diff --git a/lib/geocoder/results/nominatim.rb b/lib/geocoder/results/nominatim.rb
index 06cbb06c89f37a4d32c1d4b438ffb759c3d8003e..6ba412b5f646a255aa45c32daee96a5193ab3751 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/results/nominatim.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/results/nominatim.rb
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ module Geocoder::Result
          polygonpoints display_name class type stadium]
     end
 
+    define_method 'class' do
+      warn "Method 'class' is deprecated. Use 'place_class' instead"
+      @data['class']
+    end
+
     response_attributes.each do |a|
       unless method_defined?(a)
         define_method a do