diff --git a/scrapy/utils/db.py b/scrapy/utils/db.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b549ce99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scrapy/utils/db.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import warnings
+
+from scrapy.utils.mysql import *
+
+warnings.warn("scrapy.utils.db module is depreacted, use scrapy.utils.mysql instead",
+    DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)