diff --git a/docs/documentation.toml b/docs/documentation.toml
index c82d927a..b888046d 100644
--- a/docs/documentation.toml
+++ b/docs/documentation.toml
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ selected value: <% value %>"""
 [tp.system.functions.suggester]
 name = "suggester"
 description = "Spawns a suggester prompt and returns the user's chosen item."
-definition = "tp.system.suggester(text_items: string[] | ((item: T) => string), items: T[], throw_on_cancel: boolean = false, placeholder: string = \"\", limit?: number = undefined)"
+definition = "tp.system.suggester(text_items: string[] | ((item: T) => string), items: T[], throw_on_cancel: boolean = false, placeholder: string = \"\", limit?: number = undefined, default_value?: T = undefined)"
 
 [[tp.system.functions.suggester.args]]
 name = "text_items"
@@ -577,6 +577,10 @@ description = "Placeholder string of the prompt."
 name = "limit"
 description = "Limit the number of items rendered at once (useful to improve performance when displaying large lists)."
 
+[[tp.system.functions.suggester.args]]
+name = "default_value"
+description = "Default value to initialize the suggester with."
+
 [[tp.system.functions.suggester.examples]]
 name = "Suggester"
 example = """<% await tp.system.suggester(["Happy", "Sad", "Confused"], ["Happy", "Sad", "Confused"]) %>"""
@@ -601,10 +605,18 @@ let selectedValue = await tp.system.suggester(["Happy", "Sad", "Confused"], ["Ha
 # <% selectedValue %>
 selected value: <% selectedValue %>"""
 
+[[tp.system.functions.suggester.examples]]
+name = "Default value for the suggester"
+example = """<%*
+let selectedValue = await tp.system.suggester(["Happy", "Sad", "Confused"], ["Happy", "Sad", "Confused"], false, "", undefined, "Confused");
+%>
+# <% selectedValue %>
+selected value: <% selectedValue %>"""
+
 [tp.system.functions.multi_suggester]
 name = "multi_suggester"
 description = "Spawns a suggester prompt that supports selecting multiple items and returns the user's chosen items."
-definition = "tp.system.multi_suggester(text_items: string[] | ((item: T) => string), items: T[], throw_on_cancel: boolean = false, title: string = \"\", limit?: number = undefined)"
+definition = "tp.system.multi_suggester(text_items: string[] | ((item: T) => string), items: T[], throw_on_cancel: boolean = false, title: string = \"\", limit?: number = undefined, default_values?: T[] = undefined)"
 
 [[tp.system.functions.multi_suggester.args]]
 name = "text_items"
@@ -626,6 +638,10 @@ description = "Text placed at the top of the modal."
 name = "limit"
 description = "Limit the number of items rendered at once (useful to improve performance when displaying large lists)."
 
+[[tp.system.functions.multi_suggester.args]]
+name = "default_values"
+description = "Default values to initialize the suggester with."
+
 [[tp.system.functions.multi_suggester.examples]]
 name = "Multi-suggester"
 example = """<% await tp.system.multi_suggester(["Happy", "Sad", "Confused"], ["Happy", "Sad", "Confused"]) %>"""
@@ -650,6 +666,14 @@ let selectedValues = await tp.system.multi_suggester(["Happy", "Sad", "Confused"
 # <% selectedValues %>
 selected values: <% selectedValues %>"""
 
