diff --git a/libcloud/compute/drivers/gce.py b/libcloud/compute/drivers/gce.py
index abe264e634..b6e1c16b48 100644
--- a/libcloud/compute/drivers/gce.py
+++ b/libcloud/compute/drivers/gce.py
@@ -3125,6 +3125,9 @@ def _to_node(self, node):
         extra['tags_fingerprint'] = node['tags']['fingerprint']
         extra['scheduling'] = node.get('scheduling', {})
 
+        if (machine_type.get('deprecated')):
+            extra['deprecated'] = True
+
         extra['boot_disk'] = None
         for disk in extra['disks']:
             if disk.get('boot') and disk.get('type') == 'PERSISTENT':