diff --git a/nova/service.py b/nova/service.py
index 37c5fdbdd9f2..260a1d66cf75 100644
--- a/nova/service.py
+++ b/nova/service.py
@@ -325,6 +325,10 @@ class WSGIService(service.Service):
         # NOTE(danms): Name can be metadata, osapi_compute, per
         # nova.service's enabled_apis
         self.binary = 'nova-%s' % name
+
+        LOG.warning('Running %s using eventlet is deprecated. Deploy with '
+                    'a WSGI server such as uwsgi or mod_wsgi.', self.binary)
+
         self.topic = None
         self.manager = self._get_manager()
         self.loader = loader or api_wsgi.Loader()
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-api-eventlet-1a0279f1f2333082.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-api-eventlet-1a0279f1f2333082.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..39b31acc18d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-api-eventlet-1a0279f1f2333082.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    Running API services (nova-osapi_compute or nova-metadata) with eventlet
+    is now deprecated. Deploy with a WSGI server such as uwsgi or mod_wsgi.