diff --git a/scrapy/pipelines/images.py b/scrapy/pipelines/images.py
index 67b3224b3..4d59436ab 100644
--- a/scrapy/pipelines/images.py
+++ b/scrapy/pipelines/images.py
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ See documentation in topics/media-pipeline.rst
 """
 import functools
 import hashlib
+import warnings
 from contextlib import suppress
 from io import BytesIO
 
 from itemadapter import ItemAdapter
 
-from scrapy.exceptions import DropItem, NotConfigured
+from scrapy.exceptions import DropItem, NotConfigured, ScrapyDeprecationWarning
 from scrapy.http import Request
 from scrapy.pipelines.files import FileException, FilesPipeline
 # TODO: from scrapy.pipelines.media import MediaPipeline
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ from scrapy.utils.python import to_bytes
 class NoimagesDrop(DropItem):
     """Product with no images exception"""
 
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        warnings.warn("The NoimagesDrop class is deprecated", category=ScrapyDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
 
 class ImageException(FileException):
     """General image error exception"""
diff --git a/tests/test_pipeline_images.py b/tests/test_pipeline_images.py
index 0082e7a4e..c189d08bf 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipeline_images.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipeline_images.py
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
+import dataclasses
 import hashlib
 import io
 import random
 from shutil import rmtree
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
-import dataclasses
+from warnings import catch_warnings
 
 import attr
 from itemadapter import ItemAdapter
 from twisted.trial import unittest
 
+from scrapy.exceptions import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
 from scrapy.http import Request, Response
 from scrapy.item import Field, Item
-from scrapy.pipelines.images import ImagesPipeline
+from scrapy.pipelines.images import ImagesPipeline, NoimagesDrop
 from scrapy.settings import Settings
 from scrapy.utils.python import to_bytes
 
@@ -416,6 +418,22 @@ class ImagesPipelineTestCaseCustomSettings(unittest.TestCase):
                              expected_value)
 
 
+class NoimagesDropTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_deprecation_warning(self):
+        arg = str()
+        with catch_warnings(record=True) as warnings:
+            NoimagesDrop(arg)
+            self.assertEqual(len(warnings), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(warnings[0].category, ScrapyDeprecationWarning)
+        with catch_warnings(record=True) as warnings:
+            class SubclassedNoimagesDrop(NoimagesDrop):
+                pass
+            SubclassedNoimagesDrop(arg)
+            self.assertEqual(len(warnings), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(warnings[0].category, ScrapyDeprecationWarning)
+
+
 def _create_image(format, *a, **kw):
     buf = io.BytesIO()
     Image.new(*a, **kw).save(buf, format)