diff --git a/.pylint-spelling-words b/.pylint-spelling-words
index ff131687..bc72cc4c 100644
--- a/.pylint-spelling-words
+++ b/.pylint-spelling-words
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ darwin
 datatypes
 datetime
 deepcopy
+defaultdict
 dereference
 destpath
 dmux
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ localhost
 macos
 maxdepth
 minify
+mixin
 msg
 msgpack
 mtime
@@ -196,10 +198,13 @@ towncrier
 txt
 un
 undoc
+unicode
 unix
 uss
 utils
 venv
+versionadded
 virtualenv
 virtualenvs
+yaml
 zmq
diff --git a/changelog/108.bugfix.rst b/changelog/108.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..623a1325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/108.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Provide backwards compatibility imports for the old factory exceptions, now in pytest-shell-utilities
diff --git a/src/saltfactories/exceptions.py b/src/saltfactories/exceptions.py
index 11df8306..418151ff 100644
--- a/src/saltfactories/exceptions.py
+++ b/src/saltfactories/exceptions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,32 @@
 """
 PyTest Salt Factories related exceptions.
 """
+import sys
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
+
+    def __getattr__(name):
+        if name in ("FactoryTimeout", "FactoryNotStarted"):
+            import pytestshellutils.exceptions
+            from saltfactories.utils import warn_until
+
+            warn_until(
+                "2.0.0",
+                "The '{}' exception is now in 'pytestshellutils.exceptions' and importing it "
+                "from 'saltfactories.exceptions' is deprecated and will cease to work after "
+                "pytest-salt-factories {{version}}.".format(name),
+            )
+            return getattr(pytestshellutils.exceptions, name)
+        else:
+            raise AttributeError("module '{}' has no '{}' attribute".format(__name__, name))
+
+else:
+    from pytestshellutils.exceptions import (  # noqa: F401  pylint: disable=unused-import
+        FactoryNotStarted,
+    )
+    from pytestshellutils.exceptions import (  # noqa: F401  pylint: disable=unused-import
+        FactoryTimeout,
+    )
 
 
 class SaltFactoriesException(Exception):