diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaChronicleMap.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaChronicleMap.java
index 465f44c64..bcffece96 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaChronicleMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaChronicleMap.java
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ package net.openhft.chronicle.map;
 
 import net.openhft.chronicle.algo.bitset.ReusableBitSet;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.algo.hashing.LongHashFunction;
+import net.openhft.chronicle.analytics.Analytics;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.bytes.Bytes;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.bytes.BytesStore;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.bytes.PointerBytesStore;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.core.Jvm;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.core.analytics.AnalyticsFacade;
+import net.openhft.chronicle.core.announcer.Announcer;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.core.io.IOTools;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.ChronicleHashClosedException;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.ChronicleHashCorruption;
@@ -47,12 +49,15 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
+import static java.util.Collections.singletonMap;
 import static net.openhft.chronicle.map.ChronicleMapBuilder.greatestCommonDivisor;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("JavadocReference")
@@ -122,7 +127,10 @@ public class VanillaChronicleMap<K, V, R>
         } catch (RuntimeException ignored) {
             // The ChronicleMapBuilder::entries may throw an Exception. If so, just ignore this parameter
         }
-
+        Announcer.announce("net.openhft", "chronicle-map",
+                AnalyticsFacade.isEnabled()
+                        ? singletonMap("Analytics", "Chronicle Map reports usage statistics. Learn more or turn off: https://github.com/OpenHFT/Chronicle-Map/blob/master/DISCLAIMER.adoc")
+                        : emptyMap());
         AnalyticsHolder.instance().sendEvent("started", additionalEventParameters);
     }