diff --git a/src/python_qt_binding/__init__.py b/src/python_qt_binding/__init__.py
index 1e209de..e32cfdc 100644
--- a/src/python_qt_binding/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python_qt_binding/__init__.py
@@ -51,13 +51,20 @@
   setattr(sys, 'SELECT_QT_BINDING', MY_BINDING_NAME)
 """
 
-import sys
-
 from python_qt_binding.binding_helper import loadUi  # noqa: F401
 from python_qt_binding.binding_helper import QT_BINDING  # noqa: F401
 from python_qt_binding.binding_helper import QT_BINDING_MODULES
 from python_qt_binding.binding_helper import QT_BINDING_VERSION  # noqa: F401
 
+import sys
+import warnings
+
+_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE = ("Using python_qt_bindings package in python is deprecated."
+                        "The package should be replaced by python3-qtpy system dep."
+                        "python_qt_bindings will only cater generation scrips in the future.")
+warnings.warn(_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE,
+              DeprecationWarning, 2)
+
 # register binding modules as sub modules of this package (python_qt_binding) for easy importing
 for module_name, module in QT_BINDING_MODULES.items():
     sys.modules[__name__ + '.' + module_name] = module