diff --git a/src/cdk/platform/features/backwards-compatibility.ts b/src/cdk/platform/features/backwards-compatibility.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..717f880d7654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cdk/platform/features/backwards-compatibility.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
+ */
+
+import {Renderer2, VERSION, ListenerOptions} from '@angular/core';
+
+// TODO(crisbeto): remove this function when making breaking changes for v20.
+/**
+ * Binds an event listener with specific options in a backwards-compatible way.
+ * This function is necessary, because `Renderer2.listen` only supports listener options
+ * after 19.1 and during the v19 period we support any 19.x version.
+ * @docs-private
+ */
+export function _bindEventWithOptions(
+  renderer: Renderer2,
+  target: EventTarget,
+  eventName: string,
+  callback: (event: any) => boolean | void,
+  options: ListenerOptions,
+): () => void {
+  const major = parseInt(VERSION.major);
+  const minor = parseInt(VERSION.minor);
+
+  // Event options in `listen` are only supported in 19.1 and beyond.
+  // We also allow 0.0.x, because that indicates a build at HEAD.
+  if (major > 19 || (major === 19 && minor > 0) || (major === 0 && minor === 0)) {
+    return renderer.listen(target, eventName, callback, options);
+  }
+
+  target.addEventListener(eventName, callback, options);
+
+  return () => {
+    target.removeEventListener(eventName, callback, options);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/cdk/platform/public-api.ts b/src/cdk/platform/public-api.ts
index ae1990dee0fe..9613cc5b04bc 100644
--- a/src/cdk/platform/public-api.ts
+++ b/src/cdk/platform/public-api.ts
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ export * from './features/passive-listeners';
 export * from './features/scrolling';
 export * from './features/shadow-dom';
 export * from './features/test-environment';
+export * from './features/backwards-compatibility';
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/cdk/platform.md b/tools/public_api_guard/cdk/platform.md
index 9259ee1672a1..a93b2f19e708 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/cdk/platform.md
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/cdk/platform.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 ```ts
 
 import * as i0 from '@angular/core';
+import { ListenerOptions } from '@angular/core';
+import { Renderer2 } from '@angular/core';
+
+// @public
+export function _bindEventWithOptions(renderer: Renderer2, target: EventTarget, eventName: string, callback: (event: any) => boolean | void, options: ListenerOptions): () => void;
 
 // @public
 export function _getEventTarget<T extends EventTarget>(event: Event): T | null;