diff --git a/drizzle-orm/src/pg-core/columns/smallserial.ts b/drizzle-orm/src/pg-core/columns/smallserial.ts
index 7d02c306e..b7bf86757 100644
--- a/drizzle-orm/src/pg-core/columns/smallserial.ts
+++ b/drizzle-orm/src/pg-core/columns/smallserial.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,27 @@
-import type { ColumnBuilderBaseConfig, ColumnBuilderRuntimeConfig, MakeColumnConfig } from '~/column-builder.ts';
+import type {
+	ColumnBuilderBaseConfig,
+	ColumnBuilderRuntimeConfig,
+	HasDefault,
+	MakeColumnConfig,
+	NotNull,
+} from '~/column-builder.ts';
 import type { ColumnBaseConfig } from '~/column.ts';
 import { entityKind } from '~/entity.ts';
 import type { AnyPgTable } from '~/pg-core/table.ts';
 import { PgColumn, PgColumnBuilder } from './common.ts';
 
-export type PgSmallSerialBuilderInitial<TName extends string> = PgSmallSerialBuilder<{
-	name: TName;
-	dataType: 'number';
-	columnType: 'PgSmallSerial';
-	data: number;
-	driverParam: number;
-	enumValues: undefined;
-}>;
+export type PgSmallSerialBuilderInitial<TName extends string> = NotNull<
+	HasDefault<
+		PgSmallSerialBuilder<{
+			name: TName;
+			dataType: 'number';
+			columnType: 'PgSmallSerial';
+			data: number;
+			driverParam: number;
+			enumValues: undefined;
+		}>
+	>
+>;
 
 export class PgSmallSerialBuilder<T extends ColumnBuilderBaseConfig<'number', 'PgSmallSerial'>>
 	extends PgColumnBuilder<T>
@@ -44,5 +54,5 @@ export class PgSmallSerial<T extends ColumnBaseConfig<'number', 'PgSmallSerial'>
 }
 
 export function smallserial<TName extends string>(name: TName): PgSmallSerialBuilderInitial<TName> {
-	return new PgSmallSerialBuilder(name);
+	return new PgSmallSerialBuilder(name) as PgSmallSerialBuilderInitial<TName>;
 }
diff --git a/drizzle-orm/type-tests/pg/tables.ts b/drizzle-orm/type-tests/pg/tables.ts
index 4a940ebcb..0ab243f57 100644
--- a/drizzle-orm/type-tests/pg/tables.ts
+++ b/drizzle-orm/type-tests/pg/tables.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
 	real,
 	serial,
 	smallint,
+	smallserial,
 	text,
 	time,
 	timestamp,
@@ -105,6 +106,22 @@ export const cities = pgTable('cities_table', {
 	citiesNameIdx: index().on(cities.id),
 }));
 
+export const smallSerialTest = pgTable('cities_table', {
+	id: smallserial('id').primaryKey(),
+	name: text('name').notNull(),
+	population: integer('population').default(0),
+}, (cities) => ({
+	citiesNameIdx: index().on(cities.id),
+}));
+
+Expect<
+	Equal<{
+		id?: number;
+		name: string;
+		population?: number | null;
+	}, typeof smallSerialTest.$inferInsert>
+>;
+
 export const classes = pgTable('classes_table', {
 	id: serial('id').primaryKey(),
 	class: text('class', { enum: ['A', 'C'] }),