diff --git a/oslo_versionedobjects/fields.py b/oslo_versionedobjects/fields.py
index a35939e0..406ff8db 100644
--- a/oslo_versionedobjects/fields.py
+++ b/oslo_versionedobjects/fields.py
@@ -144,8 +144,14 @@ class Field(object):
         self._read_only = read_only
 
     def __repr__(self):
+        if isinstance(self._default, set):
+            # make a py27 and py35 compatible representation. See bug 1771804
+            default = 'set([%s])' % ','.join(sorted([six.text_type(v)
+                                                     for v in self._default]))
+        else:
+            default = str(self._default)
         return '%s(default=%s,nullable=%s)' % (self._type.__class__.__name__,
-                                               self._default, self._nullable)
+                                               default, self._nullable)
 
     @property
     def nullable(self):
diff --git a/oslo_versionedobjects/tests/test_fields.py b/oslo_versionedobjects/tests/test_fields.py
index 8ad1b38f..a1702b42 100644
--- a/oslo_versionedobjects/tests/test_fields.py
+++ b/oslo_versionedobjects/tests/test_fields.py
@@ -813,6 +813,15 @@ class TestSetOfIntegers(TestField):
     def test_stringify(self):
         self.assertEqual('set([1,2])', self.field.stringify(set([1, 2])))
 
+    def test_repr(self):
+        self.assertEqual("Set(default=<class 'oslo_versionedobjects.fields."
+                         "UnspecifiedDefault'>,nullable=False)",
+                         repr(self.field))
+        self.assertEqual("Set(default=set([]),nullable=False)",
+                         repr(fields.SetOfIntegersField(default=set())))
+        self.assertEqual("Set(default=set([1,a]),nullable=False)",
+                         repr(fields.SetOfIntegersField(default={1, 'a'})))
+
 
 class TestListOfSetsOfIntegers(TestField):
     def setUp(self):
diff --git a/oslo_versionedobjects/tests/test_fixture.py b/oslo_versionedobjects/tests/test_fixture.py
index d4b27021..0a0c2264 100644
--- a/oslo_versionedobjects/tests/test_fixture.py
+++ b/oslo_versionedobjects/tests/test_fixture.py
@@ -601,6 +601,20 @@ class TestObjectVersionChecker(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(expected_fp, fp, "_get_fingerprint() did not "
                                           "generate a correct fingerprint.")
 
+    def test_get_fingerprint_with_defaulted_set(self):
+        class ClassWithDefaultedSetField(base.VersionedObject):
+            VERSION = 1.0
+            fields = {
+                'empty_default': fields.SetOfIntegersField(default=set()),
+                'non_empty_default': fields.SetOfIntegersField(default={1, 2})
+            }
+        self._add_class(self.obj_classes, ClassWithDefaultedSetField)
+
+        # it is expected that this hash is stable across python versions
+        expected = '1.0-bcc44920f2f727eca463c6eb4fe8445b'
+        actual = self.ovc._get_fingerprint(ClassWithDefaultedSetField.__name__)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
+
     def test_get_dependencies(self):
         # Make sure _get_dependencies() generates a correct tree when parsing
         # an object