diff --git a/include/benchmark/benchmark.h b/include/benchmark/benchmark.h
index bc426ca3e1..ddd82d2ed3 100644
--- a/include/benchmark/benchmark.h
+++ b/include/benchmark/benchmark.h
@@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ inline BENCHMARK_ALWAYS_INLINE void ClobberMemory() {
 #ifndef BENCHMARK_HAS_NO_INLINE_ASSEMBLY
 #if !defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__llvm__) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
 template <class Tp>
+BENCHMARK_DEPRECATED_MSG("The const-ref version of this method can permit "
+                         "undesired compiler optimizations in benchmarks")
 inline BENCHMARK_ALWAYS_INLINE void DoNotOptimize(Tp const& value) {
   asm volatile("" : : "r,m"(value) : "memory");
 }
@@ -457,6 +459,8 @@ inline BENCHMARK_ALWAYS_INLINE void DoNotOptimize(Tp& value) {
 // Workaround for a bug with full argument copy overhead with GCC.
 // See: #1340 and https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=105519
 template <class Tp>
+BENCHMARK_DEPRECATED_MSG("The const-ref version of this method can permit "
+                         "undesired compiler optimizations in benchmarks")
 inline BENCHMARK_ALWAYS_INLINE
     typename std::enable_if<std::is_trivially_copyable<Tp>::value &&
                             (sizeof(Tp) <= sizeof(Tp*))>::type
@@ -465,6 +469,8 @@ inline BENCHMARK_ALWAYS_INLINE
 }
 
 template <class Tp>
+BENCHMARK_DEPRECATED_MSG("The const-ref version of this method can permit "
+                         "undesired compiler optimizations in benchmarks")
 inline BENCHMARK_ALWAYS_INLINE
     typename std::enable_if<!std::is_trivially_copyable<Tp>::value ||
                             (sizeof(Tp) > sizeof(Tp*))>::type
@@ -493,6 +499,8 @@ inline BENCHMARK_ALWAYS_INLINE
 // to use memory operations instead of operations with registers.
 // TODO: Remove if GCC < 5 will be unsupported.
 template <class Tp>
+BENCHMARK_DEPRECATED_MSG("The const-ref version of this method can permit "
+                         "undesired compiler optimizations in benchmarks")
 inline BENCHMARK_ALWAYS_INLINE void DoNotOptimize(Tp const& value) {
   asm volatile("" : : "m"(value) : "memory");
 }
@@ -510,6 +518,8 @@ inline BENCHMARK_ALWAYS_INLINE void ClobberMemory() {
 #endif
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER)
 template <class Tp>
+BENCHMARK_DEPRECATED_MSG("The const-ref version of this method can permit "
+                         "undesired compiler optimizations in benchmarks")
 inline BENCHMARK_ALWAYS_INLINE void DoNotOptimize(Tp const& value) {
   internal::UseCharPointer(&reinterpret_cast<char const volatile&>(value));
   _ReadWriteBarrier();
@@ -520,6 +530,8 @@ inline BENCHMARK_ALWAYS_INLINE void ClobberMemory() { _ReadWriteBarrier(); }
 #endif
 #else
 template <class Tp>
+BENCHMARK_DEPRECATED_MSG("The const-ref version of this method can permit "
+                         "undesired compiler optimizations in benchmarks")
 inline BENCHMARK_ALWAYS_INLINE void DoNotOptimize(Tp const& value) {
   internal::UseCharPointer(&reinterpret_cast<char const volatile&>(value));
 }