diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
index cc358b4ffdb..354e2112338 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ Deprecated
   * :mod:`cgi`
   * :mod:`cgitb`
   * :mod:`chunk`
+  * :mod:`crypt`
 
   (Contributed by Brett Cannon in :issue:`47061`.)
 
diff --git a/Lib/crypt.py b/Lib/crypt.py
index 33dbc46bb3e..46c3de8474b 100644
--- a/Lib/crypt.py
+++ b/Lib/crypt.py
@@ -12,10 +12,14 @@ except ModuleNotFoundError:
 
 import errno
 import string as _string
+import warnings
 from random import SystemRandom as _SystemRandom
 from collections import namedtuple as _namedtuple
 
 
+warnings._deprecated(__name__, remove=(3, 13))
+
+
 _saltchars = _string.ascii_letters + _string.digits + './'
 _sr = _SystemRandom()
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_crypt.py b/Lib/test/test_crypt.py
index 877c575c553..b2a5ce6db09 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_crypt.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_crypt.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import sys
 import unittest
-from test.support import check_sanitizer
+from test.support import check_sanitizer, warnings_helper
 
 
 try:
     if check_sanitizer(address=True, memory=True):
         raise unittest.SkipTest("The crypt module SEGFAULTs on ASAN/MSAN builds")
-    import crypt
+    crypt = warnings_helper.import_deprecated("crypt")
     IMPORT_ERROR = None
 except ImportError as ex:
     if sys.platform != 'win32':
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-04-11-16-13-26.gh-issue-91217.2rf8rc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-04-11-16-13-26.gh-issue-91217.2rf8rc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..067783f85c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-04-11-16-13-26.gh-issue-91217.2rf8rc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deprecate the crypt module.