diff --git a/src/clojure/langohr/http.clj b/src/clojure/langohr/http.clj
index da5377a..1d24aac 100644
--- a/src/clojure/langohr/http.clj
+++ b/src/clojure/langohr/http.clj
@@ -224,10 +224,15 @@
   [^String vhost]
   (get-and-decode-json (url-with-path (format "/api/vhosts/%s" (URLEncoder/encode vhost)))))
 
-(defn declare-vhost
+(defn add-vhost
   [^String vhost]
   (put (url-with-path (format "api/vhosts/%s" (URLEncoder/encode vhost))) {:body {:name vhost}}))
 
+(defn ^{:deprecated true} declare-vhost
+  "Deprecated. Use add-vhost."
+  [^String vhost]
+  (add-vhost vhost))
+
 (defn delete-vhost
   [^String vhost]
   (delete (url-with-path (format "/api/vhosts/%s" (URLEncoder/encode vhost)))))
diff --git a/test/langohr/test/http_api_test.clj b/test/langohr/test/http_api_test.clj
index fc00461..fdc367a 100644
--- a/test/langohr/test/http_api_test.clj
+++ b/test/langohr/test/http_api_test.clj
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 (deftest ^{:http true} test-vhost-manipulations
   (let [vhost "new-vhost"]
     (is (not (hc/vhost-exists? vhost)))
-    (hc/declare-vhost vhost)
+    (hc/add-vhost vhost)
     (is (hc/vhost-exists? vhost))
     (hc/delete-vhost vhost)))