diff --git a/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala b/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
index 6a2ff30fa7c2..b65e3cd4226d 100644
--- a/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
+++ b/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
@@ -1435,10 +1435,15 @@ class Typer extends Namer with TypeAssigner with Applications with Implicits wit
         wtp.paramTypes.foreach(instantiateSelected(_, tvarsToInstantiate))
         val constr = ctx.typerState.constraint
         def addImplicitArgs = {
-          def implicitArgError(msg: => String): Tree = {
-            ctx.error(msg, tree.pos.endPos)
+          val errors = new mutable.ListBuffer[() => String]
+          def implicitArgError(msg: => String) = {
+            errors += (() => msg)
             EmptyTree
           }
+          def issueErrors() = {
+            for (err <- errors) ctx.error(err(), tree.pos.endPos)
+            tree
+          }
           val args = (wtp.paramNames, wtp.paramTypes).zipped map { (pname, formal) =>
             def where = d"parameter $pname of $methodStr"
             inferImplicit(formal, EmptyTree, tree.pos.endPos) match {
@@ -1450,12 +1455,27 @@ class Typer extends Namer with TypeAssigner with Applications with Implicits wit
                 implicitArgError(d"no implicit argument of type $formal found for $where" + failure.postscript)
             }
           }
-          if (args.exists(_.isEmpty)) {
+          if (errors.nonEmpty) {
             // If there are several arguments, some arguments might already
-            // have influenced the context, binfing variables, but later ones
+            // have influenced the context, binding variables, but later ones
             // might fail. In that case the constraint needs to be reset.
             ctx.typerState.constraint = constr
-            tree
+
+            // If method has default params, fall back to regular application
+            // where all inferred implicits are passed as named args.
+            if (tree.symbol.hasDefaultParams) {
+              val namedArgs = (wtp.paramNames, args).zipped.flatMap { (pname, arg) =>
+                arg match {
+                  case EmptyTree => Nil
+                  case _ => untpd.NamedArg(pname, untpd.TypedSplice(arg)) :: Nil
+                }
+              }
+              tryEither { implicit ctx =>
+                typed(untpd.Apply(untpd.TypedSplice(tree), namedArgs), pt)
+              } { (_, _) =>
+                issueErrors()
+              }
+            } else issueErrors()
           }
           else adapt(tpd.Apply(tree, args), pt)
         }
diff --git a/tests/pos/i576.scala b/tests/pos/i576.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..77b38d742d65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i576.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+class A
+
+object Impl {
+  def foo()(implicit x: A = null): Int = 2
+  def test: Int = {
+    foo()() // ok
+    foo()   // did not work before, does now
+  }
+}
+
+// same with multiple parameters
+object Impl2 {
+  def foo()(implicit ev: Int, x: A = null): Int = 2
+  def test: Int = {
+    implicit val ii: Int = 1
+    foo()
+  }
+}