diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy
index 168ceca1d23..c4eb76164fe 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ class BuildPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
                  * -serial because we don't use java serialization.
                  */
                 // don't even think about passing args with -J-xxx, oracle will ask you to submit a bug report :)
-                options.compilerArgs << '-Werror' << '-Xlint:all,-path,-serial,-options' << '-Xdoclint:all' << '-Xdoclint:-missing'
+                options.compilerArgs << '-Werror' << '-Xlint:all,-path,-serial,-options,-deprecation' << '-Xdoclint:all' << '-Xdoclint:-missing'
                 // compile with compact 3 profile by default
                 // NOTE: this is just a compile time check: does not replace testing with a compact3 JRE
                 if (project.compactProfile != 'full') {