diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 967e46e3d..e7f9ec8e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ## [21.4.1] (unreleased)
 
+### Added
+- Add NVT tag "deprecated" [#1536](https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/pull/1536)
+
 ### Changed
 - Update default log config [#1501](https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/pull/1501)
 
diff --git a/src/manage_sql_nvts.c b/src/manage_sql_nvts.c
index d240ae978..f5528c918 100644
--- a/src/manage_sql_nvts.c
+++ b/src/manage_sql_nvts.c
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ nvti_from_vt (entity_t vt)
   const char *id;
   entity_t name, summary, insight, affected, impact, detection, solution;
   entity_t creation_time, modification_time;
-  entity_t refs, ref, custom, family, category;
+  entity_t refs, ref, custom, family, category, deprecated;
   entity_t severities, severity;
 
   entities_t children;
@@ -1468,6 +1468,12 @@ nvti_from_vt (entity_t vt)
     }
   nvti_set_category (nvti, atoi (entity_text (category)));
 
+  deprecated = entity_child (custom, "deprecated");
+  if (deprecated)
+    {
+      nvti_add_tag (nvti, "deprecated", entity_text (deprecated));
+    }
+
   return nvti;
 }