diff --git a/multimedia/mpeg_encode/Makefile b/multimedia/mpeg_encode/Makefile
index cb8260289c59..e7819096b3aa 100644
--- a/multimedia/mpeg_encode/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/mpeg_encode/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,30 @@
 PORTNAME=	mpeg_encode
 PORTVERSION=	1.5b
 DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=-src
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia
 MASTER_SITES=	LOCAL/ahze
 
 MAINTAINER=	multimedia@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	UCB's MPEG-I video stream encoder
 
+DEPRECATED=	Upstream is dead and it's buggy, consider using multimedia/ffmpeg
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2025-01-31
+
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
 
 post-patch:
 	@(${GREP} -R -l "malloc.h" ${WRKSRC}/* | \
 	    ${XARGS} ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s/malloc.h/stdlib.h/")
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/mpeg_encode ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/docs/mpeg_encode.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 .for i in users-guide.ps template.param
 	@${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/docs/${i} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 .endfor
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>