diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/meson.build b/src/gallium/auxiliary/meson.build
index 3d7ec917e49..2080ffae5f2 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/meson.build
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/meson.build
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ files_libgallium = files(
   'util/u_rect.h',
   'util/u_resource.c',
   'util/u_resource.h',
+  'util/u_sample_positions.c',
+  'util/u_sample_positions.h',
   'util/u_sampler.c',
   'util/u_sampler.h',
   'util/u_screen.c',
diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_sample_positions.c b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_sample_positions.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a96e8c038cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_sample_positions.c
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Alyssa Rosenzweig
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+#include "u_sample_positions.h"
+
+/*
+ * This file implement a default version of get_sample_position that returns the
+ * standard sample positions, as standardized in both Vulkan and Direct3D and
+ * hence almost everyone's hardware.
+ */
+
+static const float u_default_sample_positions_1x[][2] = {
+   {0.5, 0.5}
+};
+
+static const float u_default_sample_positions_2x[][2] = {
+   {0.75, 0.75},
+   {0.25, 0.25}
+};
+
+static const float u_default_sample_positions_4x[][4] = {
+   {0.375, 0.125},
+   {0.875, 0.375},
+   {0.125, 0.625},
+   {0.625, 0.875},
+};
+
+static const float u_default_sample_positions_8x[][4] = {
+   {0.5625, 0.3125},
+   {0.4375, 0.6875},
+   {0.8125, 0.5625},
+   {0.3125, 0.1875},
+   {0.1875, 0.8125},
+   {0.0625, 0.4375},
+   {0.6875, 0.9375},
+   {0.9375, 0.0625},
+
+};
+
+static const float u_default_sample_positions_16x[][4] = {
+   {0.5625, 0.5625},
+   {0.4375, 0.3125},
+   {0.3125, 0.625},
+   {0.75,   0.4375},
+   {0.1875, 0.375},
+   {0.625,  0.8125},
+   {0.8125, 0.6875},
+   {0.6875, 0.1875},
+   {0.375,  0.875},
+   {0.5,    0.0625},
+   {0.25,   0.125},
+   {0.125,  0.75},
+   {0.0,    0.5},
+   {0.9375, 0.25},
+   {0.875,  0.9375},
+   {0.0625, 0.0},
+};
+
+static const float *
+u_default_sample_position(unsigned sample_count, unsigned sample_index)
+{
+   switch (sample_count) {
+   case  0:
+   case  1: return u_default_sample_positions_1x[sample_index];
+   case  2: return u_default_sample_positions_2x[sample_index];
+   case  4: return u_default_sample_positions_4x[sample_index];
+   case  8: return u_default_sample_positions_8x[sample_index];
+   case 16: return u_default_sample_positions_16x[sample_index];
+   default: unreachable("Invalid sample count");
+   }
+}
+
+void
+u_default_get_sample_position(struct pipe_context *ctx,
+                              unsigned sample_count,
+                              unsigned sample_index,
+                              float *out_value)
+{
+   const float *positions =
+      u_default_sample_position(sample_count, sample_index);
+
+   out_value[0] = positions[0];
+   out_value[1] = positions[1];
+}
diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_sample_positions.h b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_sample_positions.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aea3c20f702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_sample_positions.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Alyssa Rosenzweig
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+#ifndef U_SAMPLE_POSITIONS_H
+#define U_SAMPLE_POSITIONS_H
+
+#include "pipe/p_context.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+void
+u_default_get_sample_position(struct pipe_context *ctx,
+                              unsigned sample_count,
+                              unsigned sample_index,
+                              float *out_value);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif