diff --git a/manila/api/middleware/auth.py b/manila/api/middleware/auth.py
index b67f99c9e5..6068a9701a 100644
--- a/manila/api/middleware/auth.py
+++ b/manila/api/middleware/auth.py
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ from manila.wsgi import common as base_wsgi
 use_forwarded_for_opt = cfg.BoolOpt(
     'use_forwarded_for',
     default=False,
+    deprecated_for_removal=True,
+    deprecated_reason='This feature is duplicate of the HTTPProxyToWSGI '
+                      'middleware of oslo.middleware.',
+    deprecated_since='Zed',
     help='Treat X-Forwarded-For as the canonical remote address. '
          'Only enable this if you have a sanitizing proxy.')
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-use_forwarded_for-2b47e9b63d5f2fc1.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-use_forwarded_for-2b47e9b63d5f2fc1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..888c193f50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-use_forwarded_for-2b47e9b63d5f2fc1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The ``[DEFAULT] use_forwarded_for`` parameter has been deprecated. Instead
+    of using this parameter, add the ``HTTPProxyToWSGI`` middleware to api
+    pipelines, and ``[oslo_middleware] enable_proxy_headers_parsing = True``
+    to manila.conf.