diff --git a/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/include/otbWrapperApplication.h b/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/include/otbWrapperApplication.h
index 3baadd6f0f747b5f640b284fd3bd6a7aeab79254..4ac8aeb9f0b90e8a0a20fe379c3b3451d2cfa1d2 100644
--- a/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/include/otbWrapperApplication.h
+++ b/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/include/otbWrapperApplication.h
@@ -672,6 +672,9 @@ public:
   virtual std::vector<std::string> GetDocTags() const;
 
   void AddDocTag(const std::string&);
+  
+  /** return wether the application has the "deprecated tag or not */
+  bool IsDeprecated();
 
   DocExampleStructure::Pointer GetDocExample();
   unsigned int GetNumberOfExamples();
diff --git a/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/src/otbWrapperApplication.cxx b/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/src/otbWrapperApplication.cxx
index 4297ae946d62476a88847a9974cd5aff72526fb3..1d64c7614e2d99adf18d7c77a74e1595cb7d6ff2 100644
--- a/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/src/otbWrapperApplication.cxx
+++ b/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/src/otbWrapperApplication.cxx
@@ -267,6 +267,16 @@ void Application::AddDocTag(const std::string & tag)
     }
 }
 
+bool Application::IsDeprecated()
+{
+  for (auto tag:m_DocTags)
+  {
+    if (tag==Tags::Deprecated)
+      return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 DocExampleStructure::Pointer Application::GetDocExample()
 {
   if (!IsInitialized())