diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/__init__.py b/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/depth.py b/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/depth.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..718803148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/depth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import warnings
+from scrapy.exceptions import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
+warnings.warn("Module `scrapy.contrib.spidermiddleware.depth` is deprecated, "
+              "use `scrapy.spidermiddlewares.depth` instead",
+              ScrapyDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
+from scrapy.spidermiddlewares.depth import *
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/httperror.py b/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/httperror.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e39fb3f56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/httperror.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import warnings
+from scrapy.exceptions import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
+warnings.warn("Module `scrapy.contrib.spidermiddleware.httperror` is deprecated, "
+              "use `scrapy.spidermiddlewares.httperror` instead",
+              ScrapyDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
+from scrapy.spidermiddlewares.httperror import *
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/offsite.py b/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/offsite.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5ed9ea7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/offsite.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import warnings
+from scrapy.exceptions import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
+warnings.warn("Module `scrapy.contrib.spidermiddleware.offsite` is deprecated, "
+              "use `scrapy.spidermiddlewares.offsite` instead",
+              ScrapyDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
+from scrapy.spidermiddlewares.offsite import *
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/referer.py b/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/referer.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdf8d6659
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/referer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import warnings
+from scrapy.exceptions import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
+warnings.warn("Module `scrapy.contrib.spidermiddleware.referer` is deprecated, "
+              "use `scrapy.spidermiddlewares.referer` instead",
+              ScrapyDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
+from scrapy.spidermiddlewares.referer import *
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/urllength.py b/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/urllength.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e51add59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/urllength.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import warnings
+from scrapy.exceptions import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
+warnings.warn("Module `scrapy.contrib.spidermiddleware.urllength` is deprecated, "
+              "use `scrapy.spidermiddlewares.urllength` instead",
+              ScrapyDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
+from scrapy.spidermiddlewares.urllength import *