diff --git a/ci/platformio.sh b/ci/platformio.sh
index 5e43d853..3e1f8292 100755
--- a/ci/platformio.sh
+++ b/ci/platformio.sh
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ then
 
     # Make sure debug prints work
     PLATFORMIO_BUILD_FLAGS='-D COMPILE_REGRESSION_TEST -D LED_BUILTIN=13 -D LMIC_DEBUG_LEVEL=2 -D LMIC_PRINTF_TO=Serial' platformio ci --lib . --board feather32u4 'examples/raw/raw.ino'
+
+    # Check build with deprecated CFG_au921 flag
+    PLATFORMIO_BUILD_FLAGS='-D COMPILE_REGRESSION_TEST -D ARDUINO_LMIC_PROJECT_CONFIG_H_SUPPRESS -D CFG_au921   -D CFG_sx1276_radio' platformio ci --lib . --board feather32u4 'examples/ttn-otaa-feather-us915/ttn-otaa-feather-us915.ino'
 elif [ "$TARGET" == "samd" ]
 then
     echo "WARNING: target '$TARGET' is not configured yet."
diff --git a/src/lmic/lmic_config_preconditions.h b/src/lmic/lmic_config_preconditions.h
index c95e1456..63e567cc 100644
--- a/src/lmic/lmic_config_preconditions.h
+++ b/src/lmic/lmic_config_preconditions.h
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ Revision history:
 # include CFG_TEXT_1(ARDUINO_LMIC_PROJECT_CONFIG_H)
 #endif /* ARDUINO_LMIC_PROJECT_CONFIG_H_SUPPRESS */
 
+#ifdef CFG_au921
+#   warning "CFG_au921 was deprecated in favour of CFG_au915. Support for CFG_au921 might be removed in the future."
+#   define CFG_au915
+#endif
+
 // a mask of the supported regions
 // TODO(tmm@mcci.com) consider moving this block to a central file as it's not
 // user-editable.