diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/caliban/parsing/adt/Directive.scala b/core/src/main/scala/caliban/parsing/adt/Directive.scala
index 31534cfa6c..c7dfbe86b4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/caliban/parsing/adt/Directive.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/caliban/parsing/adt/Directive.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 package caliban.parsing.adt
 
-import caliban.InputValue
+import caliban.{ InputValue, Value }
 
 case class Directive(name: String, arguments: Map[String, InputValue] = Map.empty, index: Int = 0)
+
+object Directives {
+  def isDeprecated(directives: List[Directive]): Boolean =
+    directives.exists(_.name == "deprecated")
+
+  def deprecationReason(directives: List[Directive]): Option[String] =
+    directives.collectFirst {
+      case f if f.name == "deprecated" =>
+        f.arguments
+          .get("reason")
+          .flatMap(_ match {
+            case Value.StringValue(value) => Some(value)
+            case _                        => None
+          })
+    }.flatten
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/caliban/schema/Schema.scala b/core/src/main/scala/caliban/schema/Schema.scala
index 41c99a7f3c..7cd9b66fd5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/caliban/schema/Schema.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/caliban/schema/Schema.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import caliban.ResponseValue._
 import caliban.Value._
 import caliban.execution.Field
 import caliban.introspection.adt._
-import caliban.parsing.adt.Directive
+import caliban.parsing.adt.{ Directive, Directives }
 import caliban.schema.Step._
 import caliban.schema.Types._
 import caliban.uploads.Upload
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ trait GenericSchema[R] extends SchemaDerivation[R] with TemporalSchema {
     directives: List[Directive] = List.empty
   ): Schema[R1, A] =
     new Schema[R1, A] {
-
       override def toType(isInput: Boolean, isSubscription: Boolean): __Type =
         if (isInput) {
           makeInputObject(
@@ -612,7 +611,9 @@ abstract class PartiallyAppliedFieldBase[V](name: String, description: Option[St
       () =>
         if (ev.optional) ev.toType_(ft.isInput, ft.isSubscription)
         else Types.makeNonNull(ev.toType_(ft.isInput, ft.isSubscription)),
-      directives = Some(directives).filter(_.nonEmpty)
+      isDeprecated = Directives.isDeprecated(directives),
+      deprecationReason = Directives.deprecationReason(directives),
+      directives = Some(directives.filter(_.name != "deprecated")).filter(_.nonEmpty)
     )
 }
 
@@ -635,7 +636,15 @@ case class PartiallyAppliedFieldLazy[V](name: String, description: Option[String
 case class PartiallyAppliedFieldWithArgs[V, A](name: String, description: Option[String], directives: List[Directive]) {
   def apply[R, V1](fn: V => (A => V1))(implicit ev1: Schema[R, A => V1], fa: FieldAttributes): (__Field, V => Step[R]) =
     (
-      __Field(name, description, ev1.arguments, () => ev1.toType_(fa.isInput, fa.isSubscription)),
+      __Field(
+        name,
+        description,
+        ev1.arguments,
+        () => ev1.toType_(fa.isInput, fa.isSubscription),
+        isDeprecated = Directives.isDeprecated(directives),
+        deprecationReason = Directives.deprecationReason(directives),
+        directives = Some(directives.filter(_.name != "deprecated")).filter(_.nonEmpty)
+      ),
       (v: V) => ev1.resolve(fn(v))
     )
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/caliban/execution/ExecutionSpec.scala b/core/src/test/scala/caliban/execution/ExecutionSpec.scala
index 08bd89392a..fcff4030ea 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/caliban/execution/ExecutionSpec.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/caliban/execution/ExecutionSpec.scala
@@ -945,6 +945,64 @@ object ExecutionSpec extends DefaultRunnableSpec {
           )
         )
       },
+      testM("directives on hand-rolled schema") {
+        import Schema._
+        import caliban.parsing.adt.Directive
+
+        case class Foo(fieldA: String => String = _ => "foo", fieldB: String = "foo")
+
+        implicit lazy val fooSchema: Schema[Any, Foo] = obj("Foo", None)(implicit ft =>
+          List(
+            fieldWithArgs(
+              "fieldA",
+              Some("Description"),
+              List(
+                Directive(
+                  "deprecated",
+                  Map(
+                    "reason" -> Value.StringValue("due to reasons")
+                  )
+                )
+              )
+            )(_.fieldA),
+            field(
+              "fieldB",
+              Some("Description"),
+              List(
+                Directive(
+                  "deprecated",
+                  Map(
+                    "reason" -> Value.StringValue("due to reasons")
+                  )
+                )
+              )
+            )(_.fieldB)
+          )
+        )
+
+        case class Queries(foo: Foo)
+
+        val queries: Queries = Queries(Foo())
+
+        val api: GraphQL[Any] = GraphQL.graphQL(RootResolver(queries))
+        val interpreter       = api.interpreter
+
+        val query = gqldoc("""{
+            __type(name: "Foo") {
+              name
+              fields(includeDeprecated: true) {
+                name
+                isDeprecated
+                deprecationReason
+              }
+            }
+          }""")
+
+        val expected =
+          """{"__type":{"name":"Foo","fields":[{"name":"fieldA","isDeprecated":true,"deprecationReason":"due to reasons"},{"name":"fieldB","isDeprecated":true,"deprecationReason":"due to reasons"}]}}"""
+
+        assertM(interpreter.flatMap(_.execute(query)).map(_.data.toString))(equalTo(expected))
+      },
       testM("union redirect") {
         sealed trait Foo