diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Swatches/Model/Plugin/EavAttribute.php b/app/code/Magento/Swatches/Model/Plugin/EavAttribute.php
index f363ffe70e80e..599406f455281 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Swatches/Model/Plugin/EavAttribute.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Swatches/Model/Plugin/EavAttribute.php
@@ -130,9 +130,17 @@ protected function setProperOptionsArray(Attribute $attribute)
             $swatchesArray = $attribute->getData('swatchtext');
         }
         if ($canReplace == true) {
-            $attribute->setData('option', $optionsArray);
-            $attribute->setData('default', $defaultValue);
-            $attribute->setData('swatch', $swatchesArray);
+            if (!empty($optionsArray)) {
+                $attribute->setData('option', $optionsArray);
+            }
+            if (!empty($defaultValue)) {
+                $attribute->setData('default', $defaultValue);
+            } else {
+                $attribute->setData('default', [0 => $attribute->getDefaultValue()]);
+            }
+            if (!empty($swatchesArray)) {
+                $attribute->setData('swatch', $swatchesArray);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/Catalog/Api/ProductSwatchAttributeOptionManagementInterfaceTest.php b/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/Catalog/Api/ProductSwatchAttributeOptionManagementInterfaceTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..63e5282c22104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/Catalog/Api/ProductSwatchAttributeOptionManagementInterfaceTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+namespace Magento\Catalog\Api;
+
+use Magento\Eav\Api\Data\AttributeOptionInterface;
+use Magento\Eav\Api\Data\AttributeOptionLabelInterface;
+use Magento\TestFramework\TestCase\WebapiAbstract;
+
+class ProductSwatchAttributeOptionManagementInterfaceTest extends WebapiAbstract
+{
+    const SERVICE_NAME = 'catalogProductAttributeOptionManagementV1';
+    const SERVICE_VERSION = 'V1';
+    const RESOURCE_PATH = '/V1/products/attributes';
+
+    /**
+     * @magentoApiDataFixture Magento/Swatches/_files/swatch_attribute.php
+     * @dataProvider addDataProvider
+     */
+    public function testAdd($optionData)
+    {
+        $testAttributeCode = 'color_swatch';
+        $serviceInfo = [
+            'rest' => [
+                'resourcePath' => self::RESOURCE_PATH . '/' . $testAttributeCode . '/options',
+                'httpMethod' => \Magento\Framework\Webapi\Rest\Request::HTTP_METHOD_POST,
+            ],
+            'soap' => [
+                'service' => self::SERVICE_NAME,
+                'serviceVersion' => self::SERVICE_VERSION,
+                'operation' => self::SERVICE_NAME . 'add',
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $response = $this->_webApiCall(
+            $serviceInfo,
+            [
+                'attributeCode' => $testAttributeCode,
+                'option' => $optionData,
+            ]
+        );
+
+        $this->assertTrue($response);
+        $updatedData = $this->getAttributeOptions($testAttributeCode);
+        $lastOption = array_pop($updatedData);
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            $optionData[AttributeOptionInterface::STORE_LABELS][0][AttributeOptionLabelInterface::LABEL],
+            $lastOption['label']
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function addDataProvider()
+    {
+        $optionPayload = [
+            AttributeOptionInterface::LABEL => 'new color',
+            AttributeOptionInterface::SORT_ORDER => 100,
+            AttributeOptionInterface::IS_DEFAULT => true,
+            AttributeOptionInterface::STORE_LABELS => [
+                [
+                    AttributeOptionLabelInterface::LABEL => 'DE label',
+                    AttributeOptionLabelInterface::STORE_ID => 1,
+                ],
+            ],
+            AttributeOptionInterface::VALUE => ''
+        ];
+
+        return [
+            'option_without_value_node' => [
+                $optionPayload
+            ],
+            'option_with_value_node_that_starts_with_text' => [
+                array_merge($optionPayload, [AttributeOptionInterface::VALUE => 'some_text'])
+            ],
+            'option_with_value_node_that_starts_with_a_number' => [
+                array_merge($optionPayload, [AttributeOptionInterface::VALUE => '123_some_text'])
+            ],
+
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $testAttributeCode
+     * @return array|bool|float|int|string
+     */
+    private function getAttributeOptions($testAttributeCode)
+    {
+        $serviceInfo = [
+            'rest' => [
+                'resourcePath' => self::RESOURCE_PATH . '/' . $testAttributeCode . '/options',
+                'httpMethod' => \Magento\Framework\Webapi\Rest\Request::HTTP_METHOD_GET,
+            ],
+            'soap' => [
+                'service' => self::SERVICE_NAME,
+                'serviceVersion' => self::SERVICE_VERSION,
+                'operation' => self::SERVICE_NAME . 'getItems',
+            ],
+        ];
+        return $this->_webApiCall($serviceInfo, ['attributeCode' => $testAttributeCode]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Swatches/Model/SwatchAttributeOptionAddTest.php b/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Swatches/Model/SwatchAttributeOptionAddTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..84ba587f5e784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Swatches/Model/SwatchAttributeOptionAddTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+namespace Magento\Swatches\Model;
+
+use Magento\Catalog\Api\ProductAttributeOptionManagementInterface;
+use Magento\Eav\Api\Data\AttributeOptionInterface;
+use Magento\Eav\Api\Data\AttributeOptionInterfaceFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Test add option of swatch attribute
+ *
+ */
+class SwatchAttributeOptionAddTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @var \Magento\Framework\ObjectManagerInterface
+     */
+    private $objectManager;
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->objectManager = \Magento\TestFramework\Helper\Bootstrap::getObjectManager();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @magentoAppArea adminhtml
+     * @magentoDbIsolation enabled
+     * @magentoDataFixture Magento/Swatches/_files/swatch_attribute.php
+     */
+    public function testSwatchOptionAdd()
+    {
+        /** @var \Magento\Catalog\Api\Data\ProductAttributeInterface $attribute */
+        $attribute = $this->objectManager
+            ->create(\Magento\Catalog\Model\ResourceModel\Eav\Attribute::class)
+            ->load('color_swatch', 'attribute_code');
+        $optionsPerAttribute = 3;
+
+        $data['options']['option'] = array_reduce(
+            range(10, $optionsPerAttribute),
+            function ($values, $index) use ($optionsPerAttribute) {
+                $values[] = [
+                    'label' => 'option ' . $index,
+                    'value' => 'option_' . $index
+                ];
+                return $values;
+            },
+            []
+        );
+
+        /** @var AttributeOptionInterface[] $options */
+        $options = [];
+        foreach ($data['options']['option'] as $optionData) {
+            $options[] = $this->objectManager
+                ->get(AttributeOptionInterfaceFactory::class)
+                ->create(['data' => $optionData]);
+        }
+
+        /** @var ProductAttributeOptionManagementInterface $optionManagement */
+        $optionManagement = $this->objectManager->get(ProductAttributeOptionManagementInterface::class);
+        foreach ($options as $option) {
+            $optionManagement->add(
+                $attribute->getAttributeCode(),
+                $option
+            );
+        }
+
+        $items = $optionManagement->getItems($attribute->getAttributeCode());
+        array_walk(
+            $items,
+            function (&$item) {
+                /** @var  AttributeOptionInterface $item */
+                $item = $item->getLabel();
+            }
+        );
+        foreach ($options as $option) {
+            $this->assertTrue(in_array($option->getLabel(), $items));
+        }
+    }
+}