diff --git a/miasm/jitter/jitload.py b/miasm/jitter/jitload.py
index 5c44d2477..2ea4e0a88 100644
--- a/miasm/jitter/jitload.py
+++ b/miasm/jitter/jitload.py
@@ -261,6 +261,11 @@ def __init__(self, lifter, jit_type="gcc"):
         self.init_exceptions_handler()
         self.exec_cb = None
 
+    @property
+    def ir_arch(self):
+        warnings.warn('DEPRECATION WARNING: use ".lifter" instead of ".ir_arch"')
+        return self.lifter
+
     def init_exceptions_handler(self):
         "Add common exceptions handlers"