1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/slirp.c b/net/slirp.c
index f505570adb..6b51fbc306 100644
--- a/net/slirp.c
+++ b/net/slirp.c
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "net/slirp.h"
 
-#include "config-host.h"
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
 #include <pwd.h>
@@ -784,6 +784,9 @@ int net_slirp_parse_legacy(QemuOptsList *opts_list, const char *optarg, int *ret
         return 0;
     }
 
+    error_report("The '-net channel' option is deprecated. "
+                 "Please use '-netdev user,guestfwd=...' instead.");
+
     /* handle legacy -net channel,port:chr */
     optarg += strlen("channel,");