diff --git a/packages/json-rpc-engine/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/json-rpc-engine/CHANGELOG.md
index cb0e6e0268..0716a6270b 100644
--- a/packages/json-rpc-engine/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/json-rpc-engine/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Add legacy `createOriginMiddleware` utility ([#8734](https://github.com/MetaMask/core/pull/8734))
+
 ## [10.3.0]
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/packages/json-rpc-engine/src/createOriginMiddleware.test.ts b/packages/json-rpc-engine/src/createOriginMiddleware.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c441e977d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/json-rpc-engine/src/createOriginMiddleware.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { JsonRpcRequest } from '@metamask/utils';
+
+import { makeRequest } from '../tests/utils';
+import { createOriginMiddleware } from './createOriginMiddleware';
+import { JsonRpcEngine } from './JsonRpcEngine';
+
+describe('createOriginMiddleware', () => {
+  it('adds the origin property to the request', async () => {
+    const origin = 'https://metamask.io';
+    const engine = new JsonRpcEngine();
+
+    engine.push(createOriginMiddleware(origin));
+
+    engine.push((request, response, _next, end) => {
+      response.result = (
+        request as unknown as JsonRpcRequest & { origin: string }
+      ).origin;
+      end();
+    });
+
+    expect(await engine.handle(makeRequest())).toStrictEqual({
+      id: '1',
+      jsonrpc: '2.0',
+      result: origin,
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/json-rpc-engine/src/createOriginMiddleware.ts b/packages/json-rpc-engine/src/createOriginMiddleware.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2100aa4fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/json-rpc-engine/src/createOriginMiddleware.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { Json, JsonRpcRequest } from '@metamask/utils';
+
+import { JsonRpcMiddleware } from './JsonRpcEngine';
+
+/**
+ * Create a middleware function that adds `origin` to the request object.
+ *
+ * @deprecated Use the v2 `createOriginMiddleware` instead.
+ * @param origin - The origin.
+ * @returns The middleware.
+ */
+export function createOriginMiddleware(
+  origin: string,
+): JsonRpcMiddleware<JsonRpcRequest, Json> {
+  return (request, _result, next) => {
+    (request as unknown as JsonRpcRequest & { origin: string }).origin = origin;
+    next();
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/json-rpc-engine/src/index.test.ts b/packages/json-rpc-engine/src/index.test.ts
index e2b811b55a..071d71fa36 100644
--- a/packages/json-rpc-engine/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/json-rpc-engine/src/index.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ describe('@metamask/json-rpc-engine', () => {
         "asV2Middleware",
         "createAsyncMiddleware",
         "createMethodMiddleware",
+        "createOriginMiddleware",
         "createScaffoldMiddleware",
         "getUniqueId",
         "createIdRemapMiddleware",
diff --git a/packages/json-rpc-engine/src/index.ts b/packages/json-rpc-engine/src/index.ts
index 746cd0c362..1960fe5e3f 100644
--- a/packages/json-rpc-engine/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/json-rpc-engine/src/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export type {
   MethodHandlerImplementation,
 } from './createMethodMiddleware';
 export { createMethodMiddleware } from './createMethodMiddleware';
+export { createOriginMiddleware } from './createOriginMiddleware';
 export { createScaffoldMiddleware } from './createScaffoldMiddleware';
 export { getUniqueId } from './getUniqueId';
 export { createIdRemapMiddleware } from './idRemapMiddleware';