diff --git a/configs/config_test.conf.sample b/configs/config_test.conf.sample
index 425b34e03a984cc8294a4adad4aedb0e178bca30..2fff45ecec95c4761d3024c1962f65e582a09c34 100644
--- a/configs/config_test.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/config_test.conf.sample
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ boolopt=true
 boolflag1=true
 boolflag2=false
 boolflag3=true
-acldenyopt=0.0.0.0/0
-aclpermitopt=1.2.3.4/32
+deny=0.0.0.0/0
+permit=1.2.3.4/32
 codecopt=!all,ulaw,g729
 stropt=test
 customopt=yes
diff --git a/include/asterisk/config_options.h b/include/asterisk/config_options.h
index c65e5d07a66ed51e660e42e96741655576867c58..182740e02c143ad1acffb169b168e6eab0fe89c1 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/config_options.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/config_options.h
@@ -496,7 +496,8 @@ int __aco_option_register(struct aco_info *info, const char *name, enum aco_matc
  * \param opt_type The option type for default option type handling
  * \param flags \a type specific flags, stored in the option and available to the handler
  *
- * \returns An option on success, NULL on failure
+ * \retval 0 Success
+ * \retval -1 Failure
  */
 #define aco_option_register(info, name, matchtype, types, default_val, opt_type, flags, ...) \
 	__aco_option_register(info, name, matchtype, types, default_val, opt_type, NULL, flags, VA_NARGS(__VA_ARGS__), __VA_ARGS__);
@@ -509,10 +510,22 @@ int __aco_option_register(struct aco_info *info, const char *name, enum aco_matc
  * \param handler The handler callback for the option
  * \param flags \a type specific flags, stored in the option and available to the handler
  *
- * \returns An option on success, NULL on failure
+ * \retval 0 Success
+ * \retval -1 Failure
+ */
+#define aco_option_register_custom(info, name, matchtype, types, default_val, handler, flags) \
+	__aco_option_register(info, name, matchtype, types, default_val, OPT_CUSTOM_T, handler, flags, 0);
+
+/*! \brief Register a deprecated (and aliased) config option
+ * \param info A pointer to the aco_info struct
+ * \param name The name of the deprecated option
+ * \param types An array of valid option types for matching categories to the correct struct type
+ * \param aliased_to The name of the option that this deprecated option matches to
+ *
+ * \retval 0 Success
+ * \retval -1 Failure
  */
-#define aco_option_register_custom(info, name, matchtype, type, default_val, handler, flags) \
-	__aco_option_register(info, name, matchtype, type, default_val, OPT_CUSTOM_T, handler, flags, 0);
+int aco_option_register_deprecated(struct aco_info *info, const char *name, struct aco_type **types, const char *aliased_to);
 
 /*! \note  Everything below this point is to handle converting varargs
  * containing field names, to varargs containing a count of args, followed
diff --git a/main/config_options.c b/main/config_options.c
index efba8de3a578370c2e5b896df72aab1c8ca70e61..73fd6bf97bac57acb6ba8b0f4afd61d2c89e3434 100644
--- a/main/config_options.c
+++ b/main/config_options.c
@@ -57,13 +57,15 @@ struct aco_type_internal {
 
 struct aco_option {
 	const char *name;
+	const char *aliased_to;
+	const char *default_val;
 	enum aco_matchtype match_type;
 	regex_t *name_regex;
-	const char *default_val;
 	struct aco_type **obj;
 	enum aco_option_type type;
 	aco_option_handler handler;
 	unsigned int flags;
+	unsigned char deprecated:1;
 	size_t argc;
 	intptr_t args[0];
 };
@@ -136,11 +138,51 @@ static regex_t *build_regex(const char *text)
 	return regex;
 }
 
+static int link_option_to_types(struct aco_type **types, struct aco_option *opt)
+{
+	size_t idx = 0;
+	struct aco_type *type;
+
+	while ((type = types[idx++])) {
+		if (!ao2_link(type->internal->opts, opt)) {
+			while (--idx) {
+				ao2_unlink(types[idx]->internal->opts, opt);
+			}
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int aco_option_register_deprecated(struct aco_info *info, const char *name, struct aco_type **types, const char *aliased_to)
+{
+	struct aco_option *opt;
+
+	if (!info || ast_strlen_zero(name) || ast_strlen_zero(aliased_to)) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (!(opt = ao2_alloc(sizeof(*opt), config_option_destroy))) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	opt->name = name;
+	opt->aliased_to = aliased_to;
+	opt->deprecated = 1;
+	opt->match_type = ACO_EXACT;
+
+	if (link_option_to_types(types, opt)) {
+		ao2_ref(opt, -1);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int __aco_option_register(struct aco_info *info, const char *name, enum aco_matchtype matchtype, struct aco_type **types,
 	const char *default_val, enum aco_option_type kind, aco_option_handler handler, unsigned int flags, size_t argc, ...)
 {
 	struct aco_option *opt;
-	struct aco_type *type;
 	va_list ap;
 	int tmp;
 
@@ -183,15 +225,9 @@ int __aco_option_register(struct aco_info *info, const char *name, enum aco_matc
 		return -1;
 	};
 
-	tmp = 0;
-	while ((type = types[tmp++])) {
-		if (!ao2_link(type->internal->opts, opt)) {
-			while (--tmp) {
-				ao2_unlink(types[tmp]->internal->opts, opt);
-			}
-			ao2_ref(opt, -1);
-			return -1;
-		}
+	if (link_option_to_types(types, opt)) {
+		ao2_ref(opt, -1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -501,10 +537,18 @@ int aco_process_category_options(struct aco_type *type, struct ast_config *cfg,
 
 	for (var = ast_variable_browse(cfg, cat); var; var = var->next) {
 		RAII_VAR(struct aco_option *, opt, aco_option_find(type, var->name), ao2_cleanup);
+		if (opt && opt->deprecated && !ast_strlen_zero(opt->aliased_to)) {
+			const char *alias = ast_strdupa(opt->aliased_to);
+			ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "At line %d of %s option '%s' is deprecated. Use '%s' instead\n", var->lineno, var->file, var->name, alias);
+			ao2_ref(opt, -1);
+			opt = aco_option_find(type, alias);
+		}
+
 		if (!opt) {
 			ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Could not find option suitable for category '%s' named '%s' at line %d of %s\n", cat, var->name, var->lineno, var->file);
 			return -1;
 		}
+
 		if (!opt->handler) {
 			/* It should be impossible for an option to not have a handler */
 			ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "BUG! Somehow a config option for %s/%s was created with no handler!\n", cat, var->name);
diff --git a/tests/test_config.c b/tests/test_config.c
index 0c28165798a921a3d73d4dbaa36b6442370c7756..8eeb9f8a9bf34c57e53d6db4ef5c121a361e1b8b 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.c
+++ b/tests/test_config.c
@@ -824,6 +824,8 @@ AST_TEST_DEFINE(config_options_test)
 	aco_option_register(&cfg_info, "codecopt", ACO_EXACT, config_test_conf.types, CODEC_DEFAULT, OPT_CODEC_T, 1, FLDSET(struct test_item, codecprefopt, codeccapopt));
 	aco_option_register(&cfg_info, "stropt", ACO_EXACT, config_test_conf.types, STR_DEFAULT, OPT_STRINGFIELD_T, 0, STRFLDSET(struct test_item, stropt));
 	aco_option_register_custom(&cfg_info, "customopt", ACO_EXACT, config_test_conf.types, CUSTOM_DEFAULT, customopt_handler, 0);
+	aco_option_register_deprecated(&cfg_info, "permit", config_test_conf.types, "aclpermitopt");
+	aco_option_register_deprecated(&cfg_info, "deny", config_test_conf.types, "acldenyopt");
 
 	if (aco_process_config(&cfg_info, 0) == ACO_PROCESS_ERROR) {
 		ast_test_status_update(test, "Could not parse config\n");