diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass
index 5e36fa275d..66819996ea 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass
@@ -13,14 +13,18 @@
 # in such a way that you can rely on the function always returning
 # something sane.
 
-case ${EAPI} in
-	6|7|8) ;;
-	*) die "${ECLASS}: EAPI ${EAPI:-0} not supported" ;;
-esac
-
 if [[ -z ${_TOOLCHAIN_FUNCS_ECLASS} ]]; then
 _TOOLCHAIN_FUNCS_ECLASS=1
 
+case ${EAPI} in
+	6)
+		ewarn "${CATEGORY}/${PF}: ebuild uses ${ECLASS} with deprecated EAPI ${EAPI}!"
+		ewarn "${CATEGORY}/${PF}: Support will be removed on 2024-10-08. Please port to newer EAPI."
+		;;
+	7|8) ;;
+	*) die "${ECLASS}: EAPI ${EAPI:-0} not supported" ;;
+esac
+
 inherit multilib
 
 # tc-getPROG <VAR [search vars]> <default> [tuple]