diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cd4c2aa..a322787 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ rand_core = "0.4.0"
 unicode-normalization = { version = "=0.1.9", optional = true }
 rand = { version = "0.6.0", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
+zeroize = {version = "1.5", features = ["zeroize_derive"], optional = true}
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = { version = "0.6.0", optional = false }
diff --git a/src/language/mod.rs b/src/language/mod.rs
index e85f95c..1f5f922 100644
--- a/src/language/mod.rs
+++ b/src/language/mod.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ pub enum Language {
 	Spanish,
 }
 
+impl Default for Language {
+	fn default() -> Self {
+		Language::English
+	}
+}
+
 impl Language {
 	/// The list of supported languages.
 	/// Language support is managed by compile features.
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 94b8795..9337e29 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ use bitcoin_hashes::{sha256, Hash};
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 use unicode_normalization::UnicodeNormalization;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "zeroize")]
+extern crate zeroize;
+#[cfg(feature = "zeroize")]
+use zeroize::{Zeroize, ZeroizeOnDrop};
+
 #[macro_use]
 mod internal_macros;
 mod language;
@@ -150,6 +155,7 @@ impl error::Error for Error {}
 ///
 /// Supported number of words are 12, 18 and 24.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "zeroize", derive(Zeroize, ZeroizeOnDrop))]
 pub struct Mnemonic {
 	/// The language the mnemonic.
 	lang: Language,
@@ -158,6 +164,9 @@ pub struct Mnemonic {
 	words: [u16; MAX_NB_WORDS],
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "zeroize")]
+impl zeroize::DefaultIsZeroes for Language {}
+
 serde_string_impl!(Mnemonic, "a BIP-39 Mnemonic Code");
 
 impl Mnemonic {