diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/distutils3-base.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/distutils3-base.bbclass
index d41873e..850c535 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/distutils3-base.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/distutils3-base.bbclass
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 
 inherit distutils-common-base python3native python3targetconfig
 
+python __anonymous() {
+    bb.warn("distutils3-base.bbclass is deprecated, please use setuptools3-base.bbclass instead")
+