diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 477116160..5c7867e8e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 include mmcv/video/optflow_warp/*.hpp mmcv/video/optflow_warp/*.pyx
 include requirements.txt
-include mmcv/model_zoo/open_mmlab.json
+include mmcv/model_zoo/open_mmlab.json mmcv/model_zoo/deprecated.json
diff --git a/mmcv/model_zoo/deprecated.json b/mmcv/model_zoo/deprecated.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25cf6f28c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mmcv/model_zoo/deprecated.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "resnet50_caffe": "detectron/resnet50_caffe",
+  "resnet50_caffe_bgr": "detectron2/resnet50_caffe_bgr",
+  "resnet101_caffe": "detectron/resnet101_caffe",
+  "resnet101_caffe_bgr": "detectron2/resnet101_caffe_bgr"
+}
diff --git a/mmcv/runner/checkpoint.py b/mmcv/runner/checkpoint.py
index 64db22458..86bd767d7 100644
--- a/mmcv/runner/checkpoint.py
+++ b/mmcv/runner/checkpoint.py
@@ -136,6 +136,15 @@ def get_external_models():
     return default_urls
 
 
+def get_deprecated_model_names():
+    deprecate_json_path = osp.join(mmcv.__path__[0],
+                                   'model_zoo/deprecated.json')
+    deprecate_urls = load_file(deprecate_json_path)
+    assert isinstance(deprecate_urls, dict)
+
+    return deprecate_urls
+
+
 def _load_checkpoint(filename, map_location=None):
     """Load checkpoint from somewhere (modelzoo, file, url).
 
@@ -163,6 +172,11 @@ def _load_checkpoint(filename, map_location=None):
     elif filename.startswith('open-mmlab://'):
         model_urls = get_external_models()
         model_name = filename[13:]
+        deprecated_urls = get_deprecated_model_names()
+        if model_name in deprecated_urls:
+            warnings.warn(f'open-mmlab://{model_name} is deprecated in favor '
+                          f'of open-mmlab://{deprecated_urls[model_name]}')
+            model_name = deprecated_urls[model_name]
         model_url = model_urls[model_name]
         # check if is url
         if model_url.startswith(('http://', 'https://')):
diff --git a/tests/data/model_zoo/deprecated.json b/tests/data/model_zoo/deprecated.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c2d3e458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/model_zoo/deprecated.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "train_old": "train",
+  "test_old": "test"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_load_model_zoo.py b/tests/test_load_model_zoo.py
index a416a8e33..aa13c4f5c 100644
--- a/tests/test_load_model_zoo.py
+++ b/tests/test_load_model_zoo.py
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import pytest
 import mmcv
 from mmcv.runner.checkpoint import (DEFAULT_CACHE_DIR, ENV_MMCV_HOME,
                                     ENV_XDG_CACHE_HOME, _get_mmcv_home,
-                                    _load_checkpoint, get_external_models)
+                                    _load_checkpoint,
+                                    get_deprecated_model_names,
+                                    get_external_models)
 
 
 @patch('mmcv.__path__', [osp.join(osp.dirname(__file__), 'data/')])
@@ -44,6 +46,18 @@ def test_get_external_models():
     }
 
 
+@patch('mmcv.__path__', [osp.join(osp.dirname(__file__), 'data/')])
+def test_get_deprecated_models():
+    os.environ.pop(ENV_MMCV_HOME, None)
+    mmcv_home = osp.join(osp.dirname(__file__), 'data/model_zoo/mmcv_home/')
+    os.environ[ENV_MMCV_HOME] = mmcv_home
+    dep_urls = get_deprecated_model_names()
+    assert dep_urls == {
+        'train_old': 'train',
+        'test_old': 'test',
+    }
+
+
 def load_url_dist(url):
     return 'url:' + url
 
@@ -72,6 +86,16 @@ def test_load_external_url():
     url = _load_checkpoint('open-mmlab://train')
     assert url == 'url:https://localhost/train.pth'
 
+    # test open-mmlab:// with deprecated model name
+    os.environ.pop(ENV_MMCV_HOME, None)
+    os.environ.pop(ENV_XDG_CACHE_HOME, None)
+    with pytest.warns(
+            Warning,
+            match='open-mmlab://train_old is deprecated in favor of '
+            'open-mmlab://train'):
+        url = _load_checkpoint('open-mmlab://train_old')
+        assert url == 'url:https://localhost/train.pth'
+
     # test open-mmlab:// with user-defined MMCV_HOME
     os.environ.pop(ENV_MMCV_HOME, None)
     mmcv_home = osp.join(osp.dirname(__file__), 'data/model_zoo/mmcv_home')