diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/__init__.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2..785186fd28 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/__init__.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import warnings
+warnings.warn("django.contrib.localflavor is deprecated. Use the separate django-localflavor-* packages instead.", DeprecationWarning)