diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index 2b35a5d458..4dcbde6c2a 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-05-05	Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
+
+	* score/include/rtems/system.h: Added
+	RTEMS_COMPILER_DEPRECATED_ATTRIBUTE define.
+
 2009-05-05	Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
 
 	* include/rtems/endian.h:
diff --git a/cpukit/score/include/rtems/system.h b/cpukit/score/include/rtems/system.h
index f65c00cc7f..e807276d21 100644
--- a/cpukit/score/include/rtems/system.h
+++ b/cpukit/score/include/rtems/system.h
@@ -138,6 +138,17 @@ extern "C" {
   #define RTEMS_COMPILER_NO_RETURN_ATTRIBUTE
 #endif
 
+/**
+ *  Instructs the compiler to issue a warning whenever a variable or function
+ *  with this attribute will be used.
+ */
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+  #define RTEMS_COMPILER_DEPRECATED_ATTRIBUTE \
+     __attribute__ ((deprecated))
+#else
+  #define RTEMS_COMPILER_DEPRECATED_ATTRIBUTE
+#endif
+
 #ifdef RTEMS_POSIX_API
 /** The following is used by the POSIX implementation to catch bad paths.  */
 int POSIX_NOT_IMPLEMENTED( void );