diff --git a/lib/core/renderer.js b/lib/core/renderer.js
index a04fe58f0b..8fce6fb271 100644
--- a/lib/core/renderer.js
+++ b/lib/core/renderer.js
@@ -149,7 +149,11 @@ export default class Renderer extends Tapable {
       clientManifest: this.resources.clientManifest,
       runInNewContext: false,
       basedir: this.options.rootDir
-    }, this.options.render.ssr))
+    }, this.options.render.ssr, this.options.build.ssr))
+
+    if(this.options.build.ssr) {
+      console.warn('[nuxt] `build.ssr` is deprecated and will be removed in 1.0 release, please use `renderer.ssr` instead!')
+    }
 
     // Promisify renderToString
     this.bundleRenderer.renderToString = pify(this.bundleRenderer.renderToString)