diff --git a/src/lib/category/index.ts b/src/lib/category/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2437b73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/category/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { useDefaultCategoryComboQuery } from './useDefaultCategoryComboQuery'
diff --git a/src/lib/category/useDefaultCategoryComboQuery.ts b/src/lib/category/useDefaultCategoryComboQuery.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef06bc37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/category/useDefaultCategoryComboQuery.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { useDataQuery } from '@dhis2/app-runtime'
+import { useMemo } from 'react'
+import { CategoryCombo } from '../../types/generated'
+
+type DefaultCategoryComboQueryResult = {
+    categoryCombos: {
+        categoryCombos: CategoryCombo[]
+    }
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_CATEGORY_OPTION_QUERY = {
+    categoryCombos: {
+        resource: 'categoryCombos',
+        params: (variables: Record<string, string>) => {
+            const fields = ['id']
+            if (variables.fields) {
+                fields.push(...variables.fields)
+            }
+
+            return {
+                fields,
+                paging: false,
+                filter: ['isDefault:eq:true'],
+            }
+        },
+    },
+}
+
+export function useDefaultCategoryComboQuery({
+    fields,
+}: { fields?: string[] } = {}) {
+    const variables = { fields }
+    // The gist doesn't include the `isDefault` value, need to use `useDataQuery`
+    const queryResult = useDataQuery<DefaultCategoryComboQueryResult>(
+        DEFAULT_CATEGORY_OPTION_QUERY,
+        { variables }
+    )
+
+    return useMemo(
+        () => ({
+            ...queryResult,
+            data: queryResult.data?.categoryCombos.categoryCombos[0],
+        }),
+        [queryResult]
+    )
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/index.ts b/src/lib/index.ts
index fe63ee89..c0b484aa 100644
--- a/src/lib/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export * from './category'
 export * from './constants'
 export * from './debounce'
 export * from './models'