1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/os-posix.c b/os-posix.c
index 1de2839554..a6846f51c1 100644
--- a/os-posix.c
+++ b/os-posix.c
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ int os_parse_cmd_args(int index, const char *optarg)
         break;
 #if defined(CONFIG_LINUX)
     case QEMU_OPTION_enablefips:
+        warn_report("-enable-fips is deprecated, please build QEMU with "
+                    "the `libgcrypt` library as the cryptography provider "
+                    "to enable FIPS compliance");
         fips_set_state(true);
         break;
 #endif