diff --git a/src/borg/helpers/parseformat.py b/src/borg/helpers/parseformat.py
index 1c2489cdf..9cf6b3741 100644
--- a/src/borg/helpers/parseformat.py
+++ b/src/borg/helpers/parseformat.py
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ class ItemFormatter(BaseFormatter):
             item_data['health'] = 'broken' if 'chunks_healthy' in item else 'healthy'
         item_data['source'] = source
         item_data['linktarget'] = source
-        item_data['flags'] = item.get('bsdflags')
+        item_data['flags'] = item.get('bsdflags', 0)
         for key in self.used_call_keys:
             item_data[key] = self.call_keys[key](item)
         return item_data