diff --git a/packages/yew-macro/src/derive_props/field.rs b/packages/yew-macro/src/derive_props/field.rs
index cbd6973c346..80c3664af60 100644
--- a/packages/yew-macro/src/derive_props/field.rs
+++ b/packages/yew-macro/src/derive_props/field.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ pub struct PropField {
 }
 
 impl PropField {
+    pub fn ty(&self) -> &Type {
+        &self.ty
+    }
+
     /// All required property fields are wrapped in an `Option`
     pub fn is_required(&self) -> bool {
         matches!(self.attr, PropAttr::Required { .. })
@@ -323,6 +327,34 @@ fn is_path_an_option(path: &Path) -> bool {
     is_path_segments_an_option(path.segments.iter().take(3).map(|ps| ps.ident.to_string()))
 }
 
+fn is_path_segments_a_string(path_segments: impl Iterator<Item = String>) -> bool {
+    fn is_string_path_seg(seg_index: usize, path: &str) -> u8 {
+        match (seg_index, path) {
+            (0, "alloc") => 0b001,
+            (0, "std") => 0b001,
+            (0, "String") => 0b111,
+            (1, "string") => 0b010,
+            (2, "String") => 0b100,
+            _ => 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    path_segments
+        .enumerate()
+        .fold(0, |flags, (i, ps)| flags | is_string_path_seg(i, &ps))
+        == 0b111
+}
+
+/// returns true when the [`Path`] seems like a [`String`] type.
+///
+/// This function considers the following paths as Strings:
+/// - std::string::String
+/// - alloc::string::String
+/// - String
+pub(crate) fn is_path_a_string(path: &Path) -> bool {
+    is_path_segments_a_string(path.segments.iter().map(|ps| ps.ident.to_string()))
+}
+
 impl TryFrom<Field> for PropField {
     type Error = Error;
 
@@ -379,7 +411,7 @@ impl PartialEq for PropField {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use crate::derive_props::field::is_path_segments_an_option;
+    use crate::derive_props::field::{is_path_segments_a_string, is_path_segments_an_option};
 
     #[test]
     fn all_std_and_core_option_path_seg_return_true() {
@@ -397,4 +429,17 @@ mod tests {
             vec!["Option".to_owned(), "Vec".to_owned(), "Option".to_owned()].into_iter()
         ));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn all_std_and_alloc_string_seg_return_true() {
+        assert!(is_path_segments_a_string(
+            vec!["alloc".to_owned(), "string".to_owned(), "String".to_owned()].into_iter()
+        ));
+        assert!(is_path_segments_a_string(
+            vec!["std".to_owned(), "string".to_owned(), "String".to_owned()].into_iter()
+        ));
+        assert!(is_path_segments_a_string(
+            vec!["String".to_owned()].into_iter()
+        ));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/yew-macro/src/derive_props/mod.rs b/packages/yew-macro/src/derive_props/mod.rs
index db18527222f..957effecbab 100644
--- a/packages/yew-macro/src/derive_props/mod.rs
+++ b/packages/yew-macro/src/derive_props/mod.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@ use std::convert::TryInto;
 use builder::PropsBuilder;
 use field::PropField;
 use proc_macro2::{Ident, Span};
+use proc_macro_error::emit_warning;
 use quote::{format_ident, quote, ToTokens};
 use syn::parse::{Parse, ParseStream, Result};
-use syn::{Attribute, DeriveInput, Generics, Visibility};
+use syn::spanned::Spanned;
+use syn::{Attribute, DeriveInput, Generics, Type, TypePath, Visibility};
 use wrapper::PropsWrapper;
 
+use self::field::is_path_a_string;
 use self::generics::to_arguments;
 
 pub struct DerivePropsInput {
@@ -79,17 +82,27 @@ impl ToTokens for DerivePropsInput {
         let Self {
             generics,
             props_name,
+            prop_fields,
+            preserved_attrs,
             ..
         } = self;
 
+        for field in prop_fields.iter() {
+            match field.ty() {
+                Type::Path(TypePath { qself: None, path }) if is_path_a_string(path) => {
+                    emit_warning!(
+                        path.span(),
+                        "storing string values with `String` is deprecated, use `AttrValue` \
+                         instead."
+                    )
+                }
+                _ => (),
+            }
+        }
+
         // The wrapper is a new struct which wraps required props in `Option`
         let wrapper_name = format_ident!("{}Wrapper", props_name, span = Span::mixed_site());
-        let wrapper = PropsWrapper::new(
-            &wrapper_name,
-            generics,
-            &self.prop_fields,
-            &self.preserved_attrs,
-        );
+        let wrapper = PropsWrapper::new(&wrapper_name, generics, &prop_fields, &preserved_attrs);
         tokens.extend(wrapper.into_token_stream());
 
         // The builder will only build if all required props have been set
@@ -101,7 +114,7 @@ impl ToTokens for DerivePropsInput {
             self,
             &wrapper_name,
             &check_all_props_name,
-            &self.preserved_attrs,
+            &preserved_attrs,
         );
         let generic_args = to_arguments(generics);
         tokens.extend(builder.into_token_stream());
diff --git a/packages/yew-macro/src/lib.rs b/packages/yew-macro/src/lib.rs
index 5d7216d84a0..277cb595fad 100644
--- a/packages/yew-macro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/yew-macro/src/lib.rs
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ fn is_ide_completion() -> bool {
     }
 }
 
+#[proc_macro_error::proc_macro_error]
 #[proc_macro_derive(Properties, attributes(prop_or, prop_or_else, prop_or_default))]
 pub fn derive_props(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     let input = parse_macro_input!(input as DerivePropsInput);