diff --git a/src/dateparser/dateparser.js b/src/dateparser/dateparser.js
index 783696ce08..a135974b43 100644
--- a/src/dateparser/dateparser.js
+++ b/src/dateparser/dateparser.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 angular.module('ui.bootstrap.dateparser', [])
 
-.service('dateParser', ['$log', '$locale', 'orderByFilter', function($log, $locale, orderByFilter) {
+.service('uibDateParser', ['$log', '$locale', 'orderByFilter', function($log, $locale, orderByFilter) {
   // Pulled from https://github.com/mbostock/d3/blob/master/src/format/requote.js
   var SPECIAL_CHARACTERS_REGEXP = /[\\\^\$\*\+\?\|\[\]\(\)\.\{\}]/g;
 
@@ -210,3 +210,17 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.dateparser', [])
     return true;
   }
 }]);
+
+/* Deprecated dateparser below */
+
+angular.module('ui.bootstrap.dateparser')
+
+.value('$dateParserSuppressWarning', false)
+
+.service('dateParser', ['$log', '$dateParserSuppressWarning', 'uibDateParser', function($log, $dateParserSuppressWarning, uibDateParser) {
+  if (!$dateParserSuppressWarning) {
+    $log.warn('dateParser is now deprecated. Use uibDateParser instead.');
+  }
+
+  angular.extend(this, uibDateParser);
+}]);
diff --git a/src/dateparser/test/dateparser.spec.js b/src/dateparser/test/dateparser.spec.js
index 6a1225bf01..fb8897c832 100644
--- a/src/dateparser/test/dateparser.spec.js
+++ b/src/dateparser/test/dateparser.spec.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ describe('date parser', function() {
   var dateParser;
 
   beforeEach(module('ui.bootstrap.dateparser'));
-  beforeEach(inject(function (_dateParser_) {
-    dateParser = _dateParser_;
+  beforeEach(inject(function (uibDateParser) {
+    dateParser = uibDateParser;
   }));
 
   function expectParse(input, format, date) {
@@ -224,3 +224,34 @@ describe('date parser', function() {
     expect(dateParser.init).toHaveBeenCalled();
   }));
 });
+
+/* Deprecation tests below */
+
+describe('date parser deprecation', function() {
+  beforeEach(module('ui.bootstrap.dateparser'));
+
+  it('should suppress warning', function() {
+    module(function($provide) {
+      $provide.value('$dateParserSuppressWarning', true);
+    });
+
+    inject(function($log, dateParser) {
+      spyOn($log, 'warn');
+
+      dateParser.parse('01.10.2015', 'dd.MM.yyyy');
+
+      expect($log.warn.calls.count()).toBe(0);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should give warning by default', inject(function($log) {
+    spyOn($log, 'warn');
+
+    inject(function(dateParser) {
+      dateParser.parse('01.10.2015', 'dd.MM.yyyy');
+
+      expect($log.warn.calls.count()).toBe(1);
+      expect($log.warn.calls.argsFor(0)).toEqual(['dateParser is now deprecated. Use uibDateParser instead.']);
+    });
+  }));
+});
diff --git a/src/datepicker/datepicker.js b/src/datepicker/datepicker.js
index f6c35cd137..350da2e75c 100644
--- a/src/datepicker/datepicker.js
+++ b/src/datepicker/datepicker.js
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.datepicker', ['ui.bootstrap.dateparser', 'ui.bootst
   onOpenFocus: true
 })
 
-.directive('datepickerPopup', ['$compile', '$parse', '$document', '$rootScope', '$position', 'dateFilter', 'dateParser', 'datepickerPopupConfig', '$timeout',
+.directive('datepickerPopup', ['$compile', '$parse', '$document', '$rootScope', '$position', 'dateFilter', 'uibDateParser', 'datepickerPopupConfig', '$timeout',
 function($compile, $parse, $document, $rootScope, $position, dateFilter, dateParser, datepickerPopupConfig, $timeout) {
   return {
     restrict: 'EA',