diff --git a/bin/pact-broker.ts b/bin/pact-broker.ts
index 6c614acd..f46d0a99 100644
--- a/bin/pact-broker.ts
+++ b/bin/pact-broker.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import {
   standalone,
   standaloneUseShell,
   setStandaloneArgs,
+  showStandaloneDeprecationWarning,
 } from '../src/pact-standalone';
 
+showStandaloneDeprecationWarning();
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 const opts = standaloneUseShell ? { shell: true } : {};
 const { error, status } = childProcess.spawnSync(
diff --git a/bin/pact-message.ts b/bin/pact-message.ts
index d1d2214c..7b080500 100644
--- a/bin/pact-message.ts
+++ b/bin/pact-message.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import {
   standalone,
   standaloneUseShell,
   setStandaloneArgs,
+  showStandaloneDeprecationWarning,
 } from '../src/pact-standalone';
 
+showStandaloneDeprecationWarning();
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 const opts = standaloneUseShell ? { shell: true } : {};
 
diff --git a/bin/pact-mock-service.ts b/bin/pact-mock-service.ts
index b3542900..6e80acbc 100644
--- a/bin/pact-mock-service.ts
+++ b/bin/pact-mock-service.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import {
   standalone,
   standaloneUseShell,
   setStandaloneArgs,
+  showStandaloneDeprecationWarning,
 } from '../src/pact-standalone';
 
+showStandaloneDeprecationWarning();
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 const opts = standaloneUseShell ? { shell: true } : {};
 
diff --git a/bin/pact-provider-verifier.ts b/bin/pact-provider-verifier.ts
index 706fc925..a1fa9411 100644
--- a/bin/pact-provider-verifier.ts
+++ b/bin/pact-provider-verifier.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import {
   standalone,
   standaloneUseShell,
   setStandaloneArgs,
+  showStandaloneDeprecationWarning,
 } from '../src/pact-standalone';
 
+showStandaloneDeprecationWarning();
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 const opts = standaloneUseShell ? { shell: true } : {};
 
diff --git a/bin/pact-stub-service.ts b/bin/pact-stub-service.ts
index 3e02e29c..bca5c7fa 100644
--- a/bin/pact-stub-service.ts
+++ b/bin/pact-stub-service.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import {
   standalone,
   standaloneUseShell,
   setStandaloneArgs,
+  showStandaloneDeprecationWarning,
 } from '../src/pact-standalone';
 
+showStandaloneDeprecationWarning();
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 const opts = standaloneUseShell ? { shell: true } : {};
 
diff --git a/bin/pact.ts b/bin/pact.ts
index d4afad30..ab6412c2 100644
--- a/bin/pact.ts
+++ b/bin/pact.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import {
   standalone,
   standaloneUseShell,
   setStandaloneArgs,
+  showStandaloneDeprecationWarning,
 } from '../src/pact-standalone';
 
+showStandaloneDeprecationWarning();
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 const opts = standaloneUseShell ? { shell: true } : {};
 
diff --git a/bin/pactflow.ts b/bin/pactflow.ts
index fddc26fd..bce1f397 100644
--- a/bin/pactflow.ts
+++ b/bin/pactflow.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import {
   standalone,
   standaloneUseShell,
   setStandaloneArgs,
+  showStandaloneDeprecationWarning,
 } from '../src/pact-standalone';
 
+showStandaloneDeprecationWarning();
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 const opts = standaloneUseShell ? { shell: true } : {};
 
diff --git a/src/pact-standalone.ts b/src/pact-standalone.ts
index 3dc11632..8ef06644 100644
--- a/src/pact-standalone.ts
+++ b/src/pact-standalone.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { getBinaryEntry } from '../standalone/install';
 import pactEnvironment from './pact-environment';
+import logger from './logger';
 
 export interface PactStandalone {
   cwd: string;
@@ -110,6 +111,17 @@ export function setStandaloneArgs(
   return parsedArgs;
 }
 
+export function showStandaloneDeprecationWarning(): void {
+  const silenceDeprecationWarnings =
+    process.env['PACT_SILENCE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS'] === 'true';
+
+  if (!silenceDeprecationWarnings) {
+    logger.warn(
+      'DEPRECATION NOTICE: \n  pact standalone tools will be removed in pact-js-core 15.x. \n  Please update imports to @pact-foundation/pact-cli \n  https://github.com/pact-foundation/pact-js-core/issues/488'
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 export const standaloneUseShell = isWindows;
 
 export default standalone();
diff --git a/src/service.ts b/src/service.ts
index 1777d692..685e9d03 100644
--- a/src/service.ts
+++ b/src/service.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import spawn, { CliVerbOptions } from './spawn';
 import { LogLevel } from './logger/types';
 import logger, { setLogLevel } from './logger';
 import { ServiceOptions } from './types';
+import { showStandaloneDeprecationWarning } from './pact-standalone';
 
 // Get a reference to the global setTimeout object in case it is mocked by a testing library later
 const { setTimeout } = global;
@@ -93,6 +94,8 @@ export abstract class AbstractService extends events.EventEmitter {
           'Like a Boss, you used a port outside of the recommended range (1024 to 49151); I too like to live dangerously.'
         );
       }
+
+      showStandaloneDeprecationWarning();
     }
 
     // ssl check