diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/xdg.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/xdg.eclass
index 14c56047af..6af4b91875 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/xdg.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/xdg.eclass
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 # @ECLASS: xdg.eclass
@@ -13,14 +13,18 @@
 # Utility eclass to update the desktop, icon and shared mime info as laid
 # out in the freedesktop specs & implementations
 
-case ${EAPI} in
-	6|7|8) ;;
-	*) die "${ECLASS}: EAPI ${EAPI:-0} not supported" ;;
-esac
-
 if [[ -z ${_XDG_ECLASS} ]]; then
 _XDG_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 xdg-utils
 
 # Avoid dependency loop as both depend on glib-2