diff --git a/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.cpp b/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.cpp
index 215b17481..7da839dc3 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.cpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.cpp
@@ -3118,6 +3118,13 @@ CLIConfigDef::CLIConfigDef()
 const CLIConfigDef cli_config_def;
 DynamicPrintAndCLIConfig::PrintAndCLIConfigDef DynamicPrintAndCLIConfig::s_def;
 
+void DynamicPrintAndCLIConfig::handle_legacy(t_config_option_key &opt_key, std::string &value) const
+{
+    if (cli_config_def.options.find(opt_key) == cli_config_def.options.end()) {
+        PrintConfigDef::handle_legacy(opt_key, value);
+    }
+}
+
 std::ostream& print_cli_options(std::ostream& out)
 {
     for (const auto& opt : cli_config_def.options) {
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp b/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp
index 08f42f39b..8713ed03f 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp
@@ -1171,6 +1171,12 @@ public:
     const ConfigDef*        def() const override { return &s_def; }
     t_config_option_keys    keys() const override { return s_def.keys(); }
 
+    // Verify whether the opt_key has not been obsoleted or renamed.
+    // Both opt_key and value may be modified by handle_legacy().
+    // If the opt_key is no more valid in this version of Slic3r, opt_key is cleared by handle_legacy().
+    // handle_legacy() is called internally by set_deserialize().
+    void                    handle_legacy(t_config_option_key &opt_key, std::string &value) const override;
+
 private:
     class PrintAndCLIConfigDef : public ConfigDef
     {