diff --git a/src/log-droplog.c b/src/log-droplog.c
index 1e11ea31e9..6a523a7d01 100644
--- a/src/log-droplog.c
+++ b/src/log-droplog.c
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ static void LogDropLogDeInitCtx(OutputCtx *output_ctx)
  */
 static OutputInitResult LogDropLogInitCtx(ConfNode *conf)
 {
+    SCLogWarning(SC_WARN_DEPRECATED,
+        "The drop log has been deprecated and will be removed by "
+        "June 2020. Please use eve-log.");
+
     OutputInitResult result = { NULL, false };
     if (OutputDropLoggerEnable() != 0) {
         SCLogError(SC_ERR_CONF_YAML_ERROR, "only one 'drop' logger "