diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/distutils-common-base.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/distutils-common-base.bbclass
index bc994f7..59c750a 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/distutils-common-base.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/distutils-common-base.bbclass
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@
   ${libdir}/pkgconfig \
   ${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/*.la \
 "
+python __anonymous() {
+    bb.warn("distutils-common-base.bbclass is deprecated, please use setuptools3-base.bbclass instead")
+}