diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/pipeline/__init__.py b/scrapy/contrib/pipeline/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aedf34a3f
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+++ b/scrapy/contrib/pipeline/__init__.py
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+import warnings
+from scrapy.exceptions import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
+warnings.warn("Module `scrapy.contrib.pipeline` is deprecated, "
+              "use `scrapy.pipelines` instead",
+              ScrapyDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
+from scrapy.pipelines import *
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/pipeline/files.py b/scrapy/contrib/pipeline/files.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd1238b5d
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+++ b/scrapy/contrib/pipeline/files.py
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+import warnings
+from scrapy.exceptions import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
+warnings.warn("Module `scrapy.contrib.pipeline.files` is deprecated, "
+              "use `scrapy.pipelines.files` instead",
+              ScrapyDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
+from scrapy.pipelines.files import *
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/pipeline/images.py b/scrapy/contrib/pipeline/images.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f5ce4c40
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+++ b/scrapy/contrib/pipeline/images.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import warnings
+from scrapy.exceptions import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
+warnings.warn("Module `scrapy.contrib.pipeline.images` is deprecated, "
+              "use `scrapy.pipelines.images` instead",
+              ScrapyDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
+from scrapy.pipelines.images import *
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/pipeline/media.py b/scrapy/contrib/pipeline/media.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b4fea560
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+++ b/scrapy/contrib/pipeline/media.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import warnings
+from scrapy.exceptions import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
+warnings.warn("Module `scrapy.contrib.pipeline.media` is deprecated, "
+              "use `scrapy.pipelines.media` instead",
+              ScrapyDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
+from scrapy.pipelines.media import *