diff --git a/src/output-json.c b/src/output-json.c
index 7661725d52..3a24fcecfb 100644
--- a/src/output-json.c
+++ b/src/output-json.c
@@ -435,7 +435,17 @@ OutputCtx *OutputJsonInitCtx(ConfNode *conf)
 {
     OutputJsonCtx *json_ctx = SCCalloc(1, sizeof(OutputJsonCtx));;
 
+    /* First lookup a sensor-name value in this outputs configuration
+     * node (deprecated). If that fails, lookup the global one. */
     const char *sensor_name = ConfNodeLookupChildValue(conf, "sensor-name");
+    if (sensor_name != NULL) {
+        SCLogWarning(SC_ERR_DEPRECATED_CONF,
+            "Found deprecated eve-log setting \"sensor-name\". "
+            "Please set sensor-name globally.");
+    }
+    else {
+        ConfGet("sensor-name", (char **)&sensor_name);
+    }
 
     if (unlikely(json_ctx == NULL)) {
         SCLogDebug("AlertJsonInitCtx: Could not create new LogFileCtx");
diff --git a/src/util-error.c b/src/util-error.c
index 8ea229b598..5b03c5ad15 100644
--- a/src/util-error.c
+++ b/src/util-error.c
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ const char * SCErrorToString(SCError err)
         CASE_CODE (SC_ERR_INVALID_RULE_ARGUMENT);
         CASE_CODE (SC_ERR_STATS_LOG_NEGATED);
         CASE_CODE (SC_ERR_JSON_STATS_LOG_NEGATED);
+        CASE_CODE (SC_ERR_DEPRECATED_CONF);
     }
 
     return "UNKNOWN_ERROR";
diff --git a/src/util-error.h b/src/util-error.h
index fec09d04a7..0dcfb674d1 100644
--- a/src/util-error.h
+++ b/src/util-error.h
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ typedef enum {
     SC_ERR_MT_NO_MAPPING,
     SC_ERR_STATS_LOG_NEGATED, /** When totals and threads are both NO in yaml **/
     SC_ERR_JSON_STATS_LOG_NEGATED, /** When totals and threads are both NO in yaml **/
+    SC_ERR_DEPRECATED_CONF, /**< Deprecated configuration parameter. */
 } SCError;
 
 const char *SCErrorToString(SCError);