diff --git a/src/Utils.cpp b/src/Utils.cpp
index 5140a7ae..2752b8ab 100644
--- a/src/Utils.cpp
+++ b/src/Utils.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 #include <obs-frontend-api.h>
 #include <obs.hpp>
 #include <util/platform.h>
+#include <obs-data.h>
 
 #include "obs-websocket.h"
 
@@ -905,3 +906,52 @@ void Utils::AddSourceHelper(void *_data, obs_scene_t *scene)
 	data->sceneItem = obs_scene_add(scene, data->source);
 	obs_sceneitem_set_visible(data->sceneItem, data->setVisible);
 }
+
+struct obs_data_item { // Used for OBSDataGetDefaults
+	volatile long ref;
+	struct obs_data *parent;
+	struct obs_data_item *next;
+	enum obs_data_type type;
+	size_t name_len;
+	size_t data_len;
+	size_t data_size;
+	size_t default_len;
+	size_t default_size;
+    size_t autoselect_size;
+	size_t capacity;
+};
+
+obs_data_t *Utils::OBSDataGetDefaults(obs_data_t *data)
+{
+    obs_data_t *returnData = obs_data_create();
+    obs_data_item_t *item = NULL;
+
+    for (item = obs_data_first(data); item; obs_data_item_next(&item)) {
+        enum obs_data_type type = obs_data_item_gettype(item);
+        const char *name = (char *)item + sizeof(struct obs_data_item);
+
+        if (type == OBS_DATA_STRING) {
+			const char *val = obs_data_item_get_string(item);
+            obs_data_set_string(returnData, name, val);
+		} else if (type == OBS_DATA_NUMBER) {
+			enum obs_data_number_type type = obs_data_item_numtype(item);
+            if (type == OBS_DATA_NUM_INT) {
+                long long val = obs_data_item_get_int(item);
+                obs_data_set_int(returnData, name, val);
+            } else {
+                double val = obs_data_item_get_double(item);
+                obs_data_set_double(returnData, name, val);
+            }
+		} else if (type == OBS_DATA_BOOLEAN) {
+			bool val = obs_data_item_get_bool(item);
+            obs_data_set_bool(returnData, name, val);
+		} else if (type == OBS_DATA_OBJECT) {
+			OBSDataAutoRelease obj = obs_data_item_get_obj(item);
+            obs_data_set_obj(returnData, name, obj);
+		} else if (type == OBS_DATA_ARRAY) {
+            OBSDataArrayAutoRelease array = obs_data_item_get_array(item);
+            obs_data_set_array(returnData, name, array);
+        }
+    }
+    return returnData;
+}
diff --git a/src/Utils.h b/src/Utils.h
index 47a19f2d..d15427b5 100644
--- a/src/Utils.h
+++ b/src/Utils.h
@@ -94,4 +94,6 @@ namespace Utils {
         bool setVisible;
     };
     void AddSourceHelper(void *_data, obs_scene_t *scene);
+
+    obs_data_t *OBSDataGetDefaults(obs_data_t *data);
 };
diff --git a/src/WSRequestHandler.cpp b/src/WSRequestHandler.cpp
index d3427885..0b366761 100644
--- a/src/WSRequestHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/WSRequestHandler.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ const QHash<QString, RpcMethodHandler> WSRequestHandler::messageMap{
 	{ "SetSourceSettings", &WSRequestHandler::SetSourceSettings },
 	{ "GetAudioMonitorType", &WSRequestHandler::GetAudioMonitorType },
 	{ "SetAudioMonitorType", &WSRequestHandler::SetAudioMonitorType },
+    { "GetSourceDefaultSettings", &WSRequestHandler::GetSourceDefaultSettings },
 	{ "TakeSourceScreenshot", &WSRequestHandler::TakeSourceScreenshot },
 
 	{ "GetSourceFilters", &WSRequestHandler::GetSourceFilters },
diff --git a/src/WSRequestHandler.h b/src/WSRequestHandler.h
index d2da4439..16a64742 100644
--- a/src/WSRequestHandler.h
+++ b/src/WSRequestHandler.h
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ class WSRequestHandler {
 		RpcResponse SetSourceSettings(const RpcRequest&);
 		RpcResponse GetAudioMonitorType(const RpcRequest&);
 		RpcResponse SetAudioMonitorType(const RpcRequest&);
+		RpcResponse GetSourceDefaultSettings(const RpcRequest&);
 		RpcResponse TakeSourceScreenshot(const RpcRequest&);
 
 		RpcResponse GetSourceFilters(const RpcRequest&);
diff --git a/src/WSRequestHandler_Sources.cpp b/src/WSRequestHandler_Sources.cpp
index 94e9a06c..8df1bf5c 100644
--- a/src/WSRequestHandler_Sources.cpp
+++ b/src/WSRequestHandler_Sources.cpp
@@ -1679,6 +1679,40 @@ RpcResponse WSRequestHandler::SetAudioMonitorType(const RpcRequest& request)
 	return request.success();
 }
 
+/**
+* Get the default settings for a given source type.
+*
+* @param {String} `sourceKind` Source name.
+*
+* @api requests
+* @name GetSourceDefaultSettings
+* @category sources
+* @since 4.9.0
+*/
+RpcResponse WSRequestHandler::GetSourceDefaultSettings(const RpcRequest& request)
+{
+	if (!request.hasField("sourceKind")) {
+		return request.failed("missing request parameters");
+	}
+
+    QString sourceKind = obs_data_get_string(request.parameters(), "sourceKind");
+
+    if (sourceKind.isEmpty()) {
+        return request.failed("invalid request parameters");
+    }
+
+    OBSDataAutoRelease defaultData = obs_get_source_defaults(sourceKind.toUtf8());
+    if (!defaultData) {
+        return request.failed("invalid sourceKind");
+    }
+
+    OBSDataAutoRelease defaultSettings = Utils::OBSDataGetDefaults(defaultData);
+
+    OBSDataAutoRelease response = obs_data_create();
+    obs_data_set_obj(response, "defaultSettings", defaultSettings);
+    return request.success(response);
+}
+
 /**
 * Takes a picture snapshot of a source and then can either or both:
 *    - Send it over as a Data URI (base64-encoded data) in the response (by specifying `embedPictureFormat` in the request)