diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
index 59a8ef6a2cbd..7e41f02bd8c9 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
@@ -1084,6 +1084,7 @@ def get_option_internal(self, optname: str) -> options.UserOption:
     @noKwargs
     def func_get_option(self, nodes: mparser.BaseNode, args: T.Tuple[str],
                         kwargs: 'TYPE_kwargs') -> T.Union[options.UserOption, 'TYPE_var']:
+        self.get_option_used = True
         optname = args[0]
         if ':' in optname:
             raise InterpreterException('Having a colon in option name is forbidden, '
@@ -1209,6 +1210,10 @@ def func_project(self, node: mparser.FunctionNode, args: T.Tuple[str, T.List[str
             else:
                 FeatureNew.single_use('meson.options file', '1.1', self.subproject, 'Use meson_options.txt instead')
 
+        # Warn about using get_option() in project().
+        if hasattr(self, 'get_option_used'):
+            FeatureNew.single_use('Using get_option() function as a parameter to project()', '1.7', self.subproject)
+
         if self.subproject:
             self.project_default_options = {k.evolve(subproject=self.subproject): v
                                             for k, v in kwargs['default_options'].items()}