diff --git a/cmd/deploy/deploy.go b/cmd/deploy/deploy.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb759123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/deploy/deploy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package deploy
+
+import (
+	"github.com/databricks/bricks/cmd/root"
+	"github.com/databricks/bricks/project"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// launchCmd represents the launch command
+var deployCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "deploy",
+	Short: "deploys a DAB",
+	// Long:  `Reads a file and executes it on dev cluster`,
+	// Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+	PreRunE: project.Configure,
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		ctx := cmd.Context()
+		deployMutex := &DeployMutex{
+			User: "shreyas.goenka@databricks.com",
+			// TODO: Adjust this using a command line arguement
+			IsForced: false,
+			// TODO: pass through cmd line arg
+			ProjectRoot: "/Repos/shreyas.goenka@databricks.com/test-dbx",
+		}
+		deployMutex.Lock(ctx)
+		defer deployMutex.Unlock(ctx)
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	root.RootCmd.AddCommand(deployCmd)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/deploy/lock.go b/cmd/deploy/lock.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8edf0be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/deploy/lock.go
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+package deploy
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/databricks/bricks/project"
+	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/databricks/client"
+	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/service/workspace"
+)
+
+// TODO: create a mutex for dbfs too
+type Mutex interface {
+	Lock(ctx context.Context) error
+	Unlock(ctx context.Context) error
+}
+
+type DeployMutex struct {
+	User string
+	// Remove if we do not need this and its enoguh to assert that AcquireLock did not return an error
+	AcquisitionTime time.Time
+	// TODO: Add a timestamp demostrating the time of lock acquisition
+	IsForced    bool
+	ProjectRoot string
+}
+
+// TODO: Consider makeing aquire lock a blocking operation with a timeout. Incase of a race conflict, all lower priority
+// lock claims would delete themselves and still one person would end up with the lock
+
+// TODO: Lets keep a history of all the deployments made.
+// 1. When waiting for lock, we can also show that from whom are we waiting to gain a lock from and when they accesses the lock
+// 2. For force, delete all the other locks and
+func (mu *DeployMutex) Lock(ctx context.Context) error {
+	prj := project.Get(ctx)
+	wsc := prj.WorkspacesClient()
+	lockFilePath := filepath.Join(mu.ProjectRoot, ".bundle/deploy.lock")
+
+	// Do I need to dereference this pointer to marshal ?
+	mu.AcquisitionTime = time.Now()
+	mutexMetadata, err := json.Marshal(*mu)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	mutexMetadataReader := bytes.NewReader(mutexMetadata)
+
+	// create .bundle dir in remote project root
+	err = wsc.Workspace.MkdirsByPath(ctx, filepath.Dir(lockFilePath))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not mkdir to put file: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	// Try to create the lock file. If we get an error, that means the lock
+	// file already exists
+	apiClient, err := client.New(wsc.Config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	importApiPath := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"/api/2.0/workspace-files/import-file/%s?overwrite=false",
+		strings.TrimLeft(lockFilePath, "/"))
+	err = apiClient.Post(ctx, importApiPath, mutexMetadataReader, nil)
+
+	if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), fmt.Sprintf("%s already exists", lockFilePath)) {
+		expectApiPath := fmt.Sprintf(
+			"/api/2.0/workspace-files/%s",
+			strings.TrimLeft(lockFilePath, "/"))
+
+		var res interface{}
+
+		err = apiClient.Get(ctx, expectApiPath, nil, &res)
+		// TODO: handle the race condition when the file gets deleted before you can read
+		// it.
+		// NOTE: https://databricks.atlassian.net/browse/ES-510449
+		// Do some error parsing maybe, add on previos error for more context and
+		// add on suggestion for the user to retry deployment
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		lockJson, err := json.Marshal(res)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		ownerMutex := DeployMutex{}
+		err = json.Unmarshal(lockJson, &ownerMutex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// TODO: add isForce to message here and convert timestamp to human readable format
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot deploy. %s has been deploying since %v. Use --force to forcibly deploy your bundle", ownerMutex.User, ownerMutex.AcquisitionTime)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (mu *DeployMutex) Unlock(ctx context.Context) error {
+	prj := project.Get(ctx)
+	wsc := prj.WorkspacesClient()
+	lockFilePath := filepath.Join(mu.ProjectRoot, ".bundle/deploy.lock")
+	err := wsc.Workspace.Delete(ctx,
+		workspace.Delete{
+			Path:      lockFilePath,
+			Recursive: false,
+		},
+	)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/cmd/deploy/lock_test.go b/cmd/deploy/lock_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7301ce13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/deploy/lock_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package deploy
+
+// TODO: maybe move this to integraton tests
+
+func TestAccLock(t *testing.T) {
+
+}
+
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 805c5bb6..feb460fc 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	_ "github.com/databricks/bricks/cmd/api"
 	_ "github.com/databricks/bricks/cmd/configure"
+	_ "github.com/databricks/bricks/cmd/deploy"
 	_ "github.com/databricks/bricks/cmd/fs"
 	_ "github.com/databricks/bricks/cmd/init"
 	_ "github.com/databricks/bricks/cmd/launch"
diff --git a/project/project.go b/project/project.go
index f6103ce9..c9fadee2 100644
--- a/project/project.go
+++ b/project/project.go
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ func (p *project) Environment() Environment {
 }
 
 func (p *project) Me() (*scim.User, error) {
+	// QQ: Why is there a lock here?
 	p.mu.Lock()
 	defer p.mu.Unlock()
 	if p.me != nil {