diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/distutils3.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/distutils3.bbclass
index be645d3..a6d8e87 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/distutils3.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/distutils3.bbclass
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 
 DISTUTILS_SETUP_PATH ?= "${S}"
 
+python __anonymous() {
+    bb.warn("distutils3.bbclass is deprecated, please use setuptools3.bbclass instead")
+}
+
 distutils3_do_configure() {
     :
 }