diff --git a/examples/preload-aliases.php b/examples/preload-aliases.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae20a72ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/preload-aliases.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * If you need to run the Requests v2.x library with another framework/CMS that still ships v1.x,
+ * use the following to preload the class aliases before the actual implementations of Requests v1.x. get loaded.
+ *
+ * Please note that mixing Requests v1.x and v2.x files is a bad idea and may have side effects.
+ * Do so at your own risk.
+ */
+
+// First, include the Requests Autoloader.
+require_once 'path/to/Requests/src/Autoload.php';
+
+// Make sure the autoloader is registered first as otherwise you may run into trouble on PHP 8.1.
+// See: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/115549
+WpOrg\Requests\Autoload::register();
+
+// Silence deprecations.
+// Depending on when the bootstrapping is done, you may need to wrap this in a `if (!defined(...)) {}`.
+define('REQUESTS_SILENCE_PSR0_DEPRECATIONS', true);
+
+$preload = WpOrg\Requests\Autoload::get_deprecated_classes();
+// Add the base Requests class, just to be safe.
+$preload['requests'] = '\WpOrg\Requests\Requests';
+
+// Preload the class aliases for the Requests 1.x classes to ensure only Requests 2.x classes get loaded.
+foreach ($preload as $old => $new) {
+	// Make sure we don't get "Class already exists errors" from autoloading chains.
+	// Think: an `implements` causing an interface to be loaded before we explicitly request it.
+	if (class_exists($old) === false && interface_exists($old) === false) {
+		WpOrg\Requests\Autoload::load($old);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Autoload.php b/src/Autoload.php
index 26dd280ee..25a463a5b 100644
--- a/src/Autoload.php
+++ b/src/Autoload.php
@@ -183,5 +183,14 @@ public static function load($class_name) {
 
 			return false;
 		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Get the array of deprecated Requests 1.x classes mapped to their equivalent Requests 2.x implementation.
+		 *
+		 * @return array
+		 */
+		public static function get_deprecated_classes() {
+			return self::$deprecated_classes;
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/AutoloadTest.php b/tests/AutoloadTest.php
index e68625325..aa715ef19 100644
--- a/tests/AutoloadTest.php
+++ b/tests/AutoloadTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Requests_Exception_Transport_cURL;
 use Requests_Utility_FilteredIterator;
 use WpOrg\Requests\Tests\TestCase;
+use WpOrg\Requests\Autoload;
 use WpOrg\Requests\Utility\FilteredIterator;
 
 final class AutoloadTest extends TestCase {
@@ -53,4 +54,11 @@ public function testAutoloadOfOldRequestsClassDoesNotThrowAFatalForFinalClass()
 	public function testConstantDeclarationDoesntInfluenceFurtherTests() {
 		$this->assertFalse(defined('REQUESTS_SILENCE_PSR0_DEPRECATIONS'));
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the get_deprecated_classes() method returns an array with 57 items.
+	 */
+	public function testGetDeprecatedClassesReturnsAnArrayWithCorrectAmountOfItems() {
+		$this->assertCount(57, Autoload::get_deprecated_classes());
+	}
 }