1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 191a847940..10c32eb327 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -1065,6 +1065,13 @@ static int bdrv_open_common(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *file,
         goto free_and_fail;
     }
 
+    if (bs->encrypted) {
+        error_report("Encrypted images are deprecated");
+        error_printf("Support for them will be removed in a future release.\n"
+                     "You can use 'qemu-img convert' to convert your image"
+                     " to an unencrypted one.\n");
+    }
+
     ret = refresh_total_sectors(bs, bs->total_sectors);
     if (ret < 0) {
         error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not refresh total sector count");