diff --git a/manifests/agents/ml2/vpp.pp b/manifests/agents/ml2/vpp.pp
index 800db9390..c15f943d2 100644
--- a/manifests/agents/ml2/vpp.pp
+++ b/manifests/agents/ml2/vpp.pp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # == Class: neutron::agents::ml2::vpp
 #
+# DEPRECATED !!
 # Configure networking-vpp Neutron agent for ML2 plugin.
 #
 # === Parameters
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ class neutron::agents::ml2::vpp (
   include neutron::deps
   include neutron::params
 
+  warning('Support for the networking-vpp plugin has been deprecated.')
+
   resources { 'neutron_agent_vpp':
     purge => $purge_config,
   }
diff --git a/manifests/plugins/ml2/vpp.pp b/manifests/plugins/ml2/vpp.pp
index 40b1a6e55..bc00d105a 100644
--- a/manifests/plugins/ml2/vpp.pp
+++ b/manifests/plugins/ml2/vpp.pp
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+# == Class: neutron::plugins::ml2::vpp
 #
+# DEPRECATED !!
 # Install the networking-vpp ML2 mechanism driver and generate config file
 # from parameters in the other classes.
 #
@@ -39,6 +41,8 @@ class neutron::plugins::ml2::vpp (
   include neutron::deps
   require neutron::plugins::ml2
 
+  warning('Support for the networking-vpp plugin has been deprecated.')
+
   neutron_plugin_ml2 {
     'ml2_vpp/etcd_host':    value => $etcd_host;
     'ml2_vpp/etcd_port':    value => $etcd_port;
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-networking-vpp-aafae2fdafa2d896.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-networking-vpp-aafae2fdafa2d896.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..448843912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-networking-vpp-aafae2fdafa2d896.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    Support for the ``networking-vpp`` plugin has been deprecated and will be
+    removed in a future release.