diff --git a/src/config_libconfig.c b/src/config_libconfig.c
index 0083ab5e..902ed91f 100644
--- a/src/config_libconfig.c
+++ b/src/config_libconfig.c
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ static inline int lcfg_lookup_bool(const config_t *config, const char *path, boo
 
 /// Search for config file under a base directory
 FILE *open_config_file_at(const char *base, char **out_path) {
-	static const char *config_paths[] = {"/compton.conf", "/compton/compton.conf"};
+	static const char *config_paths[] = {"/picom.conf", "/picom/picom.conf",
+	                                     "/compton.conf", "/compton/compton.conf"};
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < ARR_SIZE(config_paths); i++) {
 		char *path = mstrjoin(base, config_paths[i]);
 		FILE *ret = fopen(path, "r");
@@ -49,6 +50,12 @@ FILE *open_config_file_at(const char *base, char **out_path) {
 			free(path);
 		}
 		if (ret) {
+			if (strstr(config_paths[i], "compton")) {
+				log_warn("This compositor has been renamed to \"picom\", "
+				         "the old config file paths is deprecated. "
+				         "Please replace the \"compton\"s in the path "
+				         "with \"picom\"");
+			}
 			return ret;
 		}
 	}