diff --git a/flake-modules/tests.nix b/flake-modules/tests.nix
index 674edbeb..bf80e78c 100644
--- a/flake-modules/tests.nix
+++ b/flake-modules/tests.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
       makeNixvimWithModule,
       ...
     }:
+    let
+      evaluatedNixvim = helpers.modules.evalNixvim { check = false; };
+    in
     {
       checks = {
         extra-args-tests = import ../tests/extra-args.nix {
@@ -43,6 +46,8 @@
         maintainers = import ../tests/maintainers.nix { inherit pkgs; };
 
         generated = pkgs.callPackage ../tests/generated.nix { };
+
+        package-options = pkgs.callPackage ../tests/package-options.nix { inherit evaluatedNixvim; };
       } // import ../tests { inherit pkgs pkgsUnfree helpers; };
     };
 }
diff --git a/tests/package-options.nix b/tests/package-options.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6fc3642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/package-options.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# This test ensures "package" options use a "literalExpression" in their defaultText
+# I.e. it validates `lib.mkPackageOption` was used to build the package options.
+{
+  evaluatedNixvim,
+  lib,
+  runCommandNoCCLocal,
+}:
+let
+  inherit (builtins)
+    filter
+    head
+    map
+    match
+    ;
+  inherit (lib.strings) concatMapStringsSep removePrefix removeSuffix;
+  inherit (lib.attrsets) isDerivation;
+  inherit (lib.options)
+    isOption
+    renderOptionValue
+    showOption
+    ;
+
+  # This doesn't collect any submodule sub-options,
+  # but that's fine since most of our "package" options are in the top level module eval
+  options = lib.collect isOption evaluatedNixvim.options;
+
+  # All visible non-sub options that default to a derivation
+  drvOptions = filter (
+    {
+      default ? null,
+      visible ? true,
+      internal ? false,
+      ...
+    }:
+    visible && !internal && isDerivation default
+  ) options;
+
+  # Bad options do not use `literalExpression` in their `defaultText`,
+  # or have a `defaultText` that doesn't start with "pkgs."
+  badOptions = filter (
+    opt:
+    opt.defaultText._type or null != "literalExpression"
+    || match ''pkgs[.].*'' (opt.defaultText.text or "") == null
+  ) drvOptions;
+in
+runCommandNoCCLocal "validate-package-options"
+  {
+    # Use structuredAttrs to avoid "Argument List Too Long" errors
+    # and get proper bash array support.
+    __structuredAttrs = true;
+
+    # Passthroughs for debugging purposes
+    passthru = {
+      inherit evaluatedNixvim drvOptions badOptions;
+    };
+
+    # Error strings to print
+    errors =
+      let
+        # A little hack to get the flake's source in the nix store
+        # We will use this to make the option declaration sources more readable
+        src = removeSuffix "modules/top-level/output.nix" (
+          head evaluatedNixvim.options.package.declarations
+        );
+      in
+      map (
+        opt:
+        let
+          # The default, as rendered in documentation. Will always be a literalExpression.
+          default = builtins.addErrorContext "while evaluating the default text for `${showOption opt.loc}`" (
+            renderOptionValue (opt.defaultText or opt.default)
+          );
+        in
+        ''
+          - ${showOption opt.loc} (${default.text}), declared in:
+          ${concatMapStringsSep "\n" (file: "  - ${removePrefix src file}") opt.declarations}
+        ''
+      ) badOptions;
+  }
+  ''
+    if [ -n "$errors" ]; then
+      echo "Found ''${#errors[@]} errors:"
+      for err in "''${errors[@]}"; do
+        echo "$err"
+      done
+      echo "(''${#errors[@]} options with errors)"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    touch $out
+  ''