diff --git a/IPython/utils/pickleutil.py b/IPython/utils/pickleutil.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/IPython/utils/pickleutil.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from warnings import warn
+
+warn("IPython.utils.pickleutil has moved to ipython_kernel.pickleutil")
+
+from ipython_kernel.pickleutil import *