diff --git a/textproc/py-libxml2/Makefile b/textproc/py-libxml2/Makefile
index 099b26ef6033..52f16b2c9e47 100644
--- a/textproc/py-libxml2/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-libxml2/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,29 @@
 PORTREVISION=	0
 CATEGORIES=	textproc gnome python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 COMMENT=	Python interface for XML parser library for GNOME
 MASTERDIR=	${.CURDIR}/../libxml2
 
+DEPRECATED=	Python bindings are planned to be deprecated upstream, consider migrating to another project such as lxml
+
 USES+=		gnome python shebangfix
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 USE_PYTHON=	flavors
 SHEBANG_FILES=	doc/*.py python/*.py python/tests/*.py
 
 # Tell master port we're a slave port
 LIBXML2_SLAVE=	python
 
 DESCR=		${.CURDIR}/pkg-descr
 PLIST=		${.CURDIR}/pkg-plist
 
 OPTIONS_EXCLUDE=	${OPTIONS_DEFINE}
 
 do-install:
 		${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 		${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/python/drv_libxml2.py ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 		${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${BUILD_WRKSRC}/libxml2.py ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 		${INSTALL_LIB} ${BUILD_WRKSRC}/libxml2mod.so ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 
 .include "${MASTERDIR}/Makefile"