diff --git a/lib/introspection/default.nix b/lib/introspection/default.nix
index 3da43427b..cf74c1bd5 100644
--- a/lib/introspection/default.nix
+++ b/lib/introspection/default.nix
@@ -164,7 +164,20 @@ let
       else
         getPrios { options = opt; }
     ) filteredOptions;
+
+  getPriosLegacy = import ./getPriosLegacy.nix { inherit lib; };
+
+  wrap =
+    {
+      options,
+    }:
+    # Test _module.check for valueMeta
+    # This option should always exist if options comes from a module evaluation
+    if options._module.check ? valueMeta then
+      getPrios { inherit options; }
+    else
+      getPriosLegacy { inherit options; };
 in
 {
-  inherit getPrios;
+  getPrios = wrap;
 }
diff --git a/lib/introspection/getPriosLegacy.nix b/lib/introspection/getPriosLegacy.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7aa7b411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/introspection/getPriosLegacy.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+{
+  lib ? import <nixpkgs/lib>,
+}:
+let
+  filterOptions = lib.filterAttrs (
+    name: _:
+    !builtins.elem name [
+      "_module"
+      "_freeformOptions"
+    ]
+  );
+
+  # Use for nixpkgs < 25.11
+  getPriosLegacy =
+    {
+      options,
+    }:
+    let
+      filteredOptions = filterOptions options;
+    in
+    lib.mapAttrs (
+      _: opt:
+      let
+        prio = {
+          __prio = opt.highestPrio;
+        };
+        filteredSubOptions = filterOptions (opt.type.getSubOptions opt.loc);
+
+        zipDefs = builtins.zipAttrsWith (_: vs: vs);
+
+        prioPerValue =
+          { type, defs }:
+          lib.mapAttrs (
+            attrName: prioSet:
+            let
+              # Evaluate the submodule
+              # Remove once: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/391544 lands
+              # This is currently a workaround to get the submodule options
+              # It also has a certain loss of information, on nested attrsOf, which is rare, but not ideal.
+              options = filteredSubOptions;
+              modules = (
+                [
+                  {
+                    inherit options;
+                    _file = "<artifical submodule>";
+                  }
+                ]
+                ++ map (config: { inherit config; }) defs.${attrName}
+              );
+              submoduleEval = lib.evalModules {
+                inherit modules;
+              };
+            in
+            (lib.optionalAttrs (prioSet ? highestPrio) {
+              __prio = prioSet.highestPrio;
+            })
+            // (
+              if type.nestedTypes.elemType.name == "submodule" then
+                getPriosLegacy { options = submoduleEval.options; }
+              else
+                # Nested attrsOf
+                (lib.optionalAttrs
+                  (type.nestedTypes.elemType.name == "attrsOf" || type.nestedTypes.elemType.name == "lazyAttrsOf")
+                  (
+                    prioPerValue {
+                      type = type.nestedTypes.elemType;
+                      defs = zipDefs defs.${attrName};
+                    } prioSet.value
+                  )
+                )
+            )
+          );
+
+        submodulePrios =
+          let
+            modules = (opt.definitions ++ opt.type.getSubModules);
+            submoduleEval = lib.evalModules {
+              inherit modules;
+            };
+          in
+          getPriosLegacy { options = filterOptions submoduleEval.options; };
+
+      in
+      if opt ? type && opt.type.name == "submodule" then
+        (prio) // submodulePrios
+      else if opt ? type && (opt.type.name == "attrsOf" || opt.type.name == "lazyAttrsOf") then
+        prio
+        // (prioPerValue {
+          type = opt.type;
+          defs = zipDefs opt.definitions;
+        } (lib.modules.mergeAttrDefinitionsWithPrio opt))
+      else if opt ? type && opt._type == "option" then
+        prio
+      else
+        getPriosLegacy { options = opt; }
+    ) filteredOptions;
+in
+getPriosLegacy