+[[tp.system.functions.multi_suggester.examples]]
+name = "Default value for the suggester"
+example = """<%*
+let selectedValue = await tp.system.multi_suggester(["Happy", "Sad", "Confused"], ["Happy", "Sad", "Confused"], false, "", undefined, ["Happy", "Confused"]);
+%>
+# <% selectedValue %>
+selected value: <% selectedValue %>"""
+
 [tp.web]
 name = "web"
 description = "This modules contains every internal function related to the web (making web requests)."
diff --git a/src/core/functions/internal_functions/system/InternalModuleSystem.ts b/src/core/functions/internal_functions/system/InternalModuleSystem.ts
index d620e3e8..b61704a3 100644
--- a/src/core/functions/internal_functions/system/InternalModuleSystem.ts
+++ b/src/core/functions/internal_functions/system/InternalModuleSystem.ts
@@ -68,21 +68,24 @@ export class InternalModuleSystem extends InternalModule {
         items: T[],
         throw_on_cancel: boolean,
         placeholder: string,
-        limit?: number
+        limit?: number,
+        default_value?: T
     ) => Promise<T> {
         return async <T>(
             text_items: string[] | ((item: T) => string),
             items: T[],
             throw_on_cancel = false,
             placeholder = "",
-            limit?: number
+            limit?: number,
+            default_value?: T
         ): Promise<T> => {
             const suggester = new SuggesterModal(
                 this.plugin.app,
                 text_items,
                 items,
                 placeholder,
-                limit
+                limit,
+                default_value
             );
             const promise = new Promise(
                 (
@@ -106,21 +109,24 @@ export class InternalModuleSystem extends InternalModule {
         items: T[],
         throw_on_cancel: boolean,
         title: string,
-        limit?: number
+        limit?: number,
+        default_values?: T[]
     ) => Promise<T[]> {
         return async <T>(
             text_items: string[] | ((item: T) => string),
             items: T[],
             throw_on_cancel = false,
             title = "",
-            limit?: number
+            limit?: number,
+            default_values?: T[]
         ): Promise<T[]> => {
             const suggester = new MultiSuggesterModal(
                 this.plugin.app,
                 text_items,
                 items,
                 title,
-                limit
+                limit,
+                default_values
             );
             const promise = new Promise(
                 (
diff --git a/src/core/functions/internal_functions/system/MultiSuggesterModal.ts b/src/core/functions/internal_functions/system/MultiSuggesterModal.ts
index c0645e93..66b799ff 100644
--- a/src/core/functions/internal_functions/system/MultiSuggesterModal.ts
+++ b/src/core/functions/internal_functions/system/MultiSuggesterModal.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ export class MultiSuggesterModal<T> extends Modal {
         private text_items: string[] | ((item: T) => string),
         private items: T[],
         title: string,
-        limit?: number
+        limit?: number,
+        default_values?: T[]
     ) {
         super(app);
         this.setTitle(title);
@@ -49,10 +50,13 @@ export class MultiSuggesterModal<T> extends Modal {
         new ButtonComponent(buttonContainer)
             .setButtonText("Cancel")
             .onClick(() => this.close());
+        if (default_values) {
+            this.selectedItems = default_values;
+        }
     }
 
     onOpen(): void {
-        this.display();
+        this.processSelectedItems();
     }
 
     display(): void {
@@ -85,6 +89,10 @@ export class MultiSuggesterModal<T> extends Modal {
 
     onChooseItem(item: T): void {
         this.selectedItems.push(item);
+        this.processSelectedItems();
+    }
+
+    private processSelectedItems(): void {
         const filteredItems = this.items.filter((item) => {
             return !this.selectedItems.some(
                 (selected_item) => selected_item === item
diff --git a/src/core/functions/internal_functions/system/SuggesterModal.ts b/src/core/functions/internal_functions/system/SuggesterModal.ts
index e816b1c7..22565601 100644
--- a/src/core/functions/internal_functions/system/SuggesterModal.ts
+++ b/src/core/functions/internal_functions/system/SuggesterModal.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ export class SuggesterModal<T> extends FuzzySuggestModal<T> {
         private text_items: string[] | ((item: T) => string),
         private items: T[],
         placeholder: string,
-        limit?: number
+        limit?: number,
+        private default_value?: T
     ) {
         super(app);
         this.setPlaceholder(placeholder);
@@ -22,6 +23,13 @@ export class SuggesterModal<T> extends FuzzySuggestModal<T> {
         return this.items;
     }
 
+    onOpen(): void {
+        if (this.default_value !== undefined) {
+            this.inputEl.value = this.getItemText(this.default_value);
+            this.inputEl.dispatchEvent(new InputEvent("input"));
+        }
+    }
+
     onClose(): void {
         if (!this.submitted) {
             this.reject(new TemplaterError("Cancelled prompt"));