diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
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--- a/profiles/package.mask
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@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
 
 #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
 
+# Brian Evans <grknight@gentoo.org> (2019-08-26)
+# Deprecated virtual as it cannot solve the issue of ABI incompatibility
+# and rebuild consumers when provider changes
+# No revdeps. Removal in 30 days.
+virtual/libmysqlclient
+
 # Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (2019-08-25)
 # Discontinued upstream in 2015, and not touched in Gentoo since.
 # Has series of build failures reported due to growing incompatibility