diff --git a/fsl/data/image.py b/fsl/data/image.py
index c80158cb6afe9b677a20525ab12f3203fb439aec..383f02b63cffd4fc0d7a7ddbc6cd46fe2f005d1c 100644
--- a/fsl/data/image.py
+++ b/fsl/data/image.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import                      string
 import                      logging
 
 import                      six
+import                      deprecation
 import numpy             as np
 
 import nibabel           as nib
@@ -458,6 +459,14 @@ class Nifti(notifier.Notifier):
         return len(self.__shape)
 
 
+    @deprecation.deprecated(deprecated_in='1.1.0',
+                            removed_in='1.2.0',
+                            details='Use ndims instead')
+    def is4DImage(self):
+        """Returns ``True`` if this image is 4D, ``False`` otherwise. """
+        return len(self.__shape) > 3 and self.__shape[3] > 1
+
+
     def getXFormCode(self, code=None):
         """This method returns the code contained in the NIFTI header,
         indicating the space to which the (transformed) image is oriented.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 55d5ba9466e17d361649fd89f284c5c7c1337986..cc0e8d8a0a0b90740955e14650ee78726bc45e24 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 six==1.*
+deprecation=1.*
 numpy==1.*
 nibabel==2.*
 indexed_gzip==0.3.*