diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cAst_utils.ml b/infer/src/clang/cAst_utils.ml
index f29395cf8..cbdc589d6 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cAst_utils.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cAst_utils.ml
@@ -418,6 +418,8 @@ let rec is_objc_if_descendant ?(blacklist = default_blacklist) if_decl ancestors
 
 let rec type_ptr_to_objc_interface type_ptr =
   let typ_opt = get_desugared_type type_ptr in
+  ctype_to_objc_interface typ_opt
+and ctype_to_objc_interface typ_opt =
   match (typ_opt : Clang_ast_t.c_type option) with
   | Some ObjCInterfaceType (_, decl_ptr) -> get_decl decl_ptr
   | Some ObjCObjectPointerType (_, (inner_qual_type: Clang_ast_t.qual_type)) ->
@@ -427,6 +429,20 @@ let rec type_ptr_to_objc_interface type_ptr =
       type_ptr_to_objc_interface function_type_info.Clang_ast_t.fti_return_type
   | _ -> None
 
+let type_ptr_is_typedef_named type_ptr (type_name: string): bool =
+  let is_decl_name_match decl_opt =
+    let tuple_opt = match decl_opt with
+      | Some decl -> Clang_ast_proj.get_named_decl_tuple decl
+      | _ -> None in
+    match tuple_opt with
+    | Some (_, ni) ->
+        String.equal type_name ni.ni_name
+    | _ -> false in
+  match get_type type_ptr with
+  | Some TypedefType (_, tti) ->
+      let decl_opt = get_decl tti.tti_decl_ptr in
+      is_decl_name_match decl_opt
+  | _ -> false
 
 let if_decl_to_di_pointer_opt if_decl =
   match if_decl with
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cAst_utils.mli b/infer/src/clang/cAst_utils.mli
index ac7c1f734..c64e0d435 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cAst_utils.mli
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cAst_utils.mli
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ val is_objc_if_descendant :
 
 val type_ptr_to_objc_interface : Clang_ast_types.t_ptr -> Clang_ast_t.decl option
 
+val type_ptr_is_typedef_named : Clang_ast_types.t_ptr -> string -> bool
+
 (** A class method that returns an instance of the class is a factory method. *)
 val is_objc_factory_method : Clang_ast_t.decl -> Clang_ast_t.decl -> bool
 
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cFrontend_errors.ml b/infer/src/clang/cFrontend_errors.ml
index 456556320..7df490de8 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cFrontend_errors.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cFrontend_errors.ml
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ let decl_checkers_list =
 (* List of checkers on stmts *that return 0 or 1 issue* *)
 let stmt_single_checkers_list =
   [ComponentKit.component_file_cyclomatic_complexity_info;
-   ComponentKit.component_initializer_with_side_effects_advice;]
+   ComponentKit.component_initializer_with_side_effects_advice;
+   GraphQL.DeprecatedAPIUsage.checker;]
 
 let stmt_checkers_list = IList.map single_to_multi stmt_single_checkers_list
 
diff --git a/infer/src/opensource/GraphQL.ml b/infer/src/opensource/GraphQL.ml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b594f6f33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/src/opensource/GraphQL.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+(*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 - present Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *)
+
+module DeprecatedAPIUsage = struct
+  let checker context an = CTL.False, None
+end
diff --git a/infer/src/opensource/GraphQL.mli b/infer/src/opensource/GraphQL.mli
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5af1dc03f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/src/opensource/GraphQL.mli
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+(*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 - present Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *)
+
+module DeprecatedAPIUsage :
+sig
+  val checker :
+    CLintersContext.context -> Ctl_parser_types.ast_node ->
+    CTL.t * CIssue.issue_desc option
+end