diff --git a/src/rc/openrc-run.c b/src/rc/openrc-run.c
index 2a4b90d2..5e3ba677 100644
--- a/src/rc/openrc-run.c
+++ b/src/rc/openrc-run.c
@@ -1121,6 +1121,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
+	applet = basename_c(argv[0]);
+	if (strcmp(applet, "runscript") == 0)
+		ewarnv("runscript is deprecated, please use openrc-run instead.");
+
 	if (stat(argv[1], &stbuf) != 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "openrc-run `%s': %s\n",
 		    argv[1], strerror(errno));
diff --git a/src/rc/rc.c b/src/rc/rc.c
index 4efa0cf9..11170b4d 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc.c
@@ -830,6 +830,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (strcmp(applet, "rc") == 0)
+		ewarnv("rc is deprecated, please use openrc instead.");
 	newlevel = argv[optind++];
 	/* To make life easier, we only have the shutdown runlevel as
 	 * nothing really needs to know that we're rebooting.