how to get the default value of a type if the type is only known as System.Type?

If I want a method that returns the default value of a given type and the method is generic I can return a default value like so:

public static T GetDefaultValue()
{
  return default(T);
}

Can I do something similar in case I have the type only as a System.Type object?

public static object GetDefaultValue(Type type)
{
  //???
}