diff --git a/sklearn/tests/test_common.py b/sklearn/tests/test_common.py
index de5003687ca95..0ada8c5ef0a30 100644
--- a/sklearn/tests/test_common.py
+++ b/sklearn/tests/test_common.py
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ def test_check_estimator_generate_only_deprecation():
     "ignore:Since version 1.0, it is not needed to import "
     "enable_hist_gradient_boosting anymore"
 )
+# TODO(1.8): remove this filter
+@pytest.mark.filterwarnings(
+    "ignore:Importing from sklearn.utils._estimator_html_repr is deprecated."
+)
 def test_import_all_consistency():
     sklearn_path = [os.path.dirname(sklearn.__file__)]
     # Smoke test to check that any name in a __all__ list is actually defined
diff --git a/sklearn/utils/_estimator_html_repr.py b/sklearn/utils/_estimator_html_repr.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f7898ae5e76cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sklearn/utils/_estimator_html_repr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Authors: The scikit-learn developers
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+import warnings
+
+from ._repr_html.base import _HTMLDocumentationLinkMixin
+from ._repr_html.estimator import (
+    _get_visual_block,
+    _IDCounter,
+    _VisualBlock,
+    _write_estimator_html,
+    _write_label_html,
+    estimator_html_repr,
+)
+
+__all__ = [
+    "_HTMLDocumentationLinkMixin",
+    "_IDCounter",
+    "_VisualBlock",
+    "_get_visual_block",
+    "_write_estimator_html",
+    "_write_label_html",
+    "estimator_html_repr",
+]
+
+# TODO(1.8): Remove the entire module
+warnings.warn(
+    "Importing from sklearn.utils._estimator_html_repr is deprecated. The tools have "
+    "been moved to sklearn.utils._repr_html. Be aware that this module is private and "
+    "may be subject to change in the future. The module _estimator_html_repr will be "
+    "removed in 1.8.0.",
+    FutureWarning,
+    stacklevel=2,
+)
diff --git a/sklearn/utils/tests/test_estimator_html_repr.py b/sklearn/utils/tests/test_estimator_html_repr.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d24e357b74426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sklearn/utils/tests/test_estimator_html_repr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Authors: The scikit-learn developers
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+import importlib
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+
+# TODO(1.8): Remove the entire file
+def test_estimator_html_repr_warning():
+    with pytest.warns(FutureWarning):
+        # Make sure that we check for the warning when loading the module (reloading it
+        # if needed).
+        module_name = "sklearn.utils._estimator_html_repr"
+        if module_name in sys.modules:
+            importlib.reload(sys.modules[module_name])
+        else:
+            importlib.import_module(module_name)
+
+    assert sys.modules[module_name] is not None