diff --git security/py-backports.ssl_match_hostname/Makefile security/py-backports.ssl_match_hostname/Makefile
index e10d76c0fa69..23a9c5557a86 100644
--- security/py-backports.ssl_match_hostname/Makefile
+++ security/py-backports.ssl_match_hostname/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ COMMENT=	Backport of the ssl_match_hostname function from Python 3.5
 
 LICENSE=	PSFL
 
+DEPRECATED=	Python 2 is EOL upstream
+EXPIRATION_DATE=	2020-12-31
+
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}backports>0:devel/py-backports@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:2.7