diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index 98d311e..65c9192 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -1970,6 +1970,7 @@
 
 /// The template code from which the test runner is generated
 private immutable TestRunnerTemplate = q{
+deprecated // allow silently using deprecated symbols
 module dub_test_root;
 
 import std.typetuple;
diff --git a/test/issue2650-deprecated-modules/.no_build b/test/issue2650-deprecated-modules/.no_build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue2650-deprecated-modules/.no_build
diff --git a/test/issue2650-deprecated-modules/.no_run b/test/issue2650-deprecated-modules/.no_run
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue2650-deprecated-modules/.no_run
diff --git a/test/issue2650-deprecated-modules/dub.sdl b/test/issue2650-deprecated-modules/dub.sdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e16198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue2650-deprecated-modules/dub.sdl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name "issue2650"
+targetType "sourceLibrary"
+buildRequirements "disallowDeprecations"
diff --git a/test/issue2650-deprecated-modules/source/test.d b/test/issue2650-deprecated-modules/source/test.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..896365b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue2650-deprecated-modules/source/test.d
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+deprecated module test;