diff --git a/net/p5-Spread-Message/Makefile b/net/p5-Spread-Message/Makefile
index 8a2249daf36d..5c29810a2596 100644
--- a/net/p5-Spread-Message/Makefile
+++ b/net/p5-Spread-Message/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 # Created by: Aaron Dalton <aaron@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	Spread-Message
 PORTVERSION=	0.21
 CATEGORIES=	net perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	CPAN:MARKPF
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	perl@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Provide messaging using the Spread toolkit
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	spread>=0:${PORTSDIR}/net/spread
 RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
 
+DEPRECATED=	Depends on expired net/spread
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2014-05-01
+
 USES=		perl5
 USE_PERL5=	configure
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>