diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/fn_ctxt/checks.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/fn_ctxt/checks.rs
index 047d0850d4ca1..1d51cb7f17141 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/fn_ctxt/checks.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/fn_ctxt/checks.rs
@@ -935,6 +935,17 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                 &mut err,
             );
 
+            self.suggest_deref_unwrap_or(
+                &mut err,
+                error_span,
+                callee_ty,
+                call_ident,
+                expected_ty,
+                provided_ty,
+                provided_args[*provided_idx],
+                is_method,
+            );
+
             // Call out where the function is defined
             self.label_fn_like(
                 &mut err,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/fn_ctxt/suggestions.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/fn_ctxt/suggestions.rs
index 2dcb721b0e92c..522872e7a2705 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/fn_ctxt/suggestions.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/fn_ctxt/suggestions.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::method::probe;
 use crate::method::probe::{IsSuggestion, Mode, ProbeScope};
 use core::cmp::min;
 use core::iter;
-use hir::def_id::{LocalDefId};
+use hir::def_id::LocalDefId;
 use rustc_ast::util::parser::{ExprPrecedence, PREC_UNAMBIGUOUS};
 use rustc_data_structures::packed::Pu128;
 use rustc_errors::{Applicability, Diag, MultiSpan};
@@ -1429,6 +1429,71 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
         true
     }
 
+    // Suggest to change `Option<&Vec<T>>::unwrap_or(&[])` to `Option::map_or(&[], |v| v)`.
+    #[instrument(level = "trace", skip(self, err, provided_expr))]
+    pub(crate) fn suggest_deref_unwrap_or(
+        &self,
+        err: &mut Diag<'_>,
+        error_span: Span,
+        callee_ty: Option<Ty<'tcx>>,
+        call_ident: Option<Ident>,
+        expected_ty: Ty<'tcx>,
+        provided_ty: Ty<'tcx>,
+        provided_expr: &Expr<'tcx>,
+        is_method: bool,
+    ) {
+        if !is_method {
+            return;
+        }
+        let Some(callee_ty) = callee_ty else {
+            return;
+        };
+        let ty::Adt(callee_adt, _) = callee_ty.peel_refs().kind() else {
+            return;
+        };
+        if !self.tcx.is_diagnostic_item(sym::Option, callee_adt.did()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if call_ident.map_or(true, |ident| ident.name != sym::unwrap_or) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        let ty::Ref(_, peeled, _mutability) = provided_ty.kind() else {
+            return;
+        };
+
+        // NOTE: Can we reuse `suggest_deref_or_ref`?
+
+        // Create an dummy type `&[_]` so that both &[] and `&Vec<T>` can coerce to it.
+        let dummy_ty = if let ty::Array(elem_ty, size) = peeled.kind()
+            && let ty::Infer(_) = elem_ty.kind()
+            && size.try_eval_target_usize(self.tcx, self.param_env) == Some(0)
+        {
+            let slice = Ty::new_slice(self.tcx, *elem_ty);
+            Ty::new_imm_ref(self.tcx, self.tcx.lifetimes.re_static, slice)
+        } else {
+            provided_ty
+        };
+
+        if !self.can_coerce(expected_ty, dummy_ty) {
+            return;
+        }
+        let (provided_snip, applicability) =
+            match self.tcx.sess.source_map().span_to_snippet(provided_expr.span) {
+                Ok(snip) => (snip, Applicability::MachineApplicable),
+                Err(_) => ("/* _ */".to_owned(), Applicability::MaybeIncorrect),
+            };
+        let sugg = &format!("map_or({provided_snip}, |v| v)");
+        err.span_suggestion_verbose(
+            error_span,
+            "use `Option::map_or` to deref inner value of `Option`",
+            sugg,
+            applicability,
+        );
+        return;
+    }
+
     /// Suggest wrapping the block in square brackets instead of curly braces
     /// in case the block was mistaken array syntax, e.g. `{ 1 }` -> `[ 1 ]`.
     pub(crate) fn suggest_block_to_brackets(
diff --git a/tests/ui/mismatched_types/issue-127545-option-of-ref.stderr b/tests/ui/mismatched_types/issue-127545-option-of-ref.stderr
index 19458509046ac..58f6c8eab6704 100644
--- a/tests/ui/mismatched_types/issue-127545-option-of-ref.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/mismatched_types/issue-127545-option-of-ref.stderr
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ LL |     arg.unwrap_or(&[])
    |                   this argument influences the return type of `unwrap_or`
 note: method defined here
   --> $SRC_DIR/core/src/option.rs:LL:COL
+help: use `Option::map_or` to deref inner value of `Option`
+   |
+LL |     arg.map_or(&[], |v| v)
+   |         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
   --> $DIR/issue-127545-option-of-ref.rs:13:19
@@ -52,6 +56,10 @@ LL |     arg.unwrap_or(v)
    |                   this argument influences the return type of `unwrap_or`
 note: method defined here
   --> $SRC_DIR/core/src/option.rs:LL:COL
+help: use `Option::map_or` to deref inner value of `Option`
+   |
+LL |     arg.map_or(v, |v| v)
+   |         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 error: aborting due to 3 previous errors