1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sphinx/util/compat.py b/sphinx/util/compat.py
index 0af65cbe3..73b68f5a2 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/compat.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/compat.py
@@ -10,12 +10,17 @@
 """
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
+import sys
 import warnings
 
 from docutils import nodes
 from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive  # noqa
 
+from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive  # noqa
 from docutils import __version__ as _du_version
+
+from sphinx.deprecation import RemovedInSphinx17Warning
+
 docutils_version = tuple(int(x) for x in _du_version.split('.')[:2])
 
 
@@ -38,3 +43,25 @@ def make_admonition(node_class, name, arguments, options, content, lineno,
         admonition_node['classes'] += classes
     state.nested_parse(content, content_offset, admonition_node)
     return [admonition_node]
+
+
+class _DeprecationWrapper(object):
+    def __init__(self, mod, deprecated):
+        # type: (Any, Dict) -> None
+        self._mod = mod
+        self._deprecated = deprecated
+
+    def __getattr__(self, attr):
+        if attr in self._deprecated:
+            warnings.warn("sphinx.util.compat.%s is deprecated and will be "
+                          "removed in Sphinx 1.7, please use the standard "
+                          "library version instead." % attr,
+                          RemovedInSphinx17Warning, stacklevel=2)
+            return self._deprecated[attr]
+        return getattr(self._mod, attr)
+
+
+sys.modules[__name__] = _DeprecationWrapper(sys.modules[__name__], dict(  # type: ignore
+    docutils_version = docutils_version,
+    Directive = Directive,
+))