diff --git a/Modules/WriteCompilerDetectionHeader.cmake b/Modules/WriteCompilerDetectionHeader.cmake
index f80943dbd..6e64cd209 100644
--- a/Modules/WriteCompilerDetectionHeader.cmake
+++ b/Modules/WriteCompilerDetectionHeader.cmake
@@ -133,16 +133,37 @@
 # ``static_assert``, or ignored if using the backward compatibility
 # implementation.
 #
-# ====================== ================================ ===================
-#         Feature                    Define                     Symbol
-# ====================== ================================ ===================
-# ``cxx_alignas``         ``<PREFIX>_ALIGNAS``             ``alignas``
-# ``cxx_alignof``         ``<PREFIX>_ALIGNOF``             ``alignof``
-# ``cxx_nullptr``         ``<PREFIX>_NULLPTR``             ``nullptr``
-# ``cxx_static_assert``   ``<PREFIX>_STATIC_ASSERT``       ``static_assert``
-# ``cxx_static_assert``   ``<PREFIX>_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG``   ``static_assert``
-# ====================== ================================ ===================
-
+# The ``cxx_attribute_deprecated`` feature provides a macro definition
+# ``<PREFIX>_DEPRECATED``, which expands to either the standard
+# ``[[deprecated]]`` attribute or a compiler-specific decorator such
+# as ``__attribute__((__deprecated__))`` used by GNU compilers.
+#
+# ============================= ================================ =====================
+#           Feature                          Define                     Symbol
+# ============================= ================================ =====================
+# ``cxx_alignas``                ``<PREFIX>_ALIGNAS``             ``alignas``
+# ``cxx_alignof``                ``<PREFIX>_ALIGNOF``             ``alignof``
+# ``cxx_nullptr``                ``<PREFIX>_NULLPTR``             ``nullptr``
+# ``cxx_static_assert``          ``<PREFIX>_STATIC_ASSERT``       ``static_assert``
+# ``cxx_static_assert``          ``<PREFIX>_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG``   ``static_assert``
+# ``cxx_attribute_deprecated``   ``<PREFIX>_DEPRECATED``          ``[[deprecated]]``
+# ``cxx_attribute_deprecated``   ``<PREFIX>_DEPRECATED_MSG``      ``[[deprecated]]``
+# ============================= ================================ =====================
+#
+# A use-case which arises with such deprecation macros is the deprecation
+# of an entire library.  In that case, all public API in the library may
+# be decorated with the ``<PREFIX>_DEPRECATED`` macro.  This results in
+# very noisy build output when building the library itself, so the macro
+# may be may be defined to empty in that case when building the deprecated
+# library:
+#
+# .. code-block:: cmake
+#
+#   add_library(compat_support ${srcs})
+#   target_compile_definitions(compat_support
+#     PRIVATE
+#       CompatSupport_DEPRECATED=
+#   )
 
 #=============================================================================
 # Copyright 2014 Stephen Kelly <steveire@gmail.com>
@@ -400,6 +421,27 @@ function(write_compiler_detection_header
 #  else
 #    define ${def_value} static_cast<void*>(0)
 #  endif
+\n")
+      endif()
+      if (feature STREQUAL cxx_attribute_deprecated)
+        set(def_name ${prefix_arg}_${feature_PP})
+        set(def_value "${prefix_arg}_DEPRECATED")
+        set(file_content "${file_content}
+#  ifndef ${def_value}
+#    if ${def_name}
+#      define ${def_value} [[deprecated]]
+#      define ${def_value}_MSG(MSG) [[deprecated(MSG)]]
+#    elif defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)
+#      define ${def_value} __attribute__((__deprecated__))
+#      define ${def_value}_MSG(MSG) __attribute__((__deprecated__(MSG)))
+#    elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+#      define ${def_value} __declspec(deprecated)
+#      define ${def_value}_MSG(MSG) __declspec(deprecated(MSG))
+#    else
+#      define ${def_value}
+#      define ${def_value}_MSG(MSG)
+#    endif
+#  endif
 \n")
       endif()
     endforeach()