diff --git a/modules/lib/deprecations.nix b/modules/lib/deprecations.nix
index d04108cd..fe3833f2 100644
--- a/modules/lib/deprecations.nix
+++ b/modules/lib/deprecations.nix
@@ -107,4 +107,54 @@
           value;
     in
     pathStr: attrs: migrate pathStr attrs;
+
+  /*
+    Builds `default` and `defaultText` values for options whose defaults
+    change based on `home.stateVersion`, while warning users on the legacy
+    branch.
+
+    Example:
+      let
+        stateVersionDefault = lib.hm.deprecations.mkStateVersionOptionDefault {
+          inherit (config.home) stateVersion;
+          since = "26.05";
+          optionPath = [ "programs" "example" "foo" ];
+          legacy.value = "old";
+          current.value = "new";
+        };
+      in
+      lib.mkOption {
+        inherit (stateVersionDefault) default defaultText;
+      };
+  */
+  mkStateVersionOptionDefault =
+    {
+      stateVersion,
+      since,
+      optionPath,
+      legacy,
+      current,
+      extraWarning ? "",
+    }:
+    let
+      option = lib.showOption optionPath;
+      legacyText = legacy.text or (lib.generators.toPretty { } legacy.value);
+      currentText = current.text or (lib.generators.toPretty { } current.value);
+      warning = ''
+        The default value of `${option}` has changed from `${legacyText}` to `${currentText}`.
+        You are currently using the legacy default (`${legacyText}`) because `home.stateVersion` is less than "${since}".
+        To silence this warning and keep legacy behavior, set:
+          ${option} = ${legacyText};
+        To adopt the new default behavior, set:
+          ${option} = ${currentText};
+      ''
+      + lib.optionalString (extraWarning != "") ("\n" + extraWarning);
+    in
+    {
+      default =
+        if lib.versionAtLeast stateVersion since then current.value else lib.warn warning legacy.value;
+      defaultText = lib.literalExpression ''
+        if lib.versionAtLeast config.home.stateVersion "${since}" then ${currentText} else ${legacyText}
+      '';
+    };
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib/types/default.nix b/tests/lib/types/default.nix
index c9ed3031..f9ea0a1b 100644
--- a/tests/lib/types/default.nix
+++ b/tests/lib/types/default.nix
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
   lib-types-either-suboptions-docs-lib = ./either-suboptions-docs-lib.nix;
 
   lib-types-gvariant-merge = ./gvariant-merge.nix;
+  lib-types-state-version-option-default = ./state-version-option-default.nix;
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib/types/state-version-option-default.nix b/tests/lib/types/state-version-option-default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd1727a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/types/state-version-option-default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  legacyDefault = lib.hm.deprecations.mkStateVersionOptionDefault {
+    stateVersion = "25.11";
+    since = "26.05";
+    optionPath = [
+      "test"
+      "values"
+      "legacy"
+    ];
+    legacy.value = "legacy";
+    current.value = "new";
+  };
+
+  newDefault = lib.hm.deprecations.mkStateVersionOptionDefault {
+    stateVersion = "26.05";
+    since = "26.05";
+    optionPath = [
+      "test"
+      "values"
+      "new"
+    ];
+    legacy.value = "legacy";
+    current.value = "new";
+  };
+in
+{
+  options.test.values = {
+    legacy = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      inherit (legacyDefault)
+        default
+        defaultText
+        ;
+    };
+
+    new = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      inherit (newDefault)
+        default
+        defaultText
+        ;
+    };
+
+    pinnedLegacy = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      inherit (legacyDefault)
+        default
+        defaultText
+        ;
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    assertions = [
+      {
+        assertion = legacyDefault.defaultText._type == "literalExpression";
+        message = "mkStateVersionOptionDefault should return a literalExpression defaultText.";
+      }
+      {
+        assertion =
+          lib.hasInfix ''config.home.stateVersion "26.05"'' legacyDefault.defaultText.text
+          && lib.hasInfix ''"new"'' legacyDefault.defaultText.text
+          && lib.hasInfix ''"legacy"'' legacyDefault.defaultText.text;
+        message = "mkStateVersionOptionDefault should keep defaultText as static text instead of evaluating config.";
+      }
+    ];
+
+    test.values.pinnedLegacy = "legacy";
+
+    home.file."result.txt".text = ''
+      legacy=${config.test.values.legacy}
+      new=${config.test.values.new}
+      pinnedLegacy=${config.test.values.pinnedLegacy}
+    '';
+
+    test.asserts.evalWarnings.expected = [
+      ''
+        The default value of `test.values.legacy` has changed from `"legacy"` to `"new"`.
+        You are currently using the legacy default (`"legacy"`) because `home.stateVersion` is less than "26.05".
+        To silence this warning and keep legacy behavior, set:
+          test.values.legacy = "legacy";
+        To adopt the new default behavior, set:
+          test.values.legacy = "new";
+      ''
+    ];
+
+    nmt.script = ''
+      assertFileContent home-files/result.txt ${pkgs.writeText "state-version-option-default.txt" ''
+        legacy=legacy
+        new=new
+        pinnedLegacy=legacy
+      ''}
+    '';
+  };
+}