diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index cc6a31512..67fdb1326 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const rules = {
   'no-deprecated': require('./rules/no-deprecated'),
 
   // deprecated aliases to rules
-  'imports-first': require('./rules/first'),
+  'imports-first': require('./rules/imports-first'),
 }
 
 export const configs = {
diff --git a/src/rules/imports-first.js b/src/rules/imports-first.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83eb1249c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rules/imports-first.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import first from './first'
+
+const newMeta = Object.assign({}, first.meta, { deprecated: true })
+
+module.exports = Object.assign({}, first, { meta: newMeta })
diff --git a/tests/src/package.js b/tests/src/package.js
index f3648dd91..8abf09aa0 100644
--- a/tests/src/package.js
+++ b/tests/src/package.js
@@ -53,5 +53,9 @@ describe('package', function () {
     }
   })
 
-})
+  it('marks deprecated rules in their metadata', function () {
+    expect(module.rules['imports-first'].meta.deprecated).to.be.true
+    expect(module.rules['first'].meta.deprecated).not.to.be.true
+  })
 
+})