diff --git a/awesomerc.lua b/awesomerc.lua
index c50fb151..d7132042 100755
--- a/awesomerc.lua
+++ b/awesomerc.lua
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ mykeyboardlayout = awful.widget.keyboardlayout()
 
 -- {{{ Wibox
 -- Create a textclock widget
-mytextclock = awful.widget.textclock()
+mytextclock = wibox.widget.textclock()
 
 -- Create a wibox for each screen and add it
 mywibox = {}
diff --git a/lib/awful/tooltip.lua b/lib/awful/tooltip.lua
index 57b37699..6f44e47d 100644
--- a/lib/awful/tooltip.lua
+++ b/lib/awful/tooltip.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 -- How to create a tooltip?
 -- ---
 --
---     myclock = awful.widget.textclock({}, "%T", 1)
+--     myclock = wibox.widget.textclock({}, "%T", 1)
 --     myclock_t = awful.tooltip({
 --         objects = { myclock },
 --         timer_function = function()
diff --git a/lib/awful/widget/textclock.lua b/lib/awful/widget/textclock.lua
index a4a0f90c..74cf949d 100644
--- a/lib/awful/widget/textclock.lua
+++ b/lib/awful/widget/textclock.lua
@@ -1,52 +1,17 @@
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---- Text clock widget.
+-- This widget has moved to `wibox.widget.textclock`
 --
 -- @author Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
--- @copyright 2009 Julien Danjou
+-- @copyright 2008-2009 Julien Danjou
 -- @release @AWESOME_VERSION@
 -- @classmod awful.widget.textclock
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+local util = require("awful.util")
 
-local setmetatable = setmetatable
-local os = os
-local textbox = require("wibox.widget.textbox")
-local timer = require("gears.timer")
-local DateTime = require("lgi").GLib.DateTime
-
-local textclock = { mt = {} }
-
---- This lowers the timeout so that it occurs "correctly". For example, a timeout
--- of 60 is rounded so that it occurs the next time the clock reads ":00 seconds".
-local function calc_timeout(real_timeout)
-    return real_timeout - os.time() % real_timeout
-end
-
---- Create a textclock widget. It draws the time it is in a textbox.
---
--- @param format The time format. Default is " %a %b %d, %H:%M ".
--- @param timeout How often update the time. Default is 60.
--- @return A textbox widget.
-function textclock.new(format, timeout)
-    format = format or " %a %b %d, %H:%M "
-    timeout = timeout or 60
-
-    local w = textbox()
-    local t
-    function w._textclock_update_cb()
-        w:set_markup(DateTime.new_now_local():format(format))
-        t.timeout = calc_timeout(timeout)
-        t:again()
-        return true -- Continue the timer
-    end
-    t = timer.weak_start_new(timeout, w._textclock_update_cb)
-    t:emit_signal("timeout")
-    return w
-end
-
-function textclock.mt:__call(...)
-    return textclock.new(...)
-end
-
-return setmetatable(textclock, textclock.mt)
+return util.deprecate_class(
+    require("wibox.widget.textclock"),
+    "awful.widget.textclock",
+    "wibox.widget.textclock"
+)
 
 -- vim: filetype=lua:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:textwidth=80
diff --git a/lib/wibox/widget/init.lua b/lib/wibox/widget/init.lua
index 5283fb4e..0fb702d8 100644
--- a/lib/wibox/widget/init.lua
+++ b/lib/wibox/widget/init.lua
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ return setmetatable({
     imagebox = require("wibox.widget.imagebox");
     background = require("wibox.widget.background");
     systray = require("wibox.widget.systray");
+    textclock = require("wibox.widget.textclock");
 }, {__call = function(_, args) return base.make_widget_declarative(args) end})
 
 -- vim: filetype=lua:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:textwidth=80
diff --git a/lib/wibox/widget/textclock.lua b/lib/wibox/widget/textclock.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aec44521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/wibox/widget/textclock.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+--- Text clock widget.
+--
+-- @author Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
+-- @copyright 2009 Julien Danjou
+-- @release @AWESOME_VERSION@
+-- @classmod wibox.widget.textclock
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+local setmetatable = setmetatable
+local os = os
+local textbox = require("wibox.widget.textbox")
+local timer = require("gears.timer")
+local DateTime = require("lgi").GLib.DateTime
+
+local textclock = { mt = {} }
+
+--- This lowers the timeout so that it occurs "correctly". For example, a timeout
+-- of 60 is rounded so that it occurs the next time the clock reads ":00 seconds".
+local function calc_timeout(real_timeout)
+    return real_timeout - os.time() % real_timeout
+end
+
+--- Create a textclock widget. It draws the time it is in a textbox.
+--
+-- @tparam[opt=" %a %b %d, %H:%M "] string format The time format.
+-- @tparam[opt=60] number timeout How often update the time (in seconds).
+-- @treturn table A textbox widget.
+-- @function wibox.widget.textclock
+function textclock.new(format, timeout)
+    format = format or " %a %b %d, %H:%M "
+    timeout = timeout or 60
+
+    local w = textbox()
+    local t
+    function w._textclock_update_cb()
+        w:set_markup(DateTime.new_now_local():format(format))
+        t.timeout = calc_timeout(timeout)
+        t:again()
+        return true -- Continue the timer
+    end
+    t = timer.weak_start_new(timeout, w._textclock_update_cb)
+    t:emit_signal("timeout")
+    return w
+end
+
+function textclock.mt:__call(...)
+    return textclock.new(...)
+end
+
+return setmetatable(textclock, textclock.mt)
+
+-- vim: filetype=lua:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:textwidth=80
diff --git a/tests/_wibox_helper.lua b/tests/_wibox_helper.lua
index d21ebbfe..5c7afdc2 100644
--- a/tests/_wibox_helper.lua
+++ b/tests/_wibox_helper.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ return { create_wibox = function()
 
     -- Widgets that are aligned to the right
     local right_layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal()
-    local textclock = awful.widget.textclock()
+    local textclock = wibox.widget.textclock()
     right_layout:add(textclock)
     right_layout:add(awful.widget.layoutbox(1))
 
diff --git a/tests/test-leaks.lua b/tests/test-leaks.lua
index 725ed169..6977189c 100644
--- a/tests/test-leaks.lua
+++ b/tests/test-leaks.lua
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ collectable(wibox.layout.align.horizontal())
 -- Then some random widgets from awful
 collectable(awful.widget.launcher({ image = cairo.ImageSurface(cairo.Format.ARGB32, 20, 20), command = "bash" }))
 collectable(awful.widget.prompt())
-collectable(awful.widget.textclock())
+collectable(wibox.widget.textclock())
 collectable(awful.widget.layoutbox(1))
 
 -- Some widgets do things via timer.delayed_call