diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 463a5a81b..89081ffbe 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@
 // irrelevant as this crate is developed out-of-tree.
 #![cfg_attr(backtrace_in_libstd, allow(warnings))]
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), allow(dead_code))]
+// We know this is deprecated, it's only here for back-compat reasons.
+#![cfg_attr(feature = "rustc-serialize", allow(deprecated))]
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 #[macro_use]