diff --git a/micropython/mip/manifest.py b/micropython/mip/manifest.py
index 00efa5454..32e130e08 100644
--- a/micropython/mip/manifest.py
+++ b/micropython/mip/manifest.py
@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 
 require("requests")
 
+#dummy packages for pre-v1.20.0
+module("pip.py", opt=3)
+module("upip.py", opt=3)
+
+
 package("mip", opt=3)
diff --git a/micropython/mip/pip.py b/micropython/mip/pip.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a0df0f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/micropython/mip/pip.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Dummy module for upip and pip to redirect user to mip
+raise ImportError("""This module has been deprecated, please instead use mip.
+https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/reference/packages.html
+""")
diff --git a/micropython/mip/upip.py b/micropython/mip/upip.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a0df0f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/micropython/mip/upip.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Dummy module for upip and pip to redirect user to mip
+raise ImportError("""This module has been deprecated, please instead use mip.
+https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/reference/packages.html
+""")