diff --git a/src/dmd/expressionsem.d b/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
index 315cf0612973..dc1d5e884177 100644
--- a/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
+++ b/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
@@ -2888,6 +2888,8 @@ private extern (C++) final class ExpressionSemanticVisitor : Visitor
 
             if (auto v = s.isVarDeclaration())
             {
+                s.checkDeprecated(exp.loc, sc);
+
                 if (!v.type)
                 {
                     exp.error("forward reference of %s `%s`", v.kind(), v.toChars());
diff --git a/test/fail_compilation/test19202.d b/test/fail_compilation/test19202.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ddaa6bb36d07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fail_compilation/test19202.d
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+REQUIRED_ARGS: -de
+TEST_OUTPUT
+---
+fail_compilation/test19202.d(13): Deprecation: variable `test19202.X!().X` is deprecated
+---
+*/
+
+// https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19202
+
+void main()
+{
+    auto b = X!();
+}
+
+template X()
+{
+    deprecated enum X = true;
+}