diff --git a/oslo_messaging/notify/_impl_messaging.py b/oslo_messaging/notify/_impl_messaging.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f7c57113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oslo_messaging/notify/_impl_messaging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Copyright 2015 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+from debtcollector import removals
+
+from oslo_messaging.notify.messaging import *   # noqa
+
+
+# NOTE(mriedem): removal depends on how we can cap requirements in
+# stable/liberty such that neutron does not try to load this
+removals.removed_module(__name__,
+                        oslo_messaging.notify.messaging.__name__,
+                        removal_version='?')
diff --git a/oslo_messaging/tests/notify/test_impl_messaging.py b/oslo_messaging/tests/notify/test_impl_messaging.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2a9a2ee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oslo_messaging/tests/notify/test_impl_messaging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Copyright 2015 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import mock
+
+from oslo_messaging.tests import utils as test_utils
+
+
+class TestDeprecationWarning(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
+
+    @mock.patch('warnings.warn')
+    def test_impl_messaging_deprecation_warning(self, mock_warn):
+        # Tests that we get a deprecation warning when loading a messaging
+        # driver out of oslo_messaging.notify._impl_messaging.
+        from oslo_messaging.notify import _impl_messaging as messaging
+        driver = messaging.MessagingV2Driver(
+            conf={}, topics=['notifications'], transport='rpc')
+        # Make sure we got a deprecation warning by loading from the alias
+        self.assertEqual(1, mock_warn.call_count)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6eea9e1d3..98f1daddb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ stevedore>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.9.0
 cachetools>=1.0.0 # MIT License
 
+debtcollector>=0.3.0  # Apache-2.0
+
 # FIXME(markmc): remove this when the drivers no longer
 # import eventlet