diff --git a/pkg/ingress/ingress.go b/pkg/ingress/ingress.go
index 386a0741..385fb667 100644
--- a/pkg/ingress/ingress.go
+++ b/pkg/ingress/ingress.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package ingress
 
 import (
 	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/haproxytech/kubernetes-ingress/pkg/annotations"
 	"github.com/haproxytech/kubernetes-ingress/pkg/haproxy"
@@ -24,8 +25,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/haproxytech/kubernetes-ingress/pkg/route"
 	"github.com/haproxytech/kubernetes-ingress/pkg/service"
 	"github.com/haproxytech/kubernetes-ingress/pkg/store"
+	"github.com/haproxytech/kubernetes-ingress/pkg/utils"
 )
 
+var ingressClassAnnotationDeprecationOnce sync.Once
+
 type Ingress struct {
 	annotations     annotations.Annotations
 	resource        *store.Ingress
@@ -35,6 +39,12 @@ type Ingress struct {
 	sslPassthrough  bool
 }
 
+func logIngressClassAnnotationDeprecationWarning() {
+	ingressClassAnnotationDeprecationOnce.Do(func() {
+		utils.GetLogger().Warningf("`ingress.class` annotation is deprecated, please use `spec.ingressClassName` instead. Support for `ingress.class` annotation will be removed.")
+	})
+}
+
 // New returns an Ingress instance to handle the k8s ingress resource given in params.
 // If the k8s ingress resource is not assigned to the controller (no matching IngressClass)
 // then New will return nil
@@ -55,6 +65,9 @@ func (i Ingress) Supported(k8s store.K8s, a annotations.Annotations) (supported
 
 	var igClassAnn, igClassSpec string
 	igClassAnn = a.String("ingress.class", i.resource.Annotations)
+	if igClassAnn != "" {
+		logIngressClassAnnotationDeprecationWarning()
+	}
 	if igClassResource := k8s.IngressClasses[i.resource.Class]; igClassResource != nil {
 		igClassSpec = igClassResource.Controller
 	}