diff --git a/images/labels.go b/images/labels.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06dfed572d43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/labels.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+   Copyright The containerd Authors.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package images
+
+const (
+	ConvertedDockerSchema1LabelKey = "io.containerd.image/converted-docker-schema1"
+)
diff --git a/pull.go b/pull.go
index c35278aa2a30..d72702a5fb01 100644
--- a/pull.go
+++ b/pull.go
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
+	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/semaphore"
+
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/images"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/unpack"
@@ -29,13 +32,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/remotes/docker"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/remotes/docker/schema1" //nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA1019. Need to keep deprecated package for compatibility.
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/tracing"
-	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
-	"golang.org/x/sync/semaphore"
 )
 
 const (
-	pullSpanPrefix                 = "pull"
-	convertedDockerSchema1LabelKey = "io.containerd.image/converted-docker-schema1"
+	pullSpanPrefix = "pull"
 )
 
 // Pull downloads the provided content into containerd's content store
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func (c *Client) fetch(ctx context.Context, rCtx *RemoteContext, ref string, lim
 		if rCtx.Labels == nil {
 			rCtx.Labels = make(map[string]string)
 		}
-		rCtx.Labels[convertedDockerSchema1LabelKey] = originalSchema1Digest
+		rCtx.Labels[images.ConvertedDockerSchema1LabelKey] = originalSchema1Digest
 	}
 
 	return images.Image{
diff --git a/services/images/local.go b/services/images/local.go
index 107232d41f50..c3b96b0bad24 100644
--- a/services/images/local.go
+++ b/services/images/local.go
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ package images
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	"github.com/containerd/log"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+
 	eventstypes "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/events"
 	imagesapi "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/images/v1"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
@@ -26,16 +31,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/gc"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/images"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/metadata"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/deprecation"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/epoch"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/plugin"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/plugin/registry"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/plugins"
 	ptypes "github.com/containerd/containerd/protobuf/types"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/services"
-	"github.com/containerd/log"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/services/warning"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ func init() {
 			plugins.EventPlugin,
 			plugins.MetadataPlugin,
 			plugins.GCPlugin,
+			plugins.WarningPlugin,
 		},
 		InitFn: func(ic *plugin.InitContext) (interface{}, error) {
 			m, err := ic.Get(plugins.MetadataPlugin)
@@ -56,16 +60,20 @@ func init() {
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-
 			ep, err := ic.Get(plugins.EventPlugin)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
+			w, err := ic.Get(plugins.WarningPlugin)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
 
 			return &local{
 				store:     metadata.NewImageStore(m.(*metadata.DB)),
 				publisher: ep.(events.Publisher),
 				gc:        g.(gcScheduler),
+				warnings:  w.(warning.Service),
 			}, nil
 		},
 	})
@@ -79,6 +87,7 @@ type local struct {
 	store     images.Store
 	gc        gcScheduler
 	publisher events.Publisher
+	warnings  warning.Service
 }
 
 var _ imagesapi.ImagesClient = &local{}
@@ -134,6 +143,7 @@ func (l *local) Create(ctx context.Context, req *imagesapi.CreateImageRequest, _
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	l.emitSchema1DeprecationWarning(ctx, &image)
 	return &resp, nil
 
 }
@@ -172,6 +182,7 @@ func (l *local) Update(ctx context.Context, req *imagesapi.UpdateImageRequest, _
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	l.emitSchema1DeprecationWarning(ctx, &image)
 	return &resp, nil
 }
 
@@ -203,3 +214,15 @@ func (l *local) Delete(ctx context.Context, req *imagesapi.DeleteImageRequest, _
 
 	return &ptypes.Empty{}, nil
 }
+
+func (l *local) emitSchema1DeprecationWarning(ctx context.Context, image *images.Image) {
+	if image == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	dgst, ok := image.Labels[images.ConvertedDockerSchema1LabelKey]
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	log.G(ctx).WithField("name", image.Name).WithField("schema1digest", dgst).Warn("conversion from schema 1 images is deprecated")
+	l.warnings.Emit(ctx, deprecation.PullSchema1Image)
+}