should apply the default values
+	setter.DefaultSlice(&foo, []string{"default"})
+	require.Len(t, foo, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "default", foo[0])
+
+	foo = []string{"thrawn"}
+
+	// Should NOT apply the default values
+	setter.DefaultSlice(&foo, []string{"default"})
+	require.Len(t, foo, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "thrawn", foo[0])
+}
+
 func TestSetterNew_IfDefaultPrecedence(t *testing.T) {
 	var conf struct {
 		Foo string
@@ -204,12 +244,12 @@ func TestSetterNew_IfDefaultPrecedence(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Should use the final default value
 	envValue := ""
-	setter.SetDefaultNew(&conf.Foo, envValue, "default")
+	setter.Default(&conf.Foo, envValue, "default")
 	assert.Equal(t, "default", conf.Foo)
 
 	// Should use envValue
 	envValue = "bar"
-	setter.SetDefaultNew(&conf.Bar, envValue, "default")
+	setter.Default(&conf.Bar, envValue, "default")
 	assert.Equal(t, "bar", conf.Bar)
 }