diff --git a/net-p2p/btpd/Makefile b/net-p2p/btpd/Makefile
index 6b8ce7bd4858..9b807e735902 100644
--- a/net-p2p/btpd/Makefile
+++ b/net-p2p/btpd/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	btpd
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	0.16
 PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	net-p2p
 
 MAINTAINER=	mat@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Bittorrent client consisting of a daemon and client commands
 WWW=		https://github.com/btpd/btpd/wiki
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 
+DEPRECATED=	Abandoned upstream, lacks support for common functionality such as Magnet links, DHT, PEX and HTTPS. Consider net-p2p/qbittorrent or net-p2p/transmission
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2024-03-31
+
 USES=		autoreconf ssl
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_RC_SUBR=	btpd
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-openssl=${OPENSSLBASE}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/README ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>