diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/plugins/shellintegration/wl-shell/qwaylandwlshellintegration.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/plugins/shellintegration/wl-shell/qwaylandwlshellintegration.cpp
index be156dad21b..008da3d8a83 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/plugins/shellintegration/wl-shell/qwaylandwlshellintegration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/plugins/shellintegration/wl-shell/qwaylandwlshellintegration.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ namespace QtWaylandClient {
 
 bool QWaylandWlShellIntegration::initialize(QWaylandDisplay *display)
 {
+    qCWarning(lcQpaWayland) << "\"wl-shell\" is a deprecated shell extension, prefer using"
+                            << "\"xdg-shell-v6\" or \"xdg-shell\" if supported by the compositor"
+                            << "by setting the environment variable QT_WAYLAND_SHELL_INTEGRATION";
+
     Q_FOREACH (QWaylandDisplay::RegistryGlobal global, display->globals()) {
         if (global.interface == QLatin1String("wl_shell")) {
             m_wlShell = new QtWayland::wl_shell(display->wl_registry(), global.id, 1);
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/plugins/shellintegration/xdg-shell-v5/qwaylandxdgshellv5integration.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/plugins/shellintegration/xdg-shell-v5/qwaylandxdgshellv5integration.cpp
index 47d748b1cad..d032002b159 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/plugins/shellintegration/xdg-shell-v5/qwaylandxdgshellv5integration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/plugins/shellintegration/xdg-shell-v5/qwaylandxdgshellv5integration.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ namespace QtWaylandClient {
 
 bool QWaylandXdgShellV5Integration::initialize(QWaylandDisplay *display)
 {
+    qCWarning(lcQpaWayland) << "\"xdg-shell-v5\" is a deprecated shell extension, prefer using"
+                            << "\"xdg-shell-v6\" or \"xdg-shell\" if supported by the compositor"
+                            << "by setting the environment variable QT_WAYLAND_SHELL_INTEGRATION";
+
     Q_FOREACH (QWaylandDisplay::RegistryGlobal global, display->globals()) {
         if (global.interface == QLatin1String("xdg_shell")) {
             m_xdgShell.reset(new QWaylandXdgShellV5(display->wl_registry(), global.id));