diff --git a/libweston/backend-drm/meson.build b/libweston/backend-drm/meson.build
index 9d87be89f..620e9ad29 100644
--- a/libweston/backend-drm/meson.build
+++ b/libweston/backend-drm/meson.build
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ if get_option('renderer-vulkan')
 	config_h.set('BUILD_DRM_GBM', '1')
 endif
 
-if get_option('backend-drm-screencast-vaapi')
+if get_option('deprecated-backend-drm-screencast-vaapi')
+        warning('deprecated-backend-drm-screencast-vaapi enabled. This option will be removed in future versions.')
 	foreach name : [ 'libva', 'libva-drm' ]
 		d = dependency(name, version: '>= 0.34.0', required: false)
 		if not d.found()
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 41eab349a..0ef9f0cf6 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ option(
 	description: 'Weston backend: DRM/KMS'
 )
 option(
-	'backend-drm-screencast-vaapi',
+	'deprecated-backend-drm-screencast-vaapi',
 	type: 'boolean',
-	value: true,
-	description: 'DRM/KMS backend support for VA-API screencasting'
+	value: false,
+	description: 'DEPRECATED: DRM/KMS backend support for VA-API screencasting'
 )
 option(
 	'backend-headless',