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diff --git a/logilab/common/deprecation.py b/logilab/common/deprecation.py
index d45424d..577aee7 100644
--- a/logilab/common/deprecation.py
+++ b/logilab/common/deprecation.py
@@ -235,6 +235,39 @@ def attribute_renamed(old_name, new_name):
     return _class_wrap
 
 
+def argument_renamed(old_name, new_name):
+    """
+    callable decorator to allow getting backward compatibility for renamed keyword arguments.
+
+    >>> @argument_renamed(old_name="old", new_name="new")
+    ... def some_function(new):
+    ...     return new
+    >>> some_function(old=42)
+    sample.py:15: DeprecationWarning: argument old of callable some_function has been renamed and is deprecated, use keyword argument new instead
+      some_function(old=42)
+    42
+    """
+    def _wrap(func):
+        @wraps(func)
+        def check_kwargs(*args, **kwargs):
+            if old_name in kwargs and new_name in kwargs:
+                raise ValueError(f"argument {old_name} of callable {func.__name__} has been "
+                                 f"renamed to {new_name} but you are both using {old_name} and "
+                                 f"{new_name} has keyword arguments, only uses {new_name}")
+
+            if old_name in kwargs:
+                warn(f"argument {old_name} of callable {func.__name__} has been renamed and is "
+                     f"deprecated, use keyword argument {new_name} instead", stacklevel=2)
+                kwargs[new_name] = kwargs[old_name]
+                del kwargs[old_name]
+
+            return func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        return check_kwargs
+
+    return _wrap
+
+
 def renamed(old_name, new_function):
     """use to tell that a callable has been renamed.