diff --git a/tools/export/lpcxpresso/__init__.py b/tools/export/lpcxpresso/__init__.py
index aeaa12df02..263a5f7f59 100644
--- a/tools/export/lpcxpresso/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/export/lpcxpresso/__init__.py
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 """
 from os.path import splitext, basename
 
-from tools.export.exporters import Exporter
+from tools.export.exporters import Exporter, deprecated_exporter
 
+@deprecated_exporter
 class LPCXpresso(Exporter):
     NAME = 'LPCXpresso'
     TOOLCHAIN = 'GCC_ARM'