diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index f51bd634a..4787f1c82 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 Features:
  * Build System: Update internal dependency of jsoncpp to 1.8.4, which introduces more strictness and reduces memory usage.
  * Optimizer: Remove unnecessary masking of the result of known short instructions (``ADDRESS``, ``CALLER``, ``ORIGIN`` and ``COINBASE``).
+ * Type Checker: Deprecate the ``years`` unit denomination and raise a warning for it (or an error as experimental 0.5.0 feature).
  * Type Checker: Make literals (without explicit type casting) an error for tight packing as experimental 0.5.0 feature.
 
 Bugfixes:
diff --git a/libsolidity/analysis/TypeChecker.cpp b/libsolidity/analysis/TypeChecker.cpp
index 40162322d..a672cd666 100644
--- a/libsolidity/analysis/TypeChecker.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/analysis/TypeChecker.cpp
@@ -2220,6 +2220,7 @@ void TypeChecker::endVisit(Literal const& _literal)
 				"For more information please see https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/develop/types.html#address-literals"
 			);
 	}
+
 	if (_literal.isHexNumber() && _literal.subDenomination() != Literal::SubDenomination::None)
 	{
 		if (v050)
@@ -2235,6 +2236,21 @@ void TypeChecker::endVisit(Literal const& _literal)
 				"You can use an expression of the form \"0x1234 * 1 day\" instead."
 			);
 	}
+
+	if (_literal.subDenomination() == Literal::SubDenomination::Year)
+	{
+		if (v050)
+			m_errorReporter.typeError(
+				_literal.location(),
+				"Using \"years\" as a unit denomination is deprecated."
+			);
+		else
+			m_errorReporter.warning(
+				_literal.location(),
+				"Using \"years\" as a unit denomination is deprecated."
+			);
+	}
+
 	if (!_literal.annotation().type)
 		_literal.annotation().type = Type::forLiteral(_literal);
 
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/denominations/denominations.sol b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/denominations/denominations.sol
index de9f73e10..6d1aa2f3f 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/denominations/denominations.sol
+++ b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/denominations/denominations.sol
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ contract C {
 	uint constant b = 1 seconds + 2 minutes + 3 hours + 4 days + 5 weeks + 6 years;
 	uint constant c = 2 szabo / 1 seconds + 3 finney * 3 hours;
 }
+// ----
+// Warning: (142-149): Using "years" as a unit denomination is deprecated.
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/denominations/deprecated_year.sol b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/denominations/deprecated_year.sol
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30e86535a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/denominations/deprecated_year.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+contract C {
+	uint constant a = 3 years;
+}
+// ----
+// Warning: (32-39): Using "years" as a unit denomination is deprecated.
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/denominations/deprecated_year_050.sol b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/denominations/deprecated_year_050.sol
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4baaeaa34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/denominations/deprecated_year_050.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pragma experimental "v0.5.0";
+contract C {
+	uint constant a = 3 years;
+}
+// ----
+// TypeError: (62-69): Using "years" as a unit denomination is deprecated